Destiny 2 has clearly been a hit for Activision, but the extent of the game's success has been hard to read thus far. Physical sales are down on the first game in both the UK and Japan, and we assume that the same has happened in North America, although we don't have those numbers just yet.
However, the publisher's keen to point out the title's impressive digital performance, specifically on the PlayStation Store. According to the company's most recent press release, Destiny 2 has broken the record for the "largest ever day one sales globally for PlayStation Store". In other words, a whole lot of people purchased the game digitally as soon as it launched.
To be frank, said press release is so packed with public relations fluff that it's all a bit difficult to understand. Apparently, Destiny 2 "surpassed the original’s records for engagement and digital sales in launch week," but other than that, the very specific wording makes us wonder just how successful the sequel has been when compared to its predecessor.
"Destiny 2 is off to a strong start as the number one console gaming launch week of the year to date," Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg said. Meanwhile, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons seems upbeat: "We are blown away that we’ve had eight days in a row in Destiny 2 where we’ve seen more than one-million concurrent players grace our worlds. It’s equal parts inspiring and humbling, and we’re looking forward to showing everyone what’s coming next!"
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"Surpassed the original for engagement and digital sales"
But not sales then?
I bought a copy for my buddy too so I'm responsible for 2 of those digital versions. Scary that I spent £110 on Destiny 2 this month!
@kyleforrester87 Mate I spent £8000 on shaders.
Unlike story driven single player game, this type of games (gaas) will be supported years after release, so most people will buy it digital.
@ShogunRok Sucker, I only buy performance enhancing microtransactions
@kyleforrester87 Reported.
It's still successful, just not as successful.
I wonder if the PS4 bundles actually count towards it's sales, if not then I imagine that number will significantly rise.
@ShogunRok @Kyleforrester87 pffft. I remortgaged my house to buy 17.5k cans of Monster Energy drinks. I have more shade than the area behind Gemma Collins and a resting heart rate of 70000
Nice! Everyone I know that has it went digital.
I went digital this time as well, so did a few of my friends. For a game that I was going on and off for three years (D1), I really regretted not spending the extra tenner at launch to go digital. I'm fine with physical games if it's one and done kind of deal, but games that I keep going back to like Destiny, Overwatch, Titanfall, I'll only go digital from now on.
Hopefully the naysayers will shut up.
@THRILLHOU you bought the wrong drink, its rockstar
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi GODDAMMIT MY FIANCE IS GONNA KILL ME.
I went digital as well. I don't like to go into Gamestop and shipping from Amazon takes too long. I go digital for most everything though.
Awww...wish I'd gone digital now
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