Destiny 2's Console Playerbase Is Dwindling

Destiny 2 has dominated many players’ free time since the game was released, but just over a [...]

By Tanner Dedmon

Destiny 2 has dominated many players' free time since the game was released, but just over a month after the game became available, it appears that the number of active players on consoles is already dropping quickly.

There are plenty of reasons for why a game's playerbase might drop suddenly, but the answers are rarely anything good for the game itself or the developers. For this game in particular, it may be that more people are waiting for the PC release that's coming up soon as opposed to taking part on consoles, but that still doesn't account for active players falling off of the consoles. And that number has dropped pretty rapidly since the game launched, the number actually decreasing by over 2 million players.

The Stats

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According to a service known simply as Destiny Tracker that keeps up with Destiny 2 among other games, the amount of active players in the game has plummeted since the game's release.

The stats break the playerbase up by PvE and PvP players, but both of these categories have taken a dive. Looking at the last recorded figure, there were still close to 2 million PvE players active, but that's quite a drop from when it peaked at over 3.6 million in mid-September. PvP players have dropped off even more; while it was once above 3 million as well, the PvP playerbase has apparently dropped to under 1 million.

Destiny 2's numbers could very well rise up once again with new content and the PC version on the way as more players hop back in, but it could also be a sign that some players are simply losing interest with the game already.

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