Activision CEO on 'Destiny' delay: 'It was the right choice'

Eric Hirshberg, the CEO of Activision, spoke with Examiner about the company's decision to delay 'Destiny', and why that was ultimately the right choice.

[DarkOcelet]

Scared me for a moment , i thought it was delayed to 2015.

[Mikelarry]

lol i read the title and i saw red... phew that was a close one. september 9th cant come any sooner

[uptownsoul]

Misleading headline trying to draw in traffic…Good to see DESTINY IS STILL COMING OUT ON SEPT 9TH

[GiggMan]

I just logged in and for some reason this is the first article my eyes gravitated to.

I didn't want to click the link lol. Glad to see that all is on track.

[fenome]

Same here, I'm taking 9 days off starting the 7th and I'm really looking forward to putting a good chunk into this game right off the bat when it releases. A delay this close would've freakin' sucked!!

[guitarded77]

Yeah, I would have stroked out if Destiny was delayed. Examiner and their BS bait headlines.

[SilentNegotiator]

I was worried because I never realized that the game was delayed before.

[bouzebbal]

he says Destiny and COD are for 2 different fan bases, but these games are mainly enjoyed for their multiplayer and multiplayer in these games consists of bang bang dead respawn so in the end it's war FPS fans who like these games.

[UltraNova]

"So yes, they both have the first-person point of view in common, but I think they'll actually attract some different types of fans."

Arent Halo diehards the exact same audience as COD's?

OT: I thought it was delayed into 2015 for a minute there !

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Swear I stopped breathing while the page was loading.

[sonic989]

relax its just a game there are more important things in life .
also its a first person shooter like we dont have enough of them already but hay am not complaining

[SilentNegotiator]

"relax its just a game there are more important things in life"

*slaps face*
SNAP OUT OF IT.

[harrisk954]

This title should not have been approved.

[Blacksand1]

It need more 3rd person view not just in the main hub. I like to see what my guy have on after i buy it.

[Iamnemesis4880]

Same here cant they word it different what a scare

[ramiuk1]

me too,though its less than 2 week away and delayed haha.
didnt even know it was delayed in 1st place

[Magicite]

that examine...always going for the clicks.

[zodiac909]

I'M SICK OF THESE MISLEADING ARTICLE TITLES!!

[taijutsu363]

What I saying Dark! I payed off that beast already ask all my friends you getting that? We getting hyped ready...whoooo was bout to flip my sh*t! lol

[FastRedPonyCar]

It is... for me as someone who intends to play it on PC ;_;

[HAC522]

i wouldnt have been surprised, because thats been just about every ps4 game yet.

[n4rc]

Its always the right idea.. But id much prefer they don't set dates until they are sure they can meet them.

What's wrong with saying "were planning for a fall 2014 release"?

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

Same here.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Shareholders

[Phaethon0017]

Publishers use pre-orders as a gauge for how they position their marketing spend. It's shitty, especially when they know a game is going to be delayed a year but don't announce to get more pre-orders.

[ECHOBLAST]

Cool of, already gold !

[OUROSMAG]

Was there a prior release date? I don't remember one.

[patsrule316]

When the PS4 was first announced, Destiny was targeted as a spring 2014 release. The article is factually wrong when it says "Bungie's brand new sci-fi world has already captured the imaginations of the millions of gamers who participated in its alpha and beta versions. Since then, the game has been delayed until September 9th." The delay was long before the alpha and beta, not since then.

[KiwiViper85]

He says since the alpha and beta the game has been delayed till September 9th.

Also asked how the release date will conflict with COD:AW a full 2 months later!

[bmf7364]

Probably won't. Two different audiences are after Destiny and COD, but they're both huge on their own and a lot of other games delayed not to just polish, but Activision practically claimed holiday 2014. COD has the same annual (and possibly diminishing) audience that's heavily endorsed on Xbox while Destiny is being built on conservative Halo/Bungie fans, RPG enthusiasts, and is being marketed as the game-to-play on PS4. So not just the shooter market as a whole, they locked down each system's software sales too (theyre both third party but it's just how they're being marketed)

[dcj0524]

Basically what he said.

[mediate-this]

Thank good ness for article reading, if i only went off title id probavly make my self to be a jack ass

[BlackWolf12]

Can someone change the article title to reflect what this is about?

This is truly one of the worst cases of click bait article titles I've ever seen.

[redknight80]

Yeah no doubts, I feel like a tool for clicking on this :(

[Keith22]

I shit my pants for a sec

[martinezjesus1993]

Damn i got so freaking scared there for a sec, my heart couldnt take another delay of my most anticipated games. My heart is still racing xD

[c31647]

The title of this needs to be changed.

[RuleNumber5]

It's obviously not delayed, the game went gold days ago. Be smarter than the headline people.

[C_Dub]

Wow I thought it really did get delayed I was about to be really sad :(

[zacisyoface]

Momentarily died but realized I'm not dead and Destiny is still Sept. 9th.........
So mean

[AAWELLS09]

So over click bait but thanks to comments I didnt click on the link.

[LostFlock]

man i was going to be pissed, i just pre-ordered that white ps4 bundle.

[DVAcme]

I'll never have a problem with a game being delayed if it's to guarantee that it'll be as close to perfect as possible when it comes out. I'd rather have that than have pressure on the developers to launch early and release a buggy unplayable mess *cough* Battlefield 4! *cough*

Within reason, of course, since sometimes delaying it TOO much can have the same effect as releasing it too early. See Daikatana and Duke Nukem Forever, for example. And I don't want games to be delayed all the way to Development Hell, either. See The Last Guardian.

[andibandit]

All games have bugs, have fun waiting till the end of time

[DafunkyRebel]

the game copies are already in stores at Gamestop locked away and ready for when September 9th roles in so this trash title for an article needs to be edited. For those who don't know YES the game is already printed and has been in retailers since last week. Ask any Gamerstop employee and they will tell you its in storage right now

[DJNOSTYLE]

Oh thank god

[LightDiego]

Great bait mate.
I was worried for a moment.

[Mr Marvel]

Damn click bait junkies!

[Mr Marvel]

Got this and DriveClub pre-ordered.

Looking forward to both, but Diablo III and The Last of Us still have a lot of legs left in them for me.

[Soldierone]

Dear god I thought it got delayed....I was about to go put my PS4 on a GameStop shelf lol

[Jack_Reacher]

Wow and people go on about click bait articles. Something this entire website is about. What a massive misleading title. But then like most other 'news' here its all designed to pull in the punters.

We all argue and they keep on laughing all the way to the bank.

@Soldierone;

Really, you were going to do that because of one game when there are so many others. I would do the playstation nation a favour and do it with that attitude. You wont be missed.

[urwifeminder]

Not planning on getting it till sometime next year anyway.

[CrowbaitBob]

That headline.

[ATi_Elite]

New trend in Video Game is to Delay your game. it creates so much buzz, hype, and free press! lol

all jokes aside I too think its the right thing to do especially after gamers were BURNED by BF4.....hell still being BURNED by BF4. So delay your game and fix all the bugs. Nothing worse than paying retail price for a Alpha and downloading 10GB patches.

BF4 will burn you more than a $5 hooker holding a match and a can of gasoline standing on a hot tin roof in Yuma, AZ.

[cell989]

phew misleading title, the game is still coming out in September.

[Jubez187]

I wonder if this guy actually knows anything about games

EDIt: i was never mislead by the title at all..

[Father__Merrin]

whats with the title?