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G2ThaUNiT said:

BraLoD said:

Bungie will try experimenting with PvE mode next month, after the disastrous numbers season 2 is having as expected from the rapid decline in players happening during the entire of season 1. The free period the game had didn't help at all.

Looks like they are trying hard to change it as fast as they can, I can hardly imagine how much pressure they are dealing with based on the performance the game has, but I hope they can do their best to find a bigger audience.

I also hope it eventually has a proper story mode and a physical release for it with access to the PvP OG mode included.

It looks really, really bad for Bungie right now, specially without Destiny 3 in the horizon.

That would require time and resources that Bungie may not have. You can't just poof out a story mode. Especially if the leaks are true that the studio is about to lose 50% of its employees. Which would no doubt include the developers that would be needed to work on a standalone story mode while the rest of the studio continues working on improving the live-service aspects, such as the standalone PvE mode, and development on a new project.

I also doubt Sony would consider investing resources to manufacture a physical release for a game that is quickly losing players as a wise move.

Sony has already said it wants to focus on keeping hardcore players invested, the little they currently have, with the hope of attracting new players through new content. Our only hope is that the PvE mode gains some traction with new players so eventually, in a year or two, we can get some sort of story mode lol physical release....I wouldn't bet anything on that. We were lucky with the Collector's Edition, and that didn't even come with a digital copy of the game

Well, it surely would take time which means money and I agree Sony is likely not wanting to spend even more on something that is failing but what would the alternative be... let them as they are for another 5 years? That's also a massive money loss if there is nothing potentially big as a new Destiny being actively worked into.

The other option would be closing it down... which not only I hope don't happen but I also believe Sony also doesn't want that either, at all.

It looks really unlikely Marathon as it is will be able to turn into a big game, trying to soft introduce PvE into it as fast as they can, like they just announced, which is not really close to a commitment to a campaign focus or something like that for now, at least shows they know the changes need to be fast and they need to be more than just make the current game better, it needs to be different.

Well, best of luck to them.