Destiny 2 player numbers drop to all-time low as 90% of players leave the game behind

Bungie's Destiny 2 has lost 90% of players since the release of The Final Shape leaving many to believe the game is on its last legs.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Crazy all online games are going 90% these days

[Zeref]

All of them lil bro? 😂

Truth is along with Concord (Biggest loss in gaming history, even surpassing ET)
Buying Bungie might have been Sony's biggest L.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Big bro, true concord is gone yes, destiny is plummeting, connections is 95% gone, sz is down bad, cod is dying too, I think rivals and fornite, and roblox are three exceptions.

[LordoftheCritics]

When you abandon the game what else do you expect?

Sony did a bungie jump without the safety cord.

[Obscure_Observer]

"Sony did a bungie jump without the safety cord."

Last time I checked Sony laid off 220 developers, reallocated a lot of Bungie´s talent in different positions and studios and promoted several budget cuts.

I mean, how it´s all Bungie´s fault and not Sony´s mismanagement?!

They have being owned by Sony for two years and a half now! $3.6 billion invested in a *single* studio! Half of the amount Microsoft paid for an entire publisher (Zenimax/Bethesda), and today Bungie is nothing but a shadow of its former self.

[LordoftheCritics]

I'm guessing inglis bad?

Me spiks simpul to u

Destiny 2 was the safety cord and Sony abandoned it

[Obscure_Observer]

"Destiny 2 was the safety cord and Sony abandoned it"

My mistake. Sorry.

[gleepot]

This is ENTIRELY bungies fault. The agreement was that Sony would leave them to their own devices, and then step in if necessary. Bungie abandoned the game, leaving a skeleton crew for development while they moved everyone else to various projects.

They ignored community requests to improve the game for years. This is 1000% bungies fault.

[neutralgamer1992]

Obscure

Bungie had the worst CEO who cared more about classic cars than his employees. If Sony or someone rlsr hadn't stepped in to acquire bungie they would have gone under (this isn't an opinion this is very well know fact from EX employees)

A lot of mismanagement. What bugs me as a gamer is how our content that we bought is no longer playable. Why can't they allow that content to be playable online or offline. This nonsense has to stop. Seasonal content should be made available to all players regardless of when they joined the game. Halo infinite allowed it

[rudero]

Sony added another billion dollars for employee retention after the 3.5 billion purchasing bungie.

Sony had no power over Bungie until a bottom line thresholds was met per the contract.

Sony created a whole new development team from Bungie employees and projects.
Of which even more money spent saving jobs.

Sony also moved projects away from Bungie that were “project ideas” wasting away development of destiny and their furthest along project marathon.

Bungie wanted to turn out the lights back in 2018 when they tried to sell the ip to Activision… after a year test drive, Activision said no thank you and saw that Bungie had nothing per content ready and decided to cut their partnership due to their mid-managing.

It has been less than 6 months of Sony stepping in due to bungies management not hitting their marks.

All the blame for destiny is only on Bungie and their leadership.

Sony went way beyond trying to save Bungie….

It all takes time… but Sony is now doing what they can.

You are grossly misinformed on what has and is taking place with bungie, Sony and destiny.

Regardless… Sony paid for bungie’s engine. One of the greatest fps engines to exist.

[rippermcrip]

What's your definition of abandon?

[pwnmaster3000]

This game came out in 2017.
I think they did a pretty good job keeping it alive for this long

[BlackDoomAx]

10% after 8 years is remarkable.

[OpenGL]

Publishers shouldn't expect every game to turn into World of Warcraft or League of Legends. Most games only remain popular for a few years, that doesn't mean they aren't worth making.

[Ninver]

Facts. Some shut down servers in record time.

[shadowT]

still a great game!

[FPS_D3TH]

They need a sequel. A fresh start and I’d jump back in

[Father__Merrin]

It's done well for so many years now

[Redemption-64]

Seriously, post like these are stupid. Wasn't there an article on how COD has lost players? And another on how overwatch is losing players too? Apex? These type of games go up and down. Many even with lower players, still have far far larger numbers than most can ever hope to maintain. Destiny 2 has been out for what 8 years now and I expect to see 2-3 more articles about how the game has lost more players before the year is over.

[XBManiac]

Community managers have killed the game. It is incredible how an incredible professional guided community has gone bananas in less than three years.

[cammers1995]

Because the destiny games were always boring. Just like Titanfall.

[Lightning77]

Cod isnt doing much better themselves. Long running franchises simply losing their luster now. In Bungies Case destiny's been goin on for nearly 11 years and they definitely need something new. Marathon is their next game I dont know exactly how that one will do in the longest run.

[TrueRican69]

I will never play a game online for 7years that shit get boreding.

[Npugz7]

Bungie is to blame 100% they are very stupid with the decisions they make and killed this awesome game. The literally abandoned it to die!

[DivineHand125]

It is a shame what happened to Destiny. I remember when I bought Destiny 1 complete edition on the PS4 a few years ago. It was easy to follow and catch up to the end game within a reasonable amount of time and I had a blast. I remember doing missions with my friends from work and even made a few online.

Good times. It is a shame Destiny 2 came out less than a year later at $60. After that happened the player population in Destiny 1 took a dip and it wasn't worth playing anymore. I didn't try to play destiny 2 until it was free to play but by that time, Bungie chopped out pieces of the game to get new players to the end game fast so they can sell you the new expansion but what really happened is that they robbed new players of the opportunity of going through the natural progression that the early adopters enjoyed.

When I tried playing the game, I found the interface extremely confusing, and I couldn't even join a mission. I uninstalled it and thought to myself that this is one of those games you had to be there in the moment to enjoy it. Definitely not new player friendly.

If you are looking for a live service game to replace Destiny 2, I would recommend Warframe. I have over 1000 hours in the game and the amount of content available will keep you busy for a long time. There is the First Descendant but after putting in 50 hours in that game, it made me realize how good and complex the systems in Warframe is and how I took them for granted. The only pros I would give the first Descendant over Warframe are the extremely good-looking character models and the boss type raids. Warframe does plenty of bosses with unique mechanics but only a few of them can match the First Descendant Boss raids. Gameplay, content, customization options, cosmetics, story and weapon types, Warframe is superior.

[Randomhero2134]

Bungie tried to expand too fast. Now they are banking on Marathon and Ill be honest Im scared.

[Giga_Gaia]

I did the same but with FF14. Yeah they keep releasing new expansions, but at some point you realize every expansions is the same shit as before, but slightly different coat of paint. I imagine it's even worst for Destiny 2, it's not even a MMO.