mckmas8808
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Yeah, I think the general setup is wrong... meaning 343 is an internal studio so there is no contract per se like Activision/Bungie. If they want a Destiny/WoW-like experience meaning constant content, they're going to need $500m to just get started, which was the number Activision gave on Destiny. Bungie didn't even finish half the contract with Activision, Activision was never getting its money back let alone a ROI. Most of the big MMO type games fail and fail hard. Destiny is probably not a super huge failure but not sure why anyone would want to copy it, although when this Halo game was probably greenlit say 2014-2015.... Destiny install numbers were still going up.
Normal AAA titles cost in the $40-120m range just on development, a MMO with expansions and DLC, apps, stats, etc.... considerable more.
Is there a contract for $500m, probably not as 343 is an internal studio... but if they haven't earmarked $500m+ to get started, this won't be going anywhere.
Destiny is basically financial failure and its sold 10s of millions of units and DLC.
Yeah, I can see it costing $500 if they want to make it a GaaS type that stretches multiple titles.