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Destiny has $500 million budget, huge gamble by Activision
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:07 am
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:07 am
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Destiny could be the most-expensive video game ever created, with Activision Blizzard planning to spend $500 million on its development and promotion.
The figure comes courtesy of CEO Bobby Kotick at last week's Milken conference (viaReuters) and dwarfs the amount spent on most games, and even Hollywood films.
It's worth noting this number doesn't solely cover development, but all the other expenses associated with manufacturing a title, including "marketing, packaging, infrastructure support, royalties and other costs".
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Between 15 and 16 million copies of the $60 game would likely have to be bought in order for this to happen, according to analysts. It's a big ask for an unproven franchise but, thankfully, there's some serious pedigree behind it.
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Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:08 am to UltimateHog
You can count my copy in that 15-16 million. There is no game on the horizon that I am more pumped up about.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:11 am to UltimateHog
Video game budgets these days are truly insane.
This post was edited on 5/6/14 at 10:05 am
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:17 am to CornDogCologne
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Video budgets these days are truly insane.
Some game journalist that has played Destiny said it was very meh at this point.
Wish I could find the Reddit post about it.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:23 am to stout
I want to like the game, but it looks very blah to me.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:25 am to stout
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Some game journalist that has played Destiny said it was very meh at this point.
Some chick on Kotaku thought it was meh, but she prefaced it that her 30-minute demo was very limited in what she could do.
Not trying to defend Bungie, but I'll wait for more to come out before I make a judgement on the game
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:28 am to GeauxAggie972
Beta will be soon so no reason to listen to anything until then.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:30 am to GeauxAggie972
Maybe I just haven't been paying attention, but it seems we went from "woot" to "meh" rather quickly on this game.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:34 am to UltimateHog
I wonder what the split is between development costs and promotion costs. I suppose the budget doesn't account for the fact that there will be significant post-launch content costs as well
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:35 am to sbr2
Will I be able to play this on my WiiU?
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:35 am to sbr2
One site guestimated the development portion was/is around 150-200 million.
This post was edited on 5/6/14 at 7:36 am
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:43 am to stout
Supposedly it plays better on the WiiU than the PS4. Let me find the link.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 7:51 am to stout
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Some game journalist that has played Destiny said it was very meh at this point.
Wish I could find the Reddit post about it.
Please do.
I really want to be excited, but I know how overhyped these games can get.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:02 am to sicboy
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but it seems we went from "woot" to "meh" rather quickly on this game.
Because everything about next gen has been underwhelming so far.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:18 am to stout
I threw a $5 pre-order down on it to get a closed Beta key from Gamestop. Closed Beta should be released sometime in June
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:22 am to stout
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Because everything about next gen has been underwhelming so far.
This is the first time since the Super Nintendo rolled out that I've put off being an early adopter. I don't feel like I'm missing anything yet.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:24 am to UltimateHog
500 million is just too much to spend on a video game
Posted on 5/6/14 at 8:44 am to Gnar Cat21
About half of it is advertising costs I would imagine.
Posted on 5/6/14 at 10:20 am to Gnar Cat21
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500 million is just too much to spend on a video game
the next E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
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