Destiny 2 at 140K+ players on a weekday while most people are at work, on an update that isn't even an expansion, pacing to double Marathon's all time peak.
Sony failed with nearly every live service bet they have made.
You had a winner the whole time.
Wake up Sony.
Destiny 2 has over 100k players after a mere 20 minutes after patch launch and has defeated Marathons launch peak player count by more than 20 thousand. Numbers are projected to go even higher today