“Destiny 2”, which once firmly sat on the Steam hot list and sparked heated discussions every time an expansion pack was released, now seems to be facing an unprecedented low ebb. According to SteamDB data, the number of simultaneous online players of “Destiny 2” has recently fallen to an all-time low, setting the worst record since the game was launched on Steam. After the news was exposed, many old players began to lament that this work that has been accompanying many people for more than eight years seems to have really reached an important turning point.
Finally, the expansion pack is finished, and the players have also graduated?
Many players believe that there are already signs of this decline in numbers. As “The Final Shape” completes its ten-year main story of “Light and Darkness”, many old players also regard it as their graduation ceremony. After the main plot ends, many people think that they have watched the ending they most want to see, and naturally choose to leave the game. After all, for many guardians, “Destiny 2” is not just a grinding game, but more like a serialization that has been pursued for ten years. Now that the story has come to an end, it is not surprising that some people quit.
Bungie’s new content doesn’t keep everyone here
Although Bungie continues to launch new seasons and updated content in the hope of continuing the popularity of the game, judging from player data, the effect seems to be limited. In recent years, the “Destiny 2” community has never stopped discussing issues such as content duplication, equipment chasing fatigue, and update rhythm. Coupled with the fierce market competition in recent years, various large-scale multiplayer games continue to appear, giving players more choices. The result is that many old players who once went online every day may now only come back occasionally to check out the activities.
What’s really scary is not the lack of people
Interestingly, the focus of community discussion is not simply the decline in the number of players, but that many players have begun to find that regular teammates who have been with them for many years in their friend lists seem to have not been online for a long time. Some quit the game, some switched to other games, and some even got married and started a business. The people who played dungeons together slowly disappeared from their friends list. This is why many old players will be particularly emotional after seeing the data, because the decline may not only be the number of online players, but also the gradual end of a gaming era that has lasted for more than ten years.