This $500 million talk has been debunked already can we stop bringing that number up. I don't get how anyone thought Activision spent 500 million on a game it didn't even seem believable when it was said.

Destiny sales dropped very hard and I see they will a lot of problems building hype for upcoming DLC and especially for a successor, especially if there will be an embargo again.
I think next time people will wait for reviews and then buy the game instead of letting the hype lure you to a game with many discrepancies.

the guys who said it will do 30m talked about a WoW like game
on every expansion, u get the original version, too (for free)


but im sceptical this game will work that way.
for the frist expansion (end of 2015 or early 2016) maybe.

but after that, they need a destiny 2 to get people into buying this game anymore, imho.



so yeah, no 30m for destiny. not even 20m for destiny.
it will do 15m with its first expansion and pc release.


it just dont have any userbase on last gen. that make it impossible to reach cod numbers

Activision CEO was quoted by multiple press outlets saying Activision was making a "500 million dollar bet on destiny"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/us-activision-destiny-idUSBREA4501F20140506

500 million was first brought up Kotick in this bungie 'dev diary'

http://www.vg247.com/2014/05/05/first-destiny-developer-diary-released-talks-armour-loot-weapon-upgrades/

There were a lot of outrageous predictions and I remember some people said 20-30m. I predicted 15m but I expect it to sell around 11m.

That $500 is not the initial amount spent on Destiny. It's the alloted budget for the promised 10 years of support + development and advertising costs. They're essentially employing Budgie for 10 years! Destiny already made money on day 1, and they're going to make a killing with DLC and expansions.

Also, in order to claim people predicted it would sell 30 million or more, you need a link.

From what i've read and heard from various pod-cast's: They had grand visions, sold those during developement. Had to cut back, that made lore / back-story quite hollow and not that refined (different classes / races had different starting locations at one point).
And now the gaming-community at large has branded the product with the 'it isn't what they said it was' stamp.
So it isn't the 'omg this game is phenomenal!' messaging that you need to keep traction to get a 20mil+ selling game. Word of mouth is a big thing.

that's my take on it at least

Heck, I made a post where I claimed that it might be the best selling game of all time (stupid me got caught in beta hype).

I'd say 7-10 million is still possible though.

30 million? Who said that? Back up your claims at least.

i think i expected 20 millions and i still think it's possible