Sony is adding Destiny 2 to PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium on June 9, the exact day Bungie releases the shooter's final content update. The timing marks a symbolic endpoint for a franchise that defined a generation of online gaming.
Destiny 2: Legacy Collection (2025), which includes The Final Shape expansion, will become available to subscribers at both tiers. Bungie announced last week that live-service support for the game would end following this update, effectively closing the curtain on nearly 12 years of continuous development that began when the original Destiny launched in 2014.
The announcement sent shockwaves through the gaming community. Beyond Destiny 2's sunset, Bungie faces significant layoffs and the commercial failure of Marathon, an extraction shooter the studio released to little fanfare. There is no indication that Destiny 3 is in active development, despite what many fans hoped would be the studio's obvious next move.
"For almost 12 years, we have had the joy and honor to explore the Destiny universe with you all," Bungie said in its shutdown announcement. "While our love for Destiny 2 has not changed, it has become clear that after The Final Shape, we have reached the time for our shared worlds, and Destiny, to live beyond Destiny 2."
Fans are pushing back. A Change.org petition calling for Sony to greenlight Destiny 3 has amassed over 220,000 signatures. Creator Harley Casto wrote that gamers crave "new adventures, fresh storylines, and innovative gameplay features" and urged Sony to "take this leap forward" and keep the franchise alive.
The reality appears darker. Bloomberg reported that Bungie will undergo "significant" layoffs as a direct result of ending Destiny 2 support, and there is no active Destiny 3 project underway. When asked why Bungie hadn't begun developing a sequel years earlier, reporter Jason Schreier pointed to a straightforward culprit: "how much money it would take."
Bungie has committed to keeping Destiny 2 playable post-launch, mirroring how the original Destiny remains accessible today. The final update will include changes designed to make the game "a welcoming place for players to return to," the studio said, though the long-term outlook for new content and seasonal events remains unclear.
Author Emily Chen: "The PlayStation Plus move feels like Sony softening the blow of a franchise ending, but nothing erases the sting of watching one of gaming's most ambitious live-service experiments come to an abrupt halt."
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