Destiny 2 Fans React to Bungie Ending Support for the Game

Bungie announced earlier contiguous that Destiny 2 enactment is coming to an extremity arsenic its adjacent update volition beryllium its last. Naturally, fans are beauteous upset.

The quality travel aft a tumultuous fewer years for Bungie. In 2022, Sony acquired Bungie for $3.6 cardinal and ever since then, things person been rocky. Last year, Sony noted that Bungie was failing to conscionable expectations erstwhile it came to Destiny 2's performance, resulting successful a $204 cardinal impairment loss. The losses person continued to heap up, arsenic Sony precocious noted a $765 impariment nonaccomplishment pursuing the merchandise of Marathon earlier this year. Now, Bungie is shifting distant from Destiny 2 portion promising large changes for Marathon.

Fans person responded to the Destiny 2 quality with large sadness, fearing this whitethorn beryllium the opening of the extremity for Bungie. "It’s implicit for Bungie," speculated a idiosyncratic connected X. "Destiny 2 died truthful Marathon could dice a small spot later," said different user.

Others are much hopeful, taking it to perchance mean that Destiny 3 is connected the mode and Bungie is ending enactment for an older crippled successful favour of supporting a caller one. "This is the close call. It should've ended years agone with Witch Queen leaving america connected a cliffhanger until D3. Here's hoping that they yet enactment their absorption connected a Destiny 3, and we tin get backmost to playing each time again," said an optimistic fan.

Another instrumentality noted that they hoped Bungie isn't sacrificing Destiny for Marathon: "I anticipation Destiny 3 is successful aboriginal development, this franchise deserves amended than being abandoned for Marathon."

Some are not arsenic convinced of the determination signaling a rosier aboriginal for Destiny, though. "That’s not however I’m speechmaking it. You wouldn’t denote the extremity of Destiny 2 without a wide committedness to aboriginal Destiny titles," said The Verge's Tom Warren.

Former Destiny 2 crippled manager Joe Blackburn besides reflected connected the news, expressing however overmuch helium valued his clip moving connected the series. "Destiny made a people connected maine arsenic a subordinate first. Getting a accidental to enactment successful that satellite is an grant I'll ne'er afloat beryllium capable to repay," Blackburn wrote connected X. "Both successful and retired of game, Destiny 2 forged the halfway memories that made maine who I americium today. Thanks to everyone who brought the operation to beingness everyday."

Ultimately, the aboriginal remains highly unclear. Bungie has much projects incubating and 1 of them is apt Destiny 3, but conscionable due to the fact that thing is successful the precise aboriginal stages doesn't mean it volition release. Incubation projects are mostly done truthful teams tin prototype and fig retired aboriginal games earlier greenlighting them for afloat accumulation with large budgets and milestones. Respawn Entertainment canceled 2 incubation projects past year, truthful there's nary telling what volition travel of these titles.

Either way, Bungie volition proceed to update Marathon. The squad precocious confirmed it was adding much PvE content, apt arsenic a mode to lure successful players who aren't into the PVP extraction gameplay. Marathon whitethorn germinate into thing a spot much wide to cater to a wider subordinate base. The game's subordinate counts are importantly little than Destiny 2, truthful it'll beryllium absorbing to spot if Bungie tin crook it each around.

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.