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ethomaz on 20 October 2014
mornelithe said:

"Yes, it's true: Activision is spending half a billion dollars on Bungie's Destiny. Yes, that's true despite Bungie's statement that, "the budget for Destiny, including associated marketing costs and pizza Wednesdays, is nowhere near 500 million dollars." And that's because, when Activision head Bobby Kotick revealed that gargantuan number earlier this year, he was speaking to the entire franchise, not just this September's game.

"That number has been widely misinterpreted as a production number for the first game," Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg explained in an interview today at Gamescom. "That number is an all-inclusive number that's several years worth of investment, including marketing and several games, and a lot of up front investment in things like engines and tools that will be able to be used for years to come."

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/13/destiny-500-million/

They were predicting budget to the next expansions and games... thye planned to expend $500 million in this generation with Destiny.



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mornelithe on 20 October 2014
ethomaz said:
mornelithe said:

"Yes, it's true: Activision is spending half a billion dollars on Bungie's Destiny. Yes, that's true despite Bungie's statement that, "the budget for Destiny, including associated marketing costs and pizza Wednesdays, is nowhere near 500 million dollars." And that's because, when Activision head Bobby Kotick revealed that gargantuan number earlier this year, he was speaking to the entire franchise, not just this September's game.

"That number has been widely misinterpreted as a production number for the first game," Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg explained in an interview today at Gamescom. "That number is an all-inclusive number that's several years worth of investment, including marketing and several games, and a lot of up front investment in things like engines and tools that will be able to be used for years to come."

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/13/destiny-500-million/

They were predicting budget to the next expansions and games... thye planned to expend $500 million in this generation with Destiny.

I know, I was just pointing this out, but it's irrelevant, the OP is specifically avoiding addressing the inaccuracy of his argument.



vkaraujo on 20 October 2014

I am on the fence here.
Titanfall was really hyped as well. That said, it at least got 80's on Metacritic and delivered less flaws.

Destiny on the other hand lacks so many important aspects, that it is almost laughable.
A MMO with no Trade? No Craft? No Social interaction whatsoever?
A RPG where races have 0 difference? Classes that have almost 0 difference? The story on a website????
And the other things like: No matchmaking? Unskippable cutscenes? Invisible Walls? The quest system. And the god damn loot system.

This game has almost every flaw it could have. We were expecting the "World of Halo" and ended up with a pretty shooter. Not that special in the end, to say the least.



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 20 October 2014

Idk about all time cause FFXIII and FFXIV original hype were also pretty big but most people got super disappointed by those so... Idk about all time but for this gen so far? Hell Yes!



                  

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platformmaster918 on 20 October 2014

COD is hyped up by more people and sells more and delivers less in my opinion every year since 4




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DJEVOLVE on 20 October 2014

Yes the game was completely over hyped, it was being talked about at all the game stops a year ago. This is because of the mad hype constantly coming out about it.



Thespiralmatrix on 20 October 2014

Titanfall was much more hyped and much less of a game.



NextGen_Gamer on 20 October 2014

I guess if you only look at critics scores, maybe. But I would prefer to look at what actual consumers/gamers say, and almost everyone I know loves the game. For me personally? Well, let's just say that I played the Alpha at least once a day the entire time it was open, the Beta at least once a day the whole time it was open, and I have played at least one Strike or Crucible match every day in Destiny since the full game launched. I have never, ever, ever before played a game every day for a month straight before. So yeah, to me, definitely not overhyped.



Zadainie on 20 October 2014

Nothing beats Titanfall GOTG.



fleischr on 20 October 2014

I don't know. Duke Nukem 3D 2 had tons of hype in its time. Then years of delays, cancellations, and then the game would come back. And when it finally arrived over a decade later: it was a piece of garbage not worth any hype at all.

Same applies to Too Human



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