September 9, not only was a presentation of Apple, which has been demonstrated iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and "smart" watches Watch , but the release of one of the most anticipated games of the year. We are talking about the new shooter from Destiny studio Bungie, previously engaged in the development of the popular series of HALO for video game consoles by Microsoft. It is reported, for the first day Destiny earned $ 500 million. It should be noted that this includes a copy of the game, which have been decorated and pre-orders are shipped complete with PlayStation 4. Recall that at the moment the best selling game of all time is the Grand Theft Auto V , which for the first day of sales has collected $ 800 million, and only three days later, he went beyond the barrier of $ 1 billion.
Published sure Destiny will become the new most successful project of all time. At this point, the game set a new record for the number of pre-orders as a new title, which is not a sequel or continuation of the series. According to analyst Doug Creutz with Cowen Group, games in this genre generate 40% of revenue from sales volume for the whole year for the first five days.