Sony Is Wrong To Take ‘Destiny 2’ Support Down To Absolute Zero

InnovationGamingSony Is Wrong To Take ‘Destiny 2’ Support Down To Absolute ZeroByPaul Tassi,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet.Follow AuthorMay 30, 2026, 09:51am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Destiny 2BungieDestiny 2 fans are both celebrating and mourning the recent set of reveals that show that the game’s final update in June is shaping up to be its best in years, bringing back loads of beloved loot, making huge changes to core systems and in general, granting fans wishes they’d requested for ages.And then, it’s over.Destiny players will get to experience these additions for the indefinite future. The servers of the game are not being shut off (and Destiny 1 still being online indicates they won’t). But whether it’s weeks or months, the game will inevitably dip below its current record-low playercounts with nothing at all on the way to potentially increase that.Truly, nothing. Destiny 2’s comms account confirmed that this is the last update in almost any sense. They said there will be small bug-fixing patches, but no one is even showing up for something as mild as a balance pass on the gear that’s about to be buffed and nerfed, apparently for the final time.While fine, we can acknowledge that large-scale support for Destiny 2 is ending, acting like this series is Anthem or Marvel’s Avengers hitting a wall with absolutely zero support in the future is a mistake. This is an 11-year franchise, and even if it’s time to wind Destiny 2 down in favor of other projects, cutting out the entire team, which will likely happen through large-scale layoffs or migration over to Marathon, is abandoning what remains a valuable IP which only peaked in attention and playercount a mere two years ago. And any significant declines since then were largely due to the drastic...