Destiny 2’s Concurrency Hits All-Time High for
the Franchise
Destiny 2 is Largest Ever Day 1 Sales Globally
for PlayStation Store
Bungie and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), delivered
the world-renowned, first-person action game, Destiny 2, to
players across the globe on September 6 on PlayStation®4 systems
with additional, timed exclusive* content, and Xbox One
(PlayStation®Plus or Xbox Live Gold subscription, respectively,
required for significant features). The original Destiny became the
biggest new console video game franchise launch in history, and
Destiny 2 surpassed the original’s records for engagement
and digital sales in launch week. This universe will welcome
players in on a new platform next month for the first time on PC.
Destiny 2 PC is available for pre-order now and is coming
October 24 at retail and as the first non-Blizzard game to be
offered digitally via Battle.net®, Blizzard Entertainment's online
gaming service.
"With franchise pre-order records broken, and record day-one
performance on PlayStation Store, it’s exciting to see engagement
at the highest ever week-one concurrency for the franchise.
Destiny 2 is off to a strong start as the #1 console gaming
launch week of the year to date," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of
Activision. "With the PC version yet to ship, Destiny
2 sets the stage for being one of the biggest video game
entertainment events of the year."
Bungie CEO, Pete Parsons, said, “We hit some great milestones
this week with our community.” He added, “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!”
For the third year in a row, Destiny is the #1 console-only game
viewed on Twitch by minutes watched. Destiny 2, including
its two betas, had more than 600M minutes watched on Twitch
before the raid, a fan-favorite, endgame, 6-player gameplay
experience started. The raid, called “Leviathan,” went live for
players on Sept. 13 and immediately shot to the #1 position on
Twitch based on total concurrent viewers.
Destiny 2 takes players on an epic journey across the
universe to defend humanity from annihilation. The game welcomes
new players to the universe, as well as those who have been devoted
to the universe since the beginning, with an array of modes and
activities to explore. In the story of Destiny 2, the last
safe city on Earth has fallen and lay in ruins, occupied by a
powerful new army. Players must master new abilities and weapons to
reunite the city’s forces, stand together and fight back to reclaim
their home.
In Destiny 2, every player creates their own character
called a “Guardian,” humanity’s chosen protectors. Players can
choose from playing the cinematic, story campaign, venturing into
the expansive destinations to joining in cooperative modes
including Strike missions. For competitive players, Destiny
2 offers intense 4v4 multiplayer matches in ‘The Crucible’. An
all-new, community-oriented feature to be implemented in Destiny
2 started rolling out on Tuesday, and is called the ‘Guided
Games’ system and helps players find groups to team up with to
tackle Destiny 2’s most challenging activities.
Destiny 2 is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and is
available at a suggested retail price of $59.99. The product
line-up also features the Destiny 2 – Game + Expansion Pass Bundle
at $89.99 SRP, the Destiny 2 – Digital Deluxe Edition featuring
premium digital content at $99.99 SRP, the Limited Edition at
$99.99 SRP, and the Collector’s Edition, featuring a fully-wearable
Destiny 2 – Frontier Bag, Expansion Pass, premium digital content
and a Cabal-themed Collector’s Box for $249.99 SRP.
Also available are Sony PlayStation®4 timed exclusives* which
include a competitive multiplayer map, a three-player cooperative
Strike, a blue and white colored ship, specialized gear sets, and
an exclusive exotic weapon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXZYMVqwvDQ.
For more game information, visit www.DestinyTheGame.com and
follow the official Destiny social channels on Facebook and
@DestinyTheGame on Instagram and Twitter. The community can
interact directly with the developers at www.Bungie.net, Facebook,
@Bungie on Twitter, Instagram and www.Twitch.tv/Bungie on
Twitch.
About Bungie
Bungie is an independent, employee-owned game development studio
dedicated to creating hopeful worlds that inspire passionate player
communities. For more than two-and-a-half decades that purpose has
led to the creation of some of the industry’s most celebrated
gaming franchises, including Marathon, Myth, Halo, and Destiny.
Today, Bungie is focused on creating new experiences and adventures
for the Destiny 2 community to share.
About Activision Publishing,
Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica,
California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading
global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment,
including Call of Duty®, Destiny, Skylanders and Crash Bandicoot
some of the world’s most successful interactive entertainment
franchises. Activision maintains operations throughout the world
and is a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI),
an S&P 500 company. More information about Activision and its
products can be found on the company's website,
www.activision.com or by following @Activision.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking
Statements: Information in this press release that involves
Activision Publishing’s expectations, plans, intentions or
strategies regarding the future, including statements about the
expected release dates, features and functionality of Destiny 2,
are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause
Activision Publishing’s actual future results to differ materially
from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in
this release include unanticipated product delays and other factors
identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s
most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this
release are based upon information available to Activision
Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release,
and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes
any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may
ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not
guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or
Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause
actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
© 2017 Bungie, Inc. All rights reserved. Destiny, the Destiny
Logo, Bungie and the Bungie Logo are among the trademarks of
Bungie, Inc. Published and distributed by Activision. Activision is
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owners.
*Timed exclusive content until at least Fall 2018.
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