Destiny 2
Destiny 2’s Into the Light is definitely a hit. Players have seemed to generally like the mid-season content drop, but now we have some numbers to back that up.
On Steam, we can now see that Into the Light actually drop more players than the launch of Season of the Wish back in November, 134,000 to 103,000. It actually nearly reached Season of the Deep’s launch as well, which had 145,000. Destiny 2 has been dipping in and out of the Top 10 on Steam for the first time in months, and it’s clear this is a very, very successful content drop. The launch is also not far from the release of the larger 30th Anniversary pack three years ago in December 2021, which drew around 155,000 players at its peak.
Destiny 2
So, why is the playercount so high? A few reasons.
What’s amazing about this is that Onslaught was developed on a very short timetable. Unlike the long-planned 30th Anniversary content, this had to be whipped up on a much shorter timeframe as the delay of The Final Shape came with later notice. And this also was developed in part after widespread layoffs that reduced headcount and hurt morale internally. But Bungie rallied and have produced both a great free activity and content drop here, and now players are much more confident The Final Shape is shaping (ha) up to be great. Cool to see in a year that has been full of a lot of negativity since Lightfall’s launch.
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