Activision is going out on a limb her by making a rather large bet on Destiny. And according to one analyst the game is likely to pay off something around 10-15 million copies which roughly translates into $600 to $900 million.
Other games that have done well in this regard are Nintendo’s Mario Kart Wii, which has sold more than 45.5 million copies till date and of course Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto has, mind you shipped, not sold 33 million copies till date.
A report by Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz mentioned that Destiny could become the best-selling game of 2014. Their projection is based on how many copies a game will sell based on the number of pre-orders and data from Amazon and NPD Group’s reports on physical game sales.
According to Creutz, Destiny has the highest Ordometer score in the last four years. The Cowen 2014 Video Game Ordometer current top five games are:
- Destiny
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- Assassin’s Creed Unity
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Far Cry 4
Destiny launches for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4 on September 9. We thought that the game looked promising when we got our hands on the alpha build earlier this month.
