This fall, Destiny 2 is all about change as it comes to two new platforms: Steam and Google’s Stadia. As Bungie announced in a recent FAQ, however, players on Stadia will be isolated. The platform will build its own ecosystem and won’t offer crossplay with Steam.
What’s happening in Destiny 2? This fall, several changes are on the agenda for Destiny 2. After Bungie’s split from Activision, there will be some new features around the game:
- On October 1, the new expansion Shadowkeep, known in German as Festung der Schatten
- At the same time, Year 1 of Destiny 2 will become free with “New Light”
- Destiny 2 will offer Cross-Save
- The game will transition from Battle.net to Steam
- Destiny 2 will be one of the launch titles for Google’s Stadia
With Stadia, Destiny 2 is arriving on a completely new platform. Bungie has already provided details about player interaction in an FAQ regarding Stadia.
What about Stadia? According to Bungie, Stadia will not offer crossplay with Steam or other platforms, namely PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Stadia is its own ecosystem, just like the existing systems.
However, all platforms are expected to have Cross-Save. As Community Manager Cozmo states, when Cross-Save launches, players will select an account whose progress will be shared across all linked platforms.
What does Bungie say? Mark Noseworthy, the General Manager of Bungie, has already commented on this decision on Twitter. The studio would love to bring crossplay to Destiny 2 on all platforms. There are no guidelines or technological barriers preventing this on Stadia.
Bungie would like to include every platform in crossplay. However, this year they want to focus entirely on the Cross-Save feature for PS4, Xbox One, Steam, and Stadia.
