Is Destiny coming to PC? What about a PC port? What is the current status?
The question of a PC port for Destiny is one of the most frustrating. Because the last time there was an official statement regarding a PC port of Destiny was in June 2014, before the release of Destiny. Back then, it sounded from the mouth of Activision’s Eric Hirshberg as if it were only a matter of time. They just didn’t want to manage too many systems at once, but Destiny would fit well on PC, it was said back then.
Since then, there has been almost no sound, only once, in the late summer of 2015, they had a job posting for a PC compatibility tester, but since then it’s been quiet.
Is Destiny 2 coming to PC in 2017? These 5 reasons say: Yes.
What could be behind the long silence?
Many years ago, in 2012, a version of the publishing contract between Bungie and Activision was made public. This happened under court order.
This contract envisioned the release of Destiny for 2013, with Destiny 2 supposed to come out in 2015. And the game, Destiny 2, was also supposed to be released for PC.
You can tell how old the contract is by the fact that the Xbox One was still called Xbox 720 back then. They simply didn’t know what Microsoft would name the console.
A PC version was probably planned for Destiny 2 in 2015 – but that has been postponed by 2 years
Now we are not playing either Destiny 2, nor is there a PC version. This is because the release of Destiny was postponed by 1 year from 2013 to 2014. The release of Destiny 2 has also been postponed by 1 year, so Destiny 2 is expected to come out in 2017.
Should, 5 years after the contract became known, the plan in place back then, to bring the PC port for Destiny 2, still be correct, then we will only hear about the PC version in 2017.
Beforehand, announcing the PC port while in the middle of an ongoing title and possibly leaving behind the “Old-Gen” PS3 and Xbox 360 would be quite difficult.
Whether all of this holds true is hard to say. The job posting for the PC compatibility tester at the end of 2015, which IGN reported on here, at least fits well with this theory. Back then, Destiny 2 was still planned for 2016. After that, it was reportedly rebooted, according to sources.
It is clear: The success of The Division has shown that the PC market is interested in a game like “Destiny”. Some even link the PC success of “The Division” to the idea that PC players became curious about the genre due to all the coverage surrounding Destiny and then tried The Division as a sort of Destiny substitute.
Would you like to see Destiny on PC? Or would the train have left for you?
