Wait it killed the Hard Drive? Holy crap.
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Neogaf: Activision/Bungie game revealed by court (4 MMO sci-fantasy FPSs, more)
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-Massively multiplayer style, sci-fantasy action shooter series codenamed Destiny with expansion packs codenamed Comet.
-Four games releasing in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019.
-Four expansion packs releasing in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.
-The main games will be retail.
-There will be other DLC, subscriptions, microtransactions, and value added services.
-The first game will be an Xbox 360 and "Xbox 720" timed exclusive.
-Activision and Bungie are considering a PS3 version of the first game in 2014.
-The second game is targeted for 360, 720, PS4, and Windows PC, though the contract notes that some of those SKUs may be dropped if they decide they are not worthwhile or not technically feasible.
-Activision can terminate the contract without penalty if Destiny doesn't sell at least 5 million units in the first six months, or for any reason they please after the second expansion pack releases.
-Bungie is also working on a Marathon game, but currently no more than 5% of their staff (nor more than 5% of their key staff) can work on it, and the amount of employees that can work on it goes up slowly as they hit cumulative profit goals. For specifics on this see the last two contract images since it's pretty lengthy.
-A maximum of 7 Bungie employees and 10 contractors are allowed to work on Bungie.net.
-Bungie will get a $2.5 million bonus on the first game if it reaches a 90 on gamerankings.com.
-Bungie will earn a 20% royalty on the first $100 million in cumulative operating income, 24% on the income between $101-$400 million, and 35% on anything $401 million and above. There is a 2%, 2.4%, and 3.5% royalty penalty if the products are delayed due to Bungie, barring something they can't control like say an earthquake destroying their studio. This part you will have to follow the link for since I'm trying to make this OP more readable.
This game will end up blowing ass. Good luck hitting that $401 million.
I hope they don't hit 100 mil, but too many Halo fans for this to happen.
I don't follow NPD, but how many games a year reach 5 million units sold in 6 months? I'd guess not many. That seems like a pretty lofty goal.
A timed exclusive for the 360 is pretty comical, considering this generation ended on November 2, 2011 as far as I am concerned.
I can't find any 6 month data, but according to vgchartz.com the only 360 games to beat 5 million for the entire year of 2011 were Modern Warfare 3, Kinect Adventures (lol), Battlefield 3 and Gears 3. Nothing has come close this year, but that's to be expected.Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
What up, Grz!
lets get a game together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon
My 360 is 3000 miles east.