http://www.craveonline.com/gaming/articles/686259-destiny-backed-by-500-million-activision-investment

" As reported by Crave gaming site Destructoid, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick told attendees at L.A.'s Milken conference last week that his company is ready to invest $500 million in creating, marketing and supporting Bungie's project.

The company also confirmed to Reuters that that money will be spend over a decade GÇö meaning Activision not only sees Destiny as one of the company's potential tentpole games, but as a juggernaut franchise they intend to exploit for years to come. "

Kinda knocks "laser focused" out of the ring huh?

I'm hoping to have my PS4 in time for the Beta, it's definitely looking like it's going to be good.

http://www.craveonline.com/gaming/articles/686259-destiny-backed-by-500-million-activision-investment

" As reported by Crave gaming site Destructoid, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick told attendees at L.A.'s Milken conference last week that his company is ready to invest $500 million in creating, marketing and supporting Bungie's project.

The company also confirmed to Reuters that that money will be spend over a decade GÇö meaning Activision not only sees Destiny as one of the company's potential tentpole games, but as a juggernaut franchise they intend to exploit for years to come. "

Kinda knocks "laser focused" out of the ring huh?

Did they say it would remain Destiny and also not change formats? Sounds like CCP so far.

They said that the Beta will launch sometime in July with a launch date of September. Plenty of time man.

CCP had promises for dust, and didn't deliver.

On the other hand, anything i have heard about destiny is positive, and Bungie will meet most of there promises becuase they have in the past.

A Dust fanboy may argue that destiny has a larger budget, and dust doesn't have 25% of Destinys budget...


But who cares? Destiny is better, so i will spend money on it! Why should anyone stand up and support a less developed game full of empty promises when there is a better game around the corner.


CCP has promised us exploration for dust, PvE, player trading, and tons more that we will never get. CCP actually has to start a new game to get this stuff right!!

Destiny will have its promised content on launch, and new content will come on a daily.


Dont support the weak ( when it comes to gaming)

cough* halo 2 cough* cough*

CCP had promises for dust, and didn't deliver.

On the other hand, anything i have heard about destiny is positive, and Bungie will meet most of there promises becuase they have in the past.

A Dust fanboy may argue that destiny has a larger budget, and dust doesn't have 25% of Destinys budget...


But who cares? Destiny is better, so i will spend money on it! Why should anyone stand up and support a less developed game full of empty promises when there is a better game around the corner.


CCP has promised us exploration for dust, PvE, player trading, and tons more that we will never get. CCP actually has to start a new game to get this stuff right!!

Destiny will have its promised content on launch, and new content will come on a daily.


Dont support the weak ( when it comes to gaming)

A tiny shred of my brain drew a comparison of this post to the planetside bomber.

*sheds tear* I remember.

But that you two have any relation, this post is completely different in approach.

That is all.

A tiny shred of my brain drew a comparison of this post to the planetside bomber.

*sheds tear* I remember.

But that you two have any relation, this post is completely different in approach.

That is all.

Thinking back at him and...well, maybe i should have followed his advice , even if I totally disliked Planetside 2 back in Beta.

While I am eagerly anticipating Destiny as much as the next guy, Bobby Kotick is a complete tard and there is no goddamn way they are spending $500 mil on "supporting" Destiny if they ever want to see a profit. That's like the full dev & marketing costs of 3-4 major AAA titles.

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Lets not put Bungie on too much of a pedestal here. Destiny will have its random bugs and glitches just like every other first pass game. There will be things that they dont implement because it doesnt work correctly and some stuff they just decide not to do. What I do like though is that there is a shown commitment to the game as a tentpole for both Activision and Bungie from the get go. Its not a side project, its not the low man on the totem pole. Both companies are going to fight tooth and nail to make this game work so I expect to see things fixed as quickly as they can and, given the size of these companies, that Sony will tast track any releases and patches that need to be done.

Again, this isnt a 'CCP is bad' post. Its just that Dust/Legion is a side project while Destiny is the main attraction. Legion might end up being a fun little game but its just not going to have the support that Destiny will.

http://www.craveonline.com/gaming/articles/686259-destiny-backed-by-500-million-activision-investment

" As reported by Crave gaming site Destructoid, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick told attendees at L.A.'s Milken conference last week that his company is ready to invest $500 million in creating, marketing and supporting Bungie's project.

The company also confirmed to Reuters that that money will be spend over a decade GÇö meaning Activision not only sees Destiny as one of the company's potential tentpole games, but as a juggernaut franchise they intend to exploit for years to come. "

Kinda knocks "laser focused" out of the ring huh?

You better believe that they're going to be committed to getting every dime back plus a whole lot more.

I don't really understand the mindset of people like this. It's you paying for the games, not them.

At least we will get something back for our investment. Here we pay to beta test and get our game cancelled.

While I am eagerly anticipating Destiny as much as the next guy, Bobby Kotick is a complete tard and there is no goddamn way they are spending $500 mil on "supporting" Destiny if they ever want to see a profit. That's like the full dev & marketing costs of 3-4 major AAA titles.