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paultassi.bsky.social • 72 days ago

‘Destiny 2’ Has Lost 90% Of Its Steam Players In Seven Months, Despite Tons Of Content

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/01/07/destiny-2-has-lost-90-of-its-steam-players-in-seven-months-despite-tons-of-content/

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the-kell-of-winter.bsky.social•71 days ago

I really can’t imagine any content Bungie could add to D2 that would make me give the game a 2nd chance.

I do am interested in a D1 Remaster/Remake though, even if a different studio is the one doing it.

alphagelida.bsky.social•72 days ago

It's pretty disingenuous to say that the game has "lost 90% of its players" from a massive spike due to the launch of the DLC.

yobiwan.bsky.social•72 days ago

I stop playing destiny 2 about 6 month ago. Simply because the content is no longer fun to play and what they show for the future is not very promising

naylorben.bsky.social•72 days ago

For all the issues, I doubt this could have been avoided. Find it weird when people say "Oh we only get 3 episodes instead of 4 seasons now..." but it basically evens out as there's more content in an episode. Really think it's m
mostly down to "people are bored and see no reason to continue."

timbuk2.bsky.social•72 days ago

They lost me years ago when they started stripping paid content out of the game, no thanks!

bigkurz.bsky.social•72 days ago

It’s been time to move to a destiny 3 for a long time now and i can’t see how the metrics don’t show them that

reekoh.bsky.social•72 days ago

I wanted better experiences. I’ve been playing Metaphor, DQ3, Path of Exile, and Marvel Rivals all with the time I had spent grinding GMs and Trials. It’s simply not a good game. Maybe D3 could be, but the game is stale, uninspiring, and 3,000 hours later, boring. The saga is finally over. Move on.

petexn.bsky.social•72 days ago

What sucks is that the game isn’t even bad right now but it feels directionless with nothing big looming on the horizon anymore, on top of gaming in general having a TON of stuff pulling people away. It’s in a no-win situation.

aaron-1.bsky.social•72 days ago

Tons of content doesn’t mean it’s good content, most of it is boring and largely reskinned

sirnagi.bsky.social•72 days ago

“Tons” of content?

lorehound.bsky.social•71 days ago

removing sunsetting ruined the game

ryubel.bsky.social•72 days ago

Feel like they really dropped the ball with the showcase after the final shape, they had all these eyeballs and everyone was hyped after the expansion, we were ready to see what was next and we got episodes (which we already knew about) and a codename.

ryubel.bsky.social•72 days ago

For five years since beyond light we always knew there was an expansion coming and generally what it was about. And yeah we know there's an expansion *now*, but the Exodus had already started, and it's hard to reverse that kind of spiral.

shirodoesgames.bsky.social•72 days ago

When you market and conclude the end of a series that's been running for 10 years, it's not surprising people are leaving and just putting to bed their 10 year adventure.

darthgoat.bsky.social•72 days ago

We're in the same place Marvel was in post Endgame.

felix2299.bsky.social•72 days ago

Yeah, I have almost 4000 hours and I haven't played since november. The new episode with collecting potions and shit just turned me off and the story didn't grab me. For me the main issue are that you are always fighting the same enemies. It get's really repetitive to kill the same dreg/vex/cabal

kattroxx.bsky.social•71 days ago

I have over 1600 hours is destiny 2 and I fell off hard a few months back. Technical issues were part of it but the main reason is I just don't care about the story in episodes and the grind is unreal. It kills me in a way because the gameplay is so damn good.

sagaofthepresent.bsky.social•72 days ago

Reading about destiny just makes me sad these days : (

lvraiders21.bsky.social•72 days ago

I’ll say it again, I’m just wasting time until GTA 6 is released

lvraiders21.bsky.social•72 days ago

ricaidius.bsky.social•72 days ago

I know it’s not economically feasible unless Marathon pops off, but they should really just put it in maintenance mode for a few years while a D3 is built

whysodevious.bsky.social•72 days ago

They should listen to all the Destiny 2 content creators. Ignore what the players want. Stick to the opinion of people that are only playing the game for money and will drop it the second it's no longer profitable for them.

maximuspolyglot.bsky.social•69 days ago

That’s insane. Hopefully the team sees how dire the situation is.

thestrawhatgamer.bsky.social•72 days ago

Sony spent $3.8 billion on this. Really wondering how much longer Bungie keeps its doors open with all these issues + Marathon likely poised to not captivate.

brutefarce.bsky.social•72 days ago

Tried to go back to D2 awhile back just because I wanted to replay the amazing campaign. Learned that they had removed the whole thing, a "thing" I had paid money for, and swore off Bungie forever.

queenofland.bsky.social•72 days ago

It's a bummer. Thing is, if you have something decent and try to keep it maintained, people will still play it. Many games people think of as 'failed' are still going, still have a player base. D1 is testament to that, as people still enjoy it.

