@DestinyBulletn Despite almost 2 decades of evolution across gaming and media at large, the magic of this trailer still hits the same as it did when it was first revealed. Destiny has achieved what every developer dreams of: timeless cultural significance.
@PaulTassi Monument of Triumph is still seeing numbers far above Marathon's average player count, and this is for the end of a game. The grind here has no long-term benefit but people are still choosing to play. That seems pretty telling of what people want in the long-run.
@Byrdman@PaulTassi@Forbes 167K for a free update that is clearly marked as the end of Destiny 2 is crazy, and I'm not sure how anyone can minimize this. That's over half the player count of Lightfall and TFS, which had a full campaign. At the very minimum, this signals ongoing interest in the Destiny IP.
@SevenHalcyon@PaulTassi@Forbes I'm no industry expert, but I would hope it at least prompts the conversation as to why Sony isn't currently pursuing a Destiny 3. The logic of the situation just doesn't make sense in light of throwing a similar budget at other projects with no guarantee of success.
@MessmersSoldier@SevenHalcyon@PaulTassi@Forbes The thing that doesn't make sense about all of this is that axing Destiny won't recoup losses, considering it was, historically, Bungie's most profitable IP. Funding D3 is a much clearer path to revenue rather than trying to get newer IPs to stick.
@destinytrack@A_dmg04 Over 50% of the player count for Lightfall returned for Monument of Triumph, and this is on Steam alone. For Sony to shrug this off would be embarrassing for them.
@gmiller3539@DestinyBulletn If Sony looks at what happened in the past week and proceeds to shrug this off that will just be embarrassing for them. Monument of Triumph saw over 50% of the player count for Lightfall return on Steam alone.
@Destiny2Team I cried tears of joy at this experience. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all for this legendary run. I sincerely hope to see you all again in the future.
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