PlayStation’s highly-anticipated State of Play occasion was flooded by calls for for Destiny 3. In the course of the opening of the present, PlayStation’s official Twitch chat was nearly utterly dominated by cries for a brand new Destiny recreation. The chat was spamming Destiny-related emotes together with the hashtag #WeWantDestiny3. The YouTube chat was a bit quieter, however there was nonetheless a vocal quantity of folks calling for a brand new recreation within the Bungie franchise. It got here as a bit of a shock, as PlayStation opened the present with an in-depth take a look at its most anticipated recreation of the yr, Marvel’s Wolverine. And but, folks had been extra centered on demanding a brand new Destiny recreation.
This comes practically two weeks after it was introduced that Bungie can be winding down assist on Destiny 2 and transitioning all of its focus to Marathon whereas incubating new initiatives. Bloomberg additionally reported that Bungie was getting ready to layoff a ‘important’ quantity of workers and that Destiny 3 was not in lively growth. That report forged doubt on Destiny 3 taking place in any respect, given how a lot it could price to supply the sport. Marathon failed to fulfill expectations and Destiny 2 has been dwindling for the final couple of years, which means Sony could not really feel as assured in giving the studio one other $300+ million to make a recreation that would not come out till the 2030s.
As you may think, Destiny followers have been residing in anguish because the information got here out and so they’re decided to vary Bungie/PlayStation’s thoughts. Destiny followers are hoping to surpass Marathon’s all-time concurrent participant depend on June 9, when Destiny 2’s remaining content material replace releases, to point out how a lot demand there may be for new Destiny content material. That may imply no less than 77,359 gamers would all need to play Marathon on the identical time on Steam. Whether or not or not they’re in a position to really accomplish this stays to be seen, but when there is a notable spike in gamers, it could be fairly spectacular.
It appears unlikely gamers will have the ability to push Bungie and PlayStation into making a 3rd Destiny recreation, except Bungie is ready to make some form of smaller-scale spin-off that may be finished cheaper and sooner. It isn’t fully clear what Bungie’s future appears like, however the studio is reportedly serious about doing extra tales within the Destiny universe.
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