But D2 is so buggy right now it's unplayable.

ken-obi.bsky.social•72 days ago

I used to play Destiny for hours every week. But it has become a shell of it's former state. It's no longer fun. It's just the same tasks every day. I loved Destiny when it was an MMORPG.

weebs.bsky.social•72 days ago

Do you think this can even be fixed? My sense is that power creep is so strong that there’s virtually no incentive to chase anything. Any “hard” content is perfectly easy with weapons from two years ago. Not sure how they get out of this other than power grinding.

woopay.bsky.social•72 days ago

I still play weekly, not as much as I used to though. It helps to not destroy all of the triumphs and seals as fast as possible and taking time with the stuff.

biggulp.bsky.social•72 days ago

There isn't a certain future for Destiny so why play? Bums me out man, I miss raid nights with everyone.

To me Marathon is starting to feel like a betrayal of the Destiny community.

mrjane12.bsky.social•72 days ago

I quit the first time I bought a battle pass, didn't finish it, and they took it away. Felt like I'd been robbed. I've never played since and never bought another pass for any game.

raysolo.bsky.social•72 days ago

With Forsaken they fixed lots of stuff but ruined it again by deleting old campaigns and raids

lostelric.bsky.social•72 days ago

Tons of content doesn't mean it's good content. I feel off after Season of The Deep. It was just super bland and i haven't seen anything since that's made me want to come back.

r1ch74.bsky.social•72 days ago

Same, every thing just felt pointless

trespa5s.bsky.social•72 days ago

I think you hit the nail on the head when you mentioned we aren’t content farming for weapons that may not even be better at all.

For me, I have a set of weapons of each element that I absolutely love. Why spend a bunch of time grinding for weapons I’m never going to use?

calliibrations.bsky.social•72 days ago

At this point i've kind of had enough, took one look at the dawning and just didn't bother (I did Elder Scrolls Online's festive event and ended up earning a whole in game house which was nice)

xzyler.bsky.social•72 days ago

I left a long time ago due to all the best activities (raids, dungeons, etc.) not having in-game matchmaking. Not a fun game if you don’t experience 90% of the “best” content and loot. Came back to finish the story, but systemic changes are needed for any casual players to come back.

soulhackers2.bsky.social•72 days ago

Personally I'm kinda done with D2, I'm not looking for a D3 either. I have lost hope in bungie making something I'll enjoy. I only play now when my friends want to do a dungeon or gm.

faithfultothebay.bsky.social•72 days ago

FWIW, I stopped after TFS. Thanks for the ten years and all, but it was always 1 step forward and 2-4 steps backwards. Always.

melgum14.bsky.social•72 days ago

Bungie made a great game and I enjoyed it weekly for years but the story is done and I felt it’s time to move on

peroty.bsky.social•72 days ago

Bungie's always talked about not splitting PVP lobbies.
Now we're here with PVE.

New strikes, but aren't in strike playlist. Two Onslaughts. Why?
Gambit, return its old maps. Bring Prime/Reckoning on a rotator.

There's too many things to do and it's not clear what, if any is worth doing.

picklerick1138.bsky.social•72 days ago

Getting rid of crafting seasonals kind of killed it for me. My life is different than it was a decade a go. I don't have the space in my life to grind RNG rolls. Now its too much of a time sink doing repetitive and often boring activities.

bigbossself.bsky.social•72 days ago

This was exactly the case for me as well. Seasonal activities were already pretty meh to me, but removing the agency of hunting for craftables killed my interest to continue playing and I’ve moved on to other things.

gamedadvii.bsky.social•72 days ago

It's crazy because the final shape was so good and the stuff directly after but they could not keep momentum

xjsquared.bsky.social•72 days ago

Unfortunately, at this point it doesn't matter how good the content they put out is - after 10 years I was more than ready to "retire" from Destiny after Final Shape. Will definitely return for D3 though. By the time it's ready, hopefully Destiny will feel fresh, new, and nostalgic again!

koroct.bsky.social•72 days ago

Is this tons of content in the room with us now?

black-knight767.bsky.social•72 days ago

I feel like a lot of it is just this season being a massive bait and switch.
I was promised monster hunting and van helsing. I instead received fetch quests.
Also Bungie being allergic to cross platform DLC. I'd play a lot more if I could use my PS5.

wanbelltrum.bsky.social•71 days ago

Dude, i really don't want to grind out light levels every episode just to play trials. That shit is so lame.

corteztheg.bsky.social•72 days ago

Yikes, they should have let them stay independent.

mathiasgoated.bsky.social•72 days ago

I'm all in with warframe now, it actually feels like a game with a decade+ of love and attention put into it. Plus non-crafting on weapons really doesn't make me wanna boot it up after I got a bunch of decent rolls

sparklypizza.bsky.social•72 days ago

I don’t agree on the tonnes of content. Content feels recycled, rushed and half assed. Salvation’s Edge showed how out of touch they are with 90% of their player base. People don’t want to replay it.

mr-raccoon.bsky.social•72 days ago

A ton of burned players over the past 2 years. It's a shame they wasted all of that goodwill

kodalith.bsky.social•72 days ago

I fell off 2/3 of the way through Echoes. It was so painfully bland and just more of the same.

metimmturbo.bsky.social•72 days ago

I tried to come back, but ultimately loose interest. It just doesn’t feel very fun.

theomeny.bsky.social•72 days ago

It’s been interesting seeing Destiny Creators moving to other games, particularly Warframe. Bungie’s predicament is its own doing and due to a lot of reasons: the end of a story, lack of interest in events, buggy events, loss of goodwill from the player base and more.

bayouboi.bsky.social•72 days ago

People are done and moving on. After a whole decade it shouldn’t come as a surprise. Especially since a good chunk of the player base definitely pays attention to what’s going on at bungie and it’s not going well at all.

velhym.bsky.social•72 days ago

They may be releasing a lot of content and it could be good, but decisions made alongside that have turned me off the game presently.

Light level grind and axing red boxes on new weapons top the list for me. The shitty layoffs and decisions of their execs don't help.

ash2449.bsky.social•72 days ago

D2 tried to force organized group content down casuals throat hard since lightfall, especially with guardian ranks further creating an elitist separation between raiders and non raiders.

Absolutely deserved, I want to login, que and have fun, not socialize or organize with other ppl

megalonyx.bsky.social•72 days ago

They burned all their goodwill with me in their layoffs. Saw too many people whose work I admired be let go after being told there wouldn't be any layoffs.

sudoscientist.bsky.social•72 days ago

Exactly - the state of the game has been mixed for a lot of people for a long time, but the layoffs despite TFS’s sales really crystallized how much the old Bungie is well and truly gone and the company is just interested in exploiting both devs and players.

megalonyx.bsky.social•72 days ago

I even played for a week or two in August and it was sort of fun, but the joy has just been drained out of it for me. I don't have any problems with the gameplay or vaulting or anything. It's just dead to me.

r1ch74.bsky.social•72 days ago

I finally grew bored of the game prior to the final shape, never bothered going back, just fell out of love with it I suppose

j-man23.bsky.social•72 days ago

The “moving on” thing may ring true but I honestly think it’s a look / depth problem. The updated prison of elders is very good but for he same seasonal weapons , most of which we’ve had access to for at least 4 weeks prior slowed my motivation.

maddiemwm.bsky.social•72 days ago

I've turned and now fully believe that Destiny NEEDS a sequel to survive. Bungie refuses to do it, but I guarantee you the playerbase would return if they released Destiny 3.

Nobody is coming back unless a sequel shows up. I didn't agree with that idea before, now I do.

bigkurz.bsky.social•72 days ago

I’ve got SO many friends that fell off years ago and have said, “once there’s a sequel and a fresh start, I’ll be back. But it’s too daunting to catch up at this point.”

Seems OBVIOUS they need a sequel

psyfireman.bsky.social•72 days ago

And if they did try to catch up, how? Seasonal stories... gone. Old campaigns.... gone. So much content is just not available any more. It is like trying to read a book with random chapters torn out.

Destiny needs a fresh start, gear and all, with plans to keep everything playable.

bigkurz.bsky.social•72 days ago

Great point!

madison-rogue.bsky.social•72 days ago

I left prior to The Final Shape, and haven’t picked it up since.

I couldn’t get around the amount of money I’ve spent for content that ultimately gets shelved. I got tired of the constant grind. It’s just not fun any longer.

life has been fine without it, regardless of the new content.

pkgeekdad.bsky.social•72 days ago

I stopped after I woke up to the fact that no live service developer disrespects its player base as much as Bungie does.

sudoscientist.bsky.social•72 days ago

Both their players and their own developers too. All the stuff people are talking about on top of laying tons of people off despite Final Shape’s success was the nail on the coffin for me.

redweasel76.bsky.social•72 days ago

Is anyone really surprised by this?

Bungie ran the game and their company into the ground.

snowed.bsky.social•72 days ago

Personally I think d2 needs to lean more into the mmo aspect, give people back fishing, give them homes to furnish, things to craft, more 12 man experiences like with the mission where we killed old mate, I dunno maybe ease up on killing shit for revamped weapons every few months

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