While I’m on the subject of Destiny’s art direction: this is hands down one of the best pieces of art to come from Destiny. And I would like to sit and appreciate it for a moment.
Destiny 2 was not a failure.
Destiny is—was—by all measures, one of the most resounding successes in its field, and its end is a consequence of its management, not the game itself, nor the team and community that propped it up time and time again, or the vision that fueled it.
Destiny was a pioneer of the live-service formula. It was one of the earliest games of the 2010s to try to deliver constant goods, whether they took the form of missions, new loot rewards, or skins, to a console audience.
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If the Destiny community’s response results in Sony reconsidering any of their decisions about the fate of Destiny it will be the most important and monumental thing this community has ever accomplished.
I do think Destiny 3 is going to be greenlit late this year by Playstation. HOWEVER… I believe a few things will happen first.
🔵PlayStation will do these large layoffs that I and others have spoke about at Bungie.
🔵It is well known that PlayStation does not like the culture at Bungie, they will change that first.
🔵They will have much more strict target deadlines and oversight since we are talking a $500-$600 million dollar project... at least.
🔵The project director will likely be handpicked by PS leadership rather than Bungie doing it.
🔵I think they will be forced to use a more agile engine like Decima. Decima handles shooters well, so it can do it.
🔵Will need to be a compelling format, as Destiny 2 has had significant content issues in recent years (game has been around awhile).
I am sure there are more.
Pretty sure DMG is saying that if enough of us sign onto Destiny 2 June 9th & beyond that Sony will rethink their decision and make a new Destiny game.
Destiny 2 players are planning a “server slam party” on June 9th to show Sony they should keep investing in the franchise
One popular Reddit post declared, “We need to at least smash Marathon’s all-time high to show them they made the wrong decision”