By the end of Destiny 2, many players are gathering in the game again. So many that the servers have even been overwhelmed. The GameStar talk thus revolves around the mismanagement behind the franchise.
What kind of talk is this? Destiny 2 has received its final update “Monument of Triumph” and will permanently switch to pure maintenance mode. This means that there will never be new expansions or seasons for the shooter again.
Nevertheless, the game reaches number 1 in the worldwide Steam sales charts. Where this massive wave of enthusiasm comes from and why it is actually too late is the topic in the GameStar talk.
Our MeinMMO shooter expert Dariusz discusses with moderator Lea, GameStar colleague Micha, and MeinMMO editor-in-chief Leya about the management at Sony and Bungie and the new sci-fi shooter Marathon, which leaves a loyal millions-strong audience practically out in the rain.Â
Here is the talk on YouTube:
Bungie made big mistakes
What will be discussed in the talk? Bungie has missed its financial goals, which massively jeopardizes the future of the brand and the studio. The current surge in gaming comes too late for the talk guests. Had the last expansions been successful, perhaps the game could have been continued.
Therefore, the talk guests see several mistakes that led to Destiny’s failure:
- Bungie removed story-related, paid DLC content from the game. New and old players can never experience this content again.
- Old, legendary weapons, for which players had farmed hard for years, were limited in power level and rendered practically useless for endgame. This was a fatal frustration factor for loot-driven MMO players.
- The unnaturally high player numbers during the lockdown period would have conveyed a false picture after the pandemic.
- Many developers were pulled off the game, which significantly affected the quality of Destiny updates.
- The management fired 250 employees while CEO Pete Parsons simultaneously attracted attention on social media with expensive classic and luxury car purchases.
For MeinMMO, Destiny is an emotional topic, as the game is what the website owes its breakthrough to. In the early days of the website, countless console players searched for explanations of the new MMO mechanics, which for the first time were presented in such depth on a console.
Even Marathon cannot save Bungie, as it does the opposite of what the Destiny community wants with its extraction shooter genre. Our experts agree that the likelihood of a Destiny 3 is close to zero, as too much money has been burned and too many projects have been canceled.
If you could look into the crystal ball: What do you think will happen with Bungie and Destiny? Feel free to let us know in the comments.
Internally, there were plans at Bungie to save Destiny 2, but they decided against it because they feared the high costs. You can read about what this plan looked like here: Bungie had a plan to save Destiny 2, but ultimately decided against it
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