Activision's revealed some pretty impressive Destiny statistics during the company's most recent financial report, claiming that the game now has almost 30 million registered players. Those keeping pace will remember that back in November of last year, the publisher stated that Destiny had around 25 million users - so that means the title's still seeing some significant growth, even after being on the market for over a year.
What's more, Activision also commented on the title's big April Update, which, as the name suggests, was made available last month. The patch tweaked several key features of Destiny, and even added a decent amount of new content. According to the publisher, the update's had a positive impact, bringing lapsed players back into the fray.
Publishing executive Eric Hirshberg adds: "It's clear fans are hungry for more content than we have been able to create [...] that passion and loyalty from our fans is something that we don't take for granted, which is why we're working side by side with Bungie to make sure that in the future, we're able to deliver a more consistent stream of great content and drive even more engagement." In other words, it sounds like the company is more than prepared to back Bungie when it comes to the future of Destiny.
At this point, it's worth mentioning that we already know a couple of key details regarding the shooter's plans. For starters, it's getting an expansion later this year, and Destiny 2 is set to launch at some point in 2017.
Are you still diving into Destiny when you get the chance? Do you think that the future's bright for Bungie's property? Pick up some purple engrams in the comments section below.
[source gamespot.com]
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Last week I played some Black Ops III and some Destiny, in terms of enjoyment from gameplay Destiny absolutely crushes CoD. It's a shame they can't provide more weekly events like Iron Banner and such. Where is sparrow racing? It's all a bit half arsed.
I thought Bungie said they'd be 2 free updates before a Taken King size update in September?
While I've well worn out all the content in Destiny (I didn't bother with expansions) the best thing about the game is the brilliant PVP. Glad to see people still enjoying it.
Gimmie some big frigging worm hole to a new universe with some more planets to explore, and some more locations on earth while you're at it. Too much else to play at the moment!
@itshoggie Yeah, I believe Bungie has said that it has something 'big' planned for the summer, which I assume will be another free update. We'll hear more about it soon, most likely.
Considering they tried to charge year-1 players $20 for the Collector's Edition's digital content, I find it hard to believe what he just said there.
I miss Destiny but I cant envisage playing again until a sequel, I feel too far behind with not enough time to warrant jumping back in.
I gave up just before TTK, and don't think I will be tempted back. Just can't swallow the pricing model. Will be pretty much steering clear of Bungie because of that.
I finished and never picked up "The Taken King" - but after hearing lots and lots of great things about the expansion and what has been added Im planning on hopping into it again at some point
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