TheDestiny 2community management team has responded to some fans' recent concerns that the game may get abandoned after theFinal ShapeDLC comes out in 2024. These concerns aren’t necessarily unfounded, as not only isDestinyabout to wrap up its Light and Dark saga for good, but there’s a new live-service Bungie game coming out in the future, too.
AsMarathonwill be a live-service extraction shooter, Bungie will have to dedicate a significant number of developers to keep the game up and running in a playable and enjoyable state. Though it’s still unknown when the game might be coming out, theDestinycommunity hasn’t been mincing words about what many feel may be the sunsetting of the IP, even though the developer has promised this wouldn’t happen.
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Destiny 2has been Bungie’s main and only live project for a very long time now, and it’s not too surprising to see that fans of the franchise are concerned now that this is set to change. In a recent Reddit post, community members wondered what would happen shouldDestiny 2wind down, only forMarathonto end up a flop. TheDestinycommunity management team subsequently responded by saying that “[they] have no intention of abandoningDestiny” and promising instead that Bungie fully intends to support bothDestinyandMarathonin the future.
As therebranding of the officialDestinyblogimplied, however, big changes are indeed afoot, and the game’s community managers suggested as much. “If we see that the market wants something more and/or something different, we will course-correct as needed,” they said. What’s most interesting, however, is the fact that they admitted that some players could argue that Bungie’s currentDestinysupport model isn’t adequate, but the studio is striving to be better.
After theLightfallDLC failed to follow inWitch Queen’s footsteps, theDestiny 2community has become unhappywith Bungie’s approach to the IP. It is likely that this general unhappiness has led to a higher degree of uncertainty aboutDestiny’s future than would’ve otherwise been warranted.Destinyis, after all, Bungie’s prized franchise, and even though some may feel that the studio has been floundering as of late, setting it aside would likely be a big mistake.
It’s going to be interesting to see how Bungie handles multiple concurrent franchises.Details aboutMarathonhave been leakingout, suggesting a reasonably hardcore PvPvE experience, meaning it’s not even targeting the same niche asDestiny. Some growing pains are to be expected, naturally, and even though scepticism isn’t entirely unwarranted, the odds are good that Bungie will do everything in its power to keepDestiny 2as popular as possible.
Destiny 2is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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