A market analysis firm claims that the Forsaken expansion has not brought the expected boost for Destiny 2. Interest has returned to pre-launch levels of the major autumn expansion.
What happened? The American company Superdata specializes in analyses of the global gaming market. The company has now published a report listing the top 10 earners from digital sales in the gaming market for the month of November – on PC, consoles, and mobile devices. However, Destiny 2 does not perform well.
How has Destiny 2 developed? While Destiny 2 was the top money-earner on consoles in September, the launch month of Forsaken, the title does not even appear in the top 10 in November. Neither on consoles nor on PC. However, the company still dedicated a section to Destiny 2 in the report.
It states that the boost from Forsaken was only short-lived. The annual revenue from additional content has fallen by 63% compared to the previous year for Destiny 2. Overall, engagement and monetization have returned to the levels seen before the Forsaken release.
What does this mean for Destiny 2? No concrete numbers are available, making it difficult to draw exact conclusions. However, the publisher Activision has also let slip during its last earnings call that it is not really satisfied with how Destiny 2 is performing. Even with Forsaken, the game has not met the publisher’s expectations, Activision stated.
At the same time, measures have been announced to boost sales. Activision has planned to provide Destiny 2 with new content more quickly. Additionally, new forms of monetization are to be introduced.
With the new Annual Pass for the second year of Destiny 2, the game is to be supplied with new content at shorter intervals. However, that does not seem to be working out as expected. New forms of monetization have not yet been introduced. It remains to be seen how this development will affect the future of Destiny 2.
Also interesting – Here’s how Battlefield 5 and Fallout 76 are performing: Destiny 2 is apparently not the only game falling short of expectations. As the analysis company states in the report, the launch of Battlefield 5 and Fallout 76 has not met franchise benchmarks.
Estimated sales for Battlefield 5 are around 1.9 million and Fallout 76 around 1.4 million digital units on consoles and PC. Both titles have lost ground compared to Battlefield 1 and Fallout 4.
