Destiny 2 started in a new saga, not with a bang, but with a whimper, as the Edge of Fate expansion launches to the lowest player count. The very beginning of Destiny 1 all the way to the last year, Bungie was also slowly but surely laying out plot threads for the single, cohesive narrative. The Light and Darkness saga, the decade-long effort, spanned 12 expansions all up.
It always comes to the head in June 2024 with the release of The Final Shape. Destiny 2 fans were always kept waiting for the start of the next big thing, which will have smaller content drops tied up loose ends.
Destiny 2 starts a new era at an all-time low
The launch of new expansions draws the most players to Destiny 2. The new story also often contains paired with new characters, locations, Exotics and more, re it is the best time to jump back in.
The release of Edge of Fate, which has been quite the case, the new expansion hit the peak of 99,193 players on Steam on July 16. Failing to crack the six-figure mark, the falls short of even half the peak of the second weakest expansion launch.
The Final Shape hit 314,000 concurrent players on Steam, and that was also Lightfall in 2023, which also drove all-time Destiny 2 player count peak on the platform, which also reached 36,750 concurrent players.
The Witch Queen and Beyond Light failed to crack the 300K mark, coming to the 290,000 and 242,000 concurrent players at their respective peaks. There is always the chance of Edge of Fate Raid, The Desert Perpetual, which could drive the sslightly higherpeak, and that typically y not the case given the grind necessary to even access the endgame content. Usually, the a spike in viewership on streaming platforms instead.
It The worth bearing in mind that these figures do not paint the full picture the word no console data at the time of writing. We have to wait and see if the weaker launch means for the future of Destiny 2, it will also come amid an already turbulent time for the team at Bungie.
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