Destiny 2 players slam lack of \u201clong-term plan\u201d as population falls dramatically BungieDestiny 2 players concerned by the game\u2019s dwindling population have attributed the shrink to a lack of clear vision from Bungie. After enjoying a huge popularity surge in June 2024 due to The Final Shape\u2019s release, figures have nosedived in the months following. Per Steam Charts, average player numbers for August came to rest at 35,746. By comparison, June had more than triple that total at 123,023. Drop-offs in active players following an unpopular expansion launch \u2013 as was the case for Lightfall \u2013 aren\u2019t an uncommon occurrence for Destiny 2, but the situation here is different. The Final Shape received acclaim from critics and fans alike when it dropped, so what\u2019s the cause this time around? According to players, a lack of clear vision from Bungie is to blame. On September 2, content creator Aztecross released a video attributing Destiny 2\u2019s fall-off to a lack of clear direction from Bungie, prompting many to agree on Reddit. \u201cCross is right. Low sentiment right now is probably directly tied to the lack of an announced future\u201d, the thread\u2019s author began, adding \u201cI think it\u2019s because, for the first time since the release of Shadowkeep, we have no communicated long-term plan for Destiny 2.\u201d \u201c100% why I\u2019ve stopped playing\u201d, came another. \u201cSad too, because Final Shape felt rejuvenating. The second the restructure and no future expansions were announced, I fell off.\u201d Following news of mass layoffs, multiple reports of Bungie scrapping Destiny 2\u2019s annual expansion model surfaced. The developer hasn\u2019t commented on this and it remains unconfirmed. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely had an impact on me. Why chase weapons and all that when there might not be any content to use it on?\u201d the discourse continued. While true that uncertainty lingers ahead for Destiny 2, it\u2019s already known that two additional Episodes, Revenant and Heresy, will follow Echoes. Beyond that lies Frontiers, though besides the name, it\u2019s unclear what, exactly, this update will entail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2 players slam lack of \u201clong-term plan\u201d as population falls dramatically BungieDestiny 2 players concerned by the game\u2019s dwindling population have attributed the shrink to a lack of clear vision from Bungie. After enjoying a huge popularity surge in June 2024 due to The Final Shape\u2019s release, figures have nosedived in the months following. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}