The Destiny 2 community management team has responded to some fans' recent concerns that the game may get abandoned after the Final Shape DLC comes out in 2024. These concerns aren't necessarily unfounded, as not only is Destiny about to wrap up its Light and Dark saga for good, but there's a new live-service Bungie game coming out in the future, too.
As Marathon will be a live-service extraction shooter, Bungie will have to dedicate a significant number of developers to keep the game up and running in a playable and enjoyable state. Though it's still unknown when the game might be coming out, the Destiny community hasn't been mincing words about what many feel may be the sunsetting of the IP, even though the developer has promised this wouldn't happen.
Destiny 2 has been Bungie's main and only live project for a very long time now, and it's not too surprising to see that fans of the franchise are concerned now that this is set to change. In a recent Reddit post, community members wondered what would happen should Destiny 2 wind down, only for Marathon to end up a flop. The Destiny community management team subsequently responded by saying that "[they] have no intention of abandoning Destiny" and promising instead that Bungie fully intends to support both Destiny and Marathon in the future.
As the rebranding of the official Destiny blog implied, however, big changes are indeed afoot, and the game's community managers suggested as much. "If we see that the market wants something more and/or something different, we will course-correct as needed," they said. What's most interesting, however, is the fact that they admitted that some players could argue that Bungie's current Destiny support model isn't adequate, but the studio is striving to be better.
After the Lightfall DLC failed to follow in Witch Queen's footsteps, the Destiny 2 community has become unhappy with Bungie's approach to the IP. It is likely that this general unhappiness has led to a higher degree of uncertainty about Destiny's future than would've otherwise been warranted. Destiny is, after all, Bungie's prized franchise, and even though some may feel that the studio has been floundering as of late, setting it aside would likely be a big mistake.
It's going to be interesting to see how Bungie handles multiple concurrent franchises. Details about Marathon have been leaking out, suggesting a reasonably hardcore PvPvE experience, meaning it's not even targeting the same niche as Destiny. Some growing pains are to be expected, naturally, and even though scepticism isn't entirely unwarranted, the odds are good that Bungie will do everything in its power to keep Destiny 2 as popular as possible.
Destiny 2 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.