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walsufnir on 23 December 2014

 

Destiny Nearing 13 Million Players, 500+ People Working on the Game Right Now

Bungie reveals a number of Destiny stats and teases plans for 2015.

by Eddie Makuch on December 22, 2014

Almost 13 million people--12,869,066 to be exact--have played Bungie's shooter Destiny, the developer has revealed. The milestone, which Bungie announced on its blog, comes after the release of Destiny's free demo for all platforms. It's unclear how many copies of Destiny have actually been sold.

Destiny's 12.87 million players have created 22.93 million Guardians, and together have spent 872.4 million hours in the game so far, Bungie went on to say. The developer also revealed some staffing numbers, saying it currently has more than 500 people working on the game and/or its sequel.

Bungie has also informed us that Destiny's new raid, Crota's End, has been beaten 769 times "and rapidly counting." The raid was introduced to Destiny through the game's first expansion, The Dark Below, which was released in early December. The raid was designed to be tackled by a team of six players, but someone recently beat it all by himself, a feat that has never been repeated, Bungie says.

Also in the update, Bungie said Destiny's ranks are about to grow significantly with players described as "Christmas Noobs" AKA people who receive the game as a gift on December 25.

"Go easy on 'em," Bungie said. "They'll show up in the Crucible--lost, confused, and freshly minted as Level Fives. They'll arrive on the forum where you're sort of a big deal, asking questions you discovered the answers to a long time ago. Take them under your wing. Show them the way. They’ll learn a lot from you."

Current Destiny owners are also getting a special Christmas gift from Bungie. The developer teased that Destiny players will find "some small stocking stuffers" in the game sometime after the holidays. Presumably you'll be able to claim your gift at the Postmaster.

Finally, Bungie said the next major update for Destiny will arrive in January, and should include "some stuff you've been asking for." Bungie will share more details after the holidays.

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Eddie Makuch

Eddie Makuch is a news editor at GameSpot, and would like to see the Whalers return to Hartford.


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walsufnir on 23 December 2014

The hype seems to be real.



fatslob-:O on 23 December 2014

Congratulations to Bungie ...



DJEVOLVE on 23 December 2014

Yep just put it into a console since launch and these things can happen. Not saying the game isn't good but it's not great and boring after a short while. Nothing great. The next installment won't see the sales unless it's bundled heavily too.



Squeezol on 23 December 2014

500+ people working on one game? It's getting real!



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bananaking21 on 23 December 2014

the next game better have a lot more content. the gameplay is really really good. but after a while you are just tired of everything. the game is pretty good, but the next one can be a lot better.



Puppyroach on 23 December 2014

Somehow, I don't find these numbers impressive at all. The level of hype, the game being available on 360/PS3/X1/PS4/PC and also being heavily bundled, should have generated alot more sales than this. I think Activision would agree as well.



TheGoldenBoy on 23 December 2014
bananaking21 said:
the next game better have a lot more content. the gameplay is really really good. but after a while you are just tired of everything. the game is pretty good, but the next one can be a lot better.

Exactly how I feel. I really liked the gameplay a lot and I put a lot of time into the game, but it was only because I had friends to play with. The next game needs to have a much better campaign mode and more content. 



bananaking21 on 23 December 2014
TheGoldenBoy said:
bananaking21 said:
the next game better have a lot more content. the gameplay is really really good. but after a while you are just tired of everything. the game is pretty good, but the next one can be a lot better.

Exactly how I feel. I really liked the gameplay a lot and I put a lot of time into the game, but it was only because I had friends to play with. The next game needs to have a much better campaign mode and more content. 

the gameplay is so good it makes you want more. i would say i easily put around 40~50 hours into the game, but after that point you just need new strikes, maps and content to do. and the expansion packs are a complete rip off.



Angelus on 23 December 2014

Good for them. Hope they made/make a lot of new fans with this game, because they lost a longtime fan in me with the way they've handled Destiny.