Today Activision announced that the Beta for Bungie’s upcoming MMO-esque shooter Destiny attracted 4,638,937 unique players since it began on July 17th on the PS3 and PS4 up until its conclusion last Sunday which also included Xbox One and Xbox 360. Eric Hirshberg of Activision Publishing had this to say:
“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.”
Bungie’s COO Pete Parsons also added his two cents:
“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.”
Destiny is set to launch in full on September 9th on the PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
