It’s hard to find words to describe what Destiny fans are, or rather has beenover the past few weeks, but it certainly comes to mind relentlessly. After Bungie announced it was closing the book on the development of Destiny’s live serviceI have seen nothing less than an avalanche of pleas from fans pleading Bungie and sony to revive the franchise and give them Destiny 3, a sequel to Bungie’s MMO, FPS, and RPG looter shooter.
Players have even flooded Sony’s recent State of Play broadcastcreate requests and uniting behind a community drive to log in yesterday, June 9, 2026, in an effort to send a message to Bungie and Sony. Well, they came out strong, and then some.
For those who don’t know, SteamDB is a popular free access database that tracks everything related to Steam.including player counts, game updates, and sales data. Thanks to an influx of more than 167,000 players who jumped into Destiny 2the site struggled to keep up and briefly crashed under the load.
It wasn’t just SteamDB that struggled under the pressure, either. Destiny 2 itself struggled to handle the massive influx of players, with many on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC reporting login errors when trying to connect.
The increase in activity also propelled Destiny 2 to the number one spot on Steam’s global bestseller list.and I even managed to finish getting the rest of the DLC I needed due to a massive sale. This only highlights more how many Players showed up for the game’s latest major update.
Now, while I’m certainly not one to point fingers, many were quick to point out that during this same period, Bungie’s other live service game, Marathon, had only 5,000 players on Steam. Even as I write this, Destiny 2 has around 60,000 players, while Marathon has about 7,000. so make of that what you will.
It’s also worth mentioning that Destiny 2 surpassed Marathon’s peak of 88,000 players on Steam in a matter of minutes, which, for lack of a better phrase, seems like a middle finger to Bungie. More than anything, though, it’s also a testament to how much people still care about Destiny, and I’m really impressed.
I never really got into Destiny, but I now have all the DLC, recently started playing it with a friend, and I have to say I can definitely see the appeal. So I say keep fighting, Guardians, and I hope Bungie takes notice of this massive fan outcry.
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