I'm confused! (Destiny)

by uberfoop , Seattle-ish, Friday, September 12, 2014, 20:13 (3524 days ago) @ Captain Spark

Why would Activision use some website's relatively ambiguous game ranking to determine if Bungie gets a bonus? I've always assumed that the sales figures of a new game determines if it is a success or a failure!

Future sales potential. For non-launch Destiny sales (including people explicitly waiting for reviews before deciding to buy), DLC sales, and sales of future Destiny products.

That it launched well was basically guaranteed by the marketing. The rate at which people continue to buy it, and the extent to which they stick around (and thus have future sales potential) is in theory going to be somewhat dependent on how good the game is, which is in theory related to reviews.

Whether metacritic is actually a good (and/or non-offensive, hehe) gauge is debatable, but there definitely is a sales-related logic to it.

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Yellow alert - Schooly D, 2014-09-12, 13:28
- Yellow alert - GrizzNKev, 2014-09-12, 13:35
  - Yellow alert - SIX min WHISTLE, 2014-09-12, 21:18
- It's been trending in interesting ways. - uberfoop, 2014-09-12, 13:39
  - It's been trending in interesting ways. - Cody Miller, 2014-09-12, 15:54
- Exact Clause in the Old Contract - Mars, 2014-09-12, 13:55
- My two cents is... - Malagate, 2014-09-12, 14:07
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    - My two cents is... - Malagate, 2014-09-12, 14:28
      - I see what you did there. - car15, 2014-09-12, 17:15
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- That thing where Halo 4 has an 87 on Metacritic - Avateur, 2014-09-12, 14:31
  - That thing where Halo 4 has an 87 on Metacritic - car15, 2014-09-12, 15:32
    - *Snerk* - Ragashingo, 2014-09-12, 15:48
      - #comeatmebro - car15, 2014-09-12, 17:13
    - That thing where Halo 4 has an 87 on Metacritic - Cody Miller, 2014-09-12, 15:56
- It's reviews like this - Earendil, 2014-09-12, 15:08
  - Right. - Kermit, 2014-09-12, 15:25
  - It's reviews like this - uberfoop, 2014-09-12, 15:29
  - It's reviews like this - Cody Miller, 2014-09-12, 15:59
- Yellow alert - Cody Miller, 2014-09-12, 15:53
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- Yellow alert - tarehart, 2014-09-12, 19:27
- I'm confused! - Captain Spark, 2014-09-12, 20:02
  - I'm confused! - uberfoop, 2014-09-12, 20:13
- Green Alert - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 13:08
  - Green Alert - uberfoop, 2014-09-14, 13:12

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