The MMO shooter Destiny has taken a look at the present and future. The numbers are impressive. Plans for future game content are also in place.
Last week, Activision revealed the numbers to shareholders. As the publisher, they also distribute Destiny. Here are the numbers, still strong: 20 million registered users now have. The active ones still play 3 hours daily. The latest figures from March mentioned 17 million players and a little over 3 hours daily. Together with the also distributed online card game Hearthstone, they reach a billion in revenue since the release of both games.
When looking at the player numbers, it should be noted that they are not talking about “active” players and not about “sales,” but only about registered accounts; “demo” players may also be counted, as well as people who have not played Destiny in a long time. This manipulation of player numbers is common throughout the industry.
The numbers are impressive, but for players, they may now be of little significance. Rather, three “by-products” from the event and interviews with Bungie are interesting:
Raids, expansions, and “free” content this summer?
- They stated to IGN that while they are working on multiple raids, none will be tied to the next DLC “House of Wolves”; rather, the raids will be associated with future, then paid “purchases”. The endgame for “House of Wolves” consists of the Trials of Osiris and the Prison of Elders.
- For fall, they plan a “major expansion”, the largest so far. They emphasize that the expansion “is to be incredibly appealing to new players too,” it will bring “content for every playstyle”. It could be that Bungie has protected the name “Taken King” for this expansion.
- And particularly interesting: According to Dualshockers, Bungie is also planning to deliver “robust game content” this summer. They are aware of how important fresh game content is. They will say more about this soon. This could result in, if we look at the current expansion “House of Wolves”, bringing new content in summer. Perhaps here starts the story about the queen.
