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Destiny: leaked promo flyer provides first details

Tomorrow, Sunday the Activision and Bungie want to use to the sci-fi title "Destiny" closer imagine. The first information but make the rounds today. A promotional flyer in the hands, which some unconfirmed details about the new Bungie game are given.

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stage884083d ago

Why try and squeeze this in before the PS4 announcement? It'll be lost in a few days. They should have waited until at least March.

Zoron0074083d ago

They said they are showing it at GDC and I'd imagine E3 as well.

BuLLDoG9094083d ago (Edited 4083d ago )

Releasing for PS3/360(and next gen), check out neogaf for leak

BuLLDoG9094083d ago

Dont disagree xbox fangirls, its multiplat

MikeMyers4083d ago

Perhaps to show the power of the next Xbox early?

http://www.bungie.net/

The game looks amazing.

KMCROC544083d ago (Edited 4083d ago )

Love reposted news articles that are not reread for small changes.but he tomorrow is Sunday.t

1Victor4083d ago

LOL "leaked" and I bet the game will be "delayed" till a day/week before the release of PS4

DigitalSmoke4083d ago (Edited 4083d ago )

Microsoft is reaching, specially because this game is a MULTI PLATFORM TITLE with a timed release, which is bound to turn out even better for the Playstation.

Microsoft really has nothing else to show but this?.
I get a sense that they might be having a Wii U on their hands this generaion.

StrongMan4083d ago (Edited 4083d ago )

Ms don't have any exclusives so they are forced to buy "timed exclusives". They can say it's "exclusive" for a short time and they are happy with that. Notice Sony and Nintendo don't have to rely on "timed exclusives". There won't be any new core IPs next gen so MS will rely even more heavily on "timed exclusives". The only new IPs will be casual Kinect 2.0 games.

WildArmed4083d ago

You'd be surprised how much marketing can change the perception of the public.

I remember hearing that Assassin's Creed was a Xbox 360 exclusive again and again. MS does marketing well, by advertising the game with a 360 logo only -- people start believing the game is only available on their console.

So if MS does back Bungie by paying for the ads, I won't be surprised if most of the public starts believing that Density is an exclusive.

I've heard the same for CoD. If Nintendo and Sony start advertising the games as well, I think they can negate this effect. But I've yet to see any ads for Sony/Nintendo on TV.

NicSage4083d ago

Bungie is just silly for going with a timed exclusive, they will alienate a large portion of potential buyers.

stage884083d ago

Agree with you there, since I heard it was a timed exclusive I've gone right off buying it. I don't want to buy an old game months later.

Zechs344083d ago

Inclined to agree. A game of this magnitude, Bungies development since Halo, now under Activision(ugh), and you are going to splint the launch between current and next gen consoles AND withing a years timeframe...

Something smells foul there...

dcbronco4083d ago

Bungie doesn't have a choice. Micosoft didn't let them go for free. One of the conditions was right of first refusal on future Bungie games in addition to Microsoft retaining the rights to Halo. MS might have the right to pay for exclusivity to Bungie titles, they might be able to just claim it outright or they might just automatically get timed exclusivity on them. But there is some mechanism in place where Microsoft still has some rights to Bungie's games.

Maybe those rights are temporary, but they are apparently in place for right now.

Zechs344083d ago

Kinf of a Sh***y practice for a company of whom they owe their very success to IMO.

Oh well only a bit longer to see what this is all about!

Lvl_up_gamer4083d ago

@ Zechs34

That's a pretty narrow minded negative look.

MS could have kept Bungie, forced them to keep pumping out Halo's and never allow them any kind of freedom to try other ideas and IP's. Instead MS showed their appreciation for what Bungie has done for them and so allowed them to break off and work on their own ideas.

Bungie gets to try new ideas and creativity and MS gets first dibs on the IP.

It's a win win for both parties.

You think Sony or Nintendo would ever allow any of their 1st parties to break off and become independent where their titles could end up being on the competitors console? Hell no.

MS's practice with what they did with Bungie is GOOD for the industry. Now Sony only console owners will be able to experience the greatness that Bungie is with Destiny.

dcbronco4083d ago

Zech you will find that companies do things like this all the time. Wasn't it revealed recently that Sony demands the rights to some of the IPs that they sign exclusivity deals with. And other everyday companies force individual employees to sign non-compete cluses. They may not be able to work a similar job in the same city, same state or same business period for a number of years.

Lvl-up is right. MS did Bungie a huge favor. Both companies won in that deal. Bungie can go on and make millions and MS still has Halo. And the hundreds of millions Bungie made for them. But most employees never get to leave and keep their name. That ain't Infinity Ward working at Activision.

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Destiny Made Over $160 Million In Microtransaction Revenue In Less Than 2 Years

Destiny has made over $160 million in MTX revenue, and these numbers only account the data from late 2017 to early 2019.

Sgt_Slaughter330d ago

That's extremely low for microtransactions, especially for a game that's essentially designed around it

LucasRuinedChildhood330d ago (Edited 330d ago )

This was back when the game wasn't free to play.

The figures are from November 2017 to February 2019 (1 year and 4 months).

Based on that projection, the MTX revenue for Destiny 2 likely would have been closer to ~$240m for 2 years.

Not sure if premium expansions are included in that figure either although ... I'd hope that they are though and that most of the revenue was for actual content like Forsaken.

People spend way too much money on cosmetics.

Rude-ro330d ago (Edited 330d ago )

Seasons($10 and just got bumped to $12) and dungeon keys($10 each, two a year) are through the eververse(micro transaction) store.
So for those two years, in order to play a season, you would pay through micro transactions.

Sonic1881330d ago (Edited 330d ago )

Bungie Marathon will be worse since it's designed around it as well

Kurt Russell329d ago

It makes me sad to agree... but at the same time I am looking forward to giving it a go. Destiny 2 is so far in, I find it difficult to figure out what I am meant to do first.

buffig330d ago

I think FIFA alone makes over $1bn a year from mtx

anast330d ago

FIFA promotes a worldwide sport. It should make more money than destiny.

CantThinkOfAUsername330d ago (Edited 330d ago )

Let's compare something similar. Apex Legends and its ridiculous $18/$40 skins make EA a billion each year.

z2g330d ago

For as much as ppl complain how much they hate microtransactions, they sure don’t act like it. No wonder they aren’t going anywhere.

spicelicka330d ago

By "people" you're referring to millions and millions of people. Obviously the ones complaining aren't necessarily the same as the ones spending all that money.

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Father__Merrin330d ago

There's millions that purchase MTX and there's nothing we can do about it

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Stop Trying To Make Destiny

In Episode 1 of Spot On, a new weekly news show, Gamespot talks about the dangers of chasing a trend.

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Destiny 1 Becomes Playable on PC via Emulation

Playing Destiny 1 on PC has been something fans have been requesting for years. It looks like Destiny 1 is now playable on PC via the RPCS3 emulator.

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spoonard482d ago

I've been thinking about playing through D1 again before it goes away...

CobraKai481d ago

That’s the sad reality of a game like this. I bought it, invested lots of money, and it can go away at anytime. I still think this was more fun than 2.

jeromeface480d ago

prob because 2 is a grindfest slog

spoonard478d ago

That's the bummer of 'games as a service'.