The MMO shooter Destiny had a strong weekend. At DICE, a sort of Oscar for games, there were four awards, including the one for best Action Game. In Activision’s financial report, Destiny was the star.
While we complain, Bungie humbly bows
While the fans are currently forming resistance in forums against the Weekly Update (“What?! No new DLC in March?”) and the new weapon changes didn’t exactly go down well (“The Necrochasm is already so weak!” “Great, I finally have a good weapon and they’re nerfing it already!”), while all this was happening, Destiny simultaneously racked up four trophies at the gaming Oscars “DICE” in Vegas and shone in Activision’s annual report with huge numbers.
It’s going well for you, Destiny!
Four DICE Awards for Action, Sound, Music, and Online
Thus, there was the award for the best Action Game of the year against Call of Duty, Titanfall, Farcry, and Wolfenstein. Destiny also won the award for the best online experience. Additionally, it snatched awards again for the best music and the best sound effects.
Four awards for Destiny. Not bad. The other big winner in the “technical categories” was “Shadow of Mordor”, which emptied out all the minor categories like the Oscars 2004 did with the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The actual winner, the ultimate Game of the Year, was Dragon Age: Inquisition.
The DICE conference is an event in the video game industry in Vegas. The award ceremony generally receives a lot of attention.
… and impressive numbers in the annual report
Destiny also shone in Activision’s annual report. While there were no awards, there were impressive numbers. Destiny has gathered 16 million registered players since launch, it was revealed. The still active Destiny players (no number was provided here) spend three hours with the game each day.
Destiny, along with Hearthstone , generated 850 million US dollars.
Destiny is seen as a valuable new franchise in the team and they are very satisfied with the launch.
Mein MMO says: When it comes to the player counts, one has to be a bit careful, as always when numbers are mentioned. They talk about “registered accounts”, which might also count players who only played the demo, and not all 16 million are still active and playing. Nevertheless, impressive numbers. Especially the three hours a day are of course amazing.
