Destiny Sales Hits $500 Million On Day One & Smashes Even More Records!
We all knew that Destiny was going to go down rather well with gamers across the world, but Activision has revealed just how successful the launch for their new IP was. On the opening day of the Destiny release, sales have exceeded over $500 million! More than enough to keep even Dr Evil happy.
In fact, Destiny has broke a number of records, such as being the most pre-ordered videogame IP in history, which resulted in more the 4.6 million gamers participating in its open beta. It is the most successful new videogame franchise at launch of all time. It is also the highest selling day one digital console release in history. With Destiny still being in its very early days, it is well and truly on track to becoming Activision’s “Next Billion Dollar Franchise”.
Here’s what CEO of Activision Blizzard; Bobby Kotick had to say on Destiny hitting these impressive milestones:
CEO of Activision Publishing; Eric Hirshberg also had this to say:
Destiny is out now for the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.