Activision and Bungie should be patting themselves on the backs right now.
With more than 4.6 million players during the Destiny beta anyone would have the right to be congratulating themselves. Bungie has confirmed that their upcoming game, Destiny, was played by millions of unique players during the beta period. The beta was first released on the Playstation 4 and Playstation 3 on July 17 before being released for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on July 22 featuring some of the activities that will be featured in the full game. The beta was used to gather vital information before it launches and the final weekend of the beta was used to stress test their servers. With a total of 4,638,937 unique players participating by the close of the beta on Sunday night, I think the test was a success.
“This is the biggest beta of this console generation by a wide margin and the largest console beta ever for a new video game IP to date,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. “Hosting a beta at this scale is an incredible feat, so we’re thrilled to see the phenomenal response. But the beta is just a taste of what’s to come. We’re counting down the days to our launch day, September 9th.
“We were totally blown away by the number of people who played the beta,” said Pete Parsons, COO of Bungie. “We surpassed even our own goals and the feedback was invaluable. We cannot thank the community enough, the response was humbling and in the weeks ahead we’ll be working hard to ensure that Destiny lives up to the expectations at launch.”
For more information on Destiny be sure to visit the game’s website.
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