Hosting a Sony State of Play broadcