Destiny Beta Was The Biggest Beta of This Console Generation

Activision and Bungie today confirmed millions of people have played their upcoming and award-winning game Destiny during their beta test to gather vital information in preparation for launch. The Destiny Beta included a sampling of major activities featured in the full game. The beta began first on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 on July 17 and came to a close Sunday evening, with 4,638,937 unique players participating.

โ€œThis 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,โ€ said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. โ€œHosting a beta at this scale is an incredible feat, so weโ€™re thrilled to see the phenomenal response. But the beta is just a taste of whatโ€™s to come. Weโ€™re counting down the days to our launch day, September 9th.โ€

โ€œWe were totally blown away by the number of people who played the beta,โ€ said Pete Parsons, COO of Bungie. โ€œWe 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 weโ€™ll be working hard to ensure that Destiny lives up to the expectations at launch.โ€