"Destiny's online servers will be shut down on Destiny 2's release" says Destiny's director James McQuillan

April 1 2017 by Marshall Deupree

Destiny 2 was announced on March 27th by Bungie. Following the successful first installment, Destiny 2 is already starting to gain attention in the eyes of the public. However, there seems to be bad news over the horizon for the future of the franchise. Destiny's creative director James McQuillan has talked about the worrying possibility that most servers of the original Destiny might be shut down.

"During the launch of the first Destiny three years ago -says McQuillan- the massive amont of support surpasse all our expectations. With the massive influx of players during the first months, there were some problems for some of our customers to play and have access to all of our content. To avoid this happening again, the team behind Destiny 2 is planning to take the majority of the original Destiny's online servers to help reinforce the online services during the first year."

McQuillan justifies this by claiming most Destiny fans will jump to the newest installment right away, so there won't be any problem with those still playing the original. "We're creating something really special with Destiny 2, and we're confident that our customers will be satisfied with how we're improving the formula while keeping it familiar and accessible to newcomers. Old players will be able to move right away to the new game, without any fear of online problems keeping them away from their experience. Those who want to wait won't experience any inconvenience with the older game."

Destiny was released on September 9th 2014 for the PS3, XBox 360, PS4 and XBox One.  Destiny 2 is aimed to release september 8th of this year.

Source: Gamnesia