Yep, year 1 was a failure. 25 million copies sold, but an absolute failure. Year 1 was the most exciting time for this game. Remember the screams of "I got Gjallerhorn" or "I got the Vex"? People were excited to get those exotics. Now you might hear a "Oh, I got Trespasser, cool" or something similar. I am not an alpha, beta, or even a day 1 player. I got Destiny because so many of my friends were talking about this failure of a game that was super exciting to play. So the critics may have given Destiny bad reviews, but the sales and the average daily player base of over 3.5 million players putting in an average of 3 hours of play time speaks louder to the success of year 1.