Polygon: Destiny's troubled launch was the best-case scenario for Halo 5

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MoHasanie on 26 September 2014

Euphoria14 said:

I don't put any faith in VGC pre-order numbers. They are almost always wrong.

I will wait for real world results before I make any judgment on the franchise dying. Should only be a couple more months.

Even Activision confirmed that COD pre orders are down:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/activision-says-call-of-duty-not-immune-to-industr/1100-6421532/

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Areym on 26 September 2014

"In reality, Activision showed very little of Destiny before its launch, made a great deal about its high-level aspirations, and reaped major benefits."

Yeah, cause they didn't have an alpha and betas. Oh wait, yes they fucking did.

The only thing they kept hush hush was the story, or lack of.

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Euphoria14 on 26 September 2014

MoHasanie said:

Euphoria14 said:

I don't put any faith in VGC pre-order numbers. They are almost always wrong.

I will wait for real world results before I make any judgment on the franchise dying. Should only be a couple more months.

Even Activision confirmed that COD pre orders are down:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/activision-says-call-of-duty-not-immune-to-industr/1100-6421532/

They also say it is still on track to sell as well as past top performing titles. I wouldn't read too much into it just yet.

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kitler53 on 26 September 2014

foodfather said:

Really don't understand the mass amount of people defending Destiny. The game is not what it was meant to be. Doesn't hold a candle to Halo.

I guess certain fans are just rejoicing that they get to play a sci-fi game with an actual colour palette to it.

destiny was never meant to be halo,.. a very simple and frankly obvious idea that many seem inexplicably unable to comprehend.

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