Activision announced that Destiny has yielded well 500 million dollars in the first 24 hours after its launch, making it the largest launch in the history of a new franchise.

Bobby Kotick, Activision's CEO, commented: " Based on a strong public demand, Destiny has managed to collect more than 500 million dollars. This industry milestone marks another success for our company, demonstrating our unique ability to create some of the franchise's most successful entertainment in the world. The success of Destiny, along with the recent introduction of Blizzard Entertainment, Hearthstone is further confirmation of our ability to create large franchise from scratch. "

"From the beginning, we were confident that our investment and our belief on Destiny would have been repaid. Many people were not expecting that we'd be able to say all of this to Day One " reported Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "Destiny is officially the largest launch of a new franchise in the history of our industry. It is also the best-selling game in the history of digital console. The most important thing is that it is a great game that you can't stop playing. A big thank you goes to our talented team and partners that have helped make real everything what happened; the most important is our partners of Bungie. "