Destiny has become the most successful new video game franchise launch of all time after Activision have sold in more than $500 million of the game in just day one of sales.
Also becoming the highest-selling day one digital console release in history, it's on-track to becoming Activision's next billion dollar franchise.
Credit: Activision“Based on extraordinary audience demand, retail and first party orders worldwide have exceeded $500 million for Destiny,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. “This industry milestone marks another blockbuster success for our company and demonstrates our unique ability to create some of the most successful entertainment franchises in the world. The success of Destiny, along with the recent introduction of Blizzard Entertainment’s Hearthstone, is further validation of our unique capabilities to create great entertainment franchises from the ground up.”
Over 178 countries hosted over 11,000 midnight openings for Destiny, as social media and YouTube saw massive hype surrounding the game.
“Since the beginning, we’ve been confident that our investment and belief in Destiny would pay off. But not many people believed we’d be able to say it did so on day one,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. “Destiny is officially the biggest new franchise launch in our industry’s history. It’s also the highest-selling day one digital console release in history. We have more confidence than ever that Destiny will become one of the iconic franchises of this generation and Activision’s next billion dollar brand. Most importantly, it’s just a great game which we can’t stop playing. A big thanks to our incredibly talented team and partners who helped make this happen; most importantly, our partners at Bungie.”
Destiny is out now for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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