In speaking with Polygon, Activision’s CEO Erik Hirshberg took a moment to discuss the publisher’s reliance on last-gen consoles–Xbox 360, PlayStation 3–for Bungie’s upcoming shooter Destiny to succeed.
Because of Activision’s massive $500 million investment, and because so many players still play games on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the publisher wanted to release Destiny across both current- and last-gen consoles because it believes the game will succeed better that way.
” It’s great to see the next gen hardware is off to such a strong start and both the Xbox One and PS4 are well ahead of where their predecessors were at this point … but if you just woke up today and looked at where people are gaming, the majority of people are still on the legacy hardware, ” Hirshberg explained.
When asked whether or not Destiny would work as an entirely current-gen title for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, Hirshberg replied with simply saying, “ not yet. ”
” My hunch is most [players] have plans to upgrade when they can to one of the new platforms. But they haven’t yet, so you can’t ignore the install base that’s still playing on the last-gen, ” he added.
In the same discussion, Hirshberg also revealed that a PC version of Destiny is currently “ a heavy point of discussion. ” While there’s nothing to announce as of yet, at least we know that the idea is under consideration.
[ Polygon ]