The future is not looking so bright forDestiny 2, as some leaks allege that Bungie is scaling back yearly content in a major way. The game will supposedly move from the currentthree-Episodes-a-yearformat to two six-month seasons, with smaller DLCs replacing the major expansions players are used to.
This report comes in the wake ofBungie’s recent layoffs and partial Sony consolidation. While theDestinycommunity is no stranger to a seasonal content model, it has typically been presented in four seasons spaced out annually. Of course,The Final Shapeexpansion traded those four seasons for three longer Episodes, the first of which has been received with mixed results due totime gating and a lack of content. If the leak is correct, then it sounds like players are going to have a lot more time on their hands between major beats.
Notable insider Jeff Grubb shared what he knew aboutDestiny 2‘s future following the layoffs at Bungie on Giant Bomb’sGame Mess Mornings show. Grubb noted that players should expectDestinycontent to scale back, saying, “When it comes toDestiny 2, the expectation, I believe internally, is that the future content will be lighter, smaller, to take less time than whatThe Final Shapedid, require fewer people. So, there will be expansions and updates, but they will be… not a shell of their former selves but they’ll definitely have that vibe about them.”
Grubb elaborated on how expansion content was allegedly being viewed internally at Bungie, saying: “Those expansions forDestiny 2? Expansion, they’re not even using the term internally anymore. They’re calling them ‘content packs.’ So, that should put it in perspective like what you should expect fromDestiny 2going forward.”
While the initial report sounded bleak,The Game Postcovered analleged leakfrom a previously-proved reliable source that may add additional context to whatDestiny 2‘s future might look like. The leak maintains that, following the three Episodes already revealed,Destiny 2would see its content delivery restructure again; moving to two seasons annually, each lasting six months.
The leaker went intoadditional detail, noting that a DLC would appear around the same time as each season and that, aside from the battle pass, seasons would become free. The leak also laid out how these changes would translate to gameplay, claiming that each season, players would “[p]lay base-level activities to earn seasonal gear,” and then that gear would then be used in a “Rally Event.” These Rally Events would happen twice each season and feature new PvE and PvP activities. All the while, the leaker alleges thatnarrative would take a back seat, with story missions disappearing in favor of one introductory mission setting the scene for the given season.
While this information does come from notable sources, it should still be taken with a grain of salt, as Bungie hasn’t publicly announced any of the information from the aforementioned reports. Still, if the reports turn out to be wholly accurate, it paints a bleak picture forDestiny 2‘s future.
