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MoHasanie on 17 September 2014

I expected much higher actually. The $500m was just shipped numbers. Both the reviews and sales are lower than what almost everyone was predicting.



    

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Zones on 17 September 2014

It's baffling how most people try to believe the $500 million budget despite numerous articles from Activision refuting the claim.

So no, the budget for the first Destiny game has never been $500 million, so stop making it look like so.



SweetTalia on 17 September 2014
kumagawa said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Wait... weren't their tons of articles saying they made 500 mill in one day? Wtf... And I wonder what the net profit is too


Activision did make $500 million, through sales to retailers (and digital downloads) who have now made back $325 million selling to their customers.


so 325 million is profit then?



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Mike_L on 17 September 2014
spurgeonryan said:
Mike_L said:
spurgeonryan said:
Dgc1808 said:
Huh... I expected higher... I guess it's going to be some time before they cover up that $500million after all.


I thought I read somewhere that they were already at 500 million, I guess that was pre-mature.

It did ship $500 mill at launch but currently sell-through is "only" $325+ mill.


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roborad on 17 September 2014

hmm...I wonder if they'll sell through that originally shipped $500M soon.



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chocoloco on 17 September 2014

I have been telling people not to buy Destiny. Oh, well, it is good to see profit in gaming. Activision has a very solid record at this and hopefully it continues.



Zones on 17 September 2014
SweetTalia said:
kumagawa said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Wait... weren't their tons of articles saying they made 500 mill in one day? Wtf... And I wonder what the net profit is too


Activision did make $500 million, through sales to retailers (and digital downloads) who have now made back $325 million selling to their customers.


so 325 million is profit then?

$325 million revenue.

Less than $200 million would go to Activision due to retailers and platform holders taking their cuts.

So if we assume the budget plus marketing for Destiny is $250 million, then the game would still be in red.



bubblegamer on 17 September 2014
kowenicki said:
Fir comparison I think Halo 3 and Halo 4 each managed about 300m in the same time frame on one platform.

Not a good comparison as Destiny is a new IP. We can wait for Destiny 3 and 4 to see how your comparison fairs.



Zones on 17 September 2014
kowenicki said:
SweetTalia said:
kumagawa said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Wait... weren't their tons of articles saying they made 500 mill in one day? Wtf... And I wonder what the net profit is too


Activision did make $500 million, through sales to retailers (and digital downloads) who have now made back $325 million selling to their customers.


so 325 million is profit then?

no. Its revenue at retail.

I am pretty sure it's total revenue. Meaning the $325 million figure includes both retail and digital sales.



Squeezol on 17 September 2014
The_Sony_Girl1 said:
Less than GTA V. Looks like it still has their biggest opening week.

Well, of course. There's no way Destiny would sell more than GTA V in its opening week.