Destiny 2 popularity is \u201csnowballing\u201d ahead of The Witch Queen release BungieDestiny 2 appears to be hitting its stride as new reports indicate popularity is \u201csnowballing\u201d with each new seasonal update. The game\u2019s player count on Steam is rocketing up ahead of The Witch Queen release. Although Destiny is winding down the latter stages of its first decade, Bungie\u2019s hit FPS appears to be more popular than ever. With a shift to the free-to-play model and continuous seasonal updates, more players are reportedly jumping in than any year prior. Described as a \u201csnowball\u201d effect by Forbes\u2019 Paul Tassi, each new content drop is building a bigger community than the one before it. What began as just over 130,000 players on Steam at the launch of Season of the Chosen, has now steadily climbed to just shy of 180,000 players in Season of the Lost, according to the Steam Database. So, according to @Charlemagne_Bot tracking, Destiny 2’s popularity is actually\u2026snowballing The first month of Splicer was more popular than the first month of Chosen. The first month of Lost is looking to be more popular than the first month of Splicer \u2014 Paul Tassi (@PaulTassi) September 7, 2021 \u201cData suggests that each of the past few seasons of Destiny 2 this year has started out stronger than the last,\u201d further evidence from Destiny statistician Charlemagne added. With year over year growth, and even season over season growth, Destiny 2 has only surged in popularity. Now, with The Witch Queen looming, it\u2019s fair to assume Bungie\u2019s next major content drop may be the biggest launch in Destiny history. Obviously, it\u2019s worth noting that these figures are purely from Steam. They fail to take into account console players, and even those on Stadia. Though with the seasonal model in place, similar trends could be present on every platform. So although we\u2019re in the midst of Destiny\u2019s longest gap between expansions, with Witch Queen delayed into 2022, the community is thriving like never before. Steam player count on the launch day of each #Destiny2 season in 2021: Season of the Chosen: 132,225 (Feb 9) Season of the Splicer: 157,679 (May 11) Season of the Lost: 178,241 (Aug 24)(via https:\/\/t.co\/g4mlT0C8Bg) pic.twitter.com\/Eo8WEV0eGD \u2014 Destiny Bulletin (@DestinyBulletn) September 7, 2021 Smaller content drops throughout each given season, new passes to grind through, fresh loot, and limited-time events are all continuing to engage veterans and entice newcomers alike. Read More: Witch Queen will be a make or break moment – With the current trajectory, as Destiny 2 comfortably sits among Steam\u2019s Top 10 with each passing month, Witch Queen could see more engagement than any previous update.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2 popularity is \u201csnowballing\u201d ahead of The Witch Queen release BungieDestiny 2 appears to be hitting its stride as new reports indicate popularity is \u201csnowballing\u201d with each new seasonal update. The game\u2019s player count on Steam is rocketing up ahead of The Witch Queen release. Although Destiny is winding down the latter stages of […]<\/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-40399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40399","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=40399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}