Activision seriously expects Destiny to be best selling new IP ever?

[CM30]

It seems like a good game, but doesn't this seem just a tad too optimistic?

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-02-07-activision-expects-destiny-to-be-best-selling-new-ip-ever

Especially when you consider two things:

1. Best selling new IP 'ever' means 'against Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Tetris, Sonic the Hedgehog and Call of Duty'. It also means against Halo, against Donkey Kong, against Pac-Man, against World of Warcraft, against literally everything. Not likely.

2. There are many things that count as 'new' IPs that it's not got a hope in hell of outselling. Like Wii Sports (40+ million copies), or certain mobile phone games (what, it's gonna outsell Angry Birds and Candy Crush now?)

That's not to say Destiny won't be a good game (it likely will) or that it won't sell (it'll probably sell at least a few million copies), but... it's not gonna outsell everything ever released in the gaming market. And saying stuff like this will just get your investors and business partners to unfairly judge you by impossible standards.

 

[Lelouch]

I think it will sell, but I'm going to say 15 million and the reason I say this is because Bungies name still carries a lot of weight their worst Halo game (opinion but it seems to be the majority) still sold 9 million I think just because it has the name Bungie on it will sale like crazy on xbox and on PS4 players will be excited to finally play a bungie game. The game looks like fun, albeit a little generic.

 

[UnknownToaster]

To be fair, of course they think that. They're cocky, arrogant, and don't think ahead. I'll give them one thing, it's 'working.' They've been able ride off their titles pretty well and very consistently, at the cost of the series' life. They've killed Tony Hawk games, Guitar Hero, and soon Call of Duty just by milking it to death. What? You liked that game? Let's make a thousand more that are different enough to make a mild distinction. Their next target is Destiny, they've got Bungie locked in a contract (that Bungie bragged about being great) where they have to make a game every next year for however many years and dlc between each year. Not the worst contract ever, but it's exactly what Activision wants.

I think Destiny will be quite popular, but I doubt it's going to have great cultural impact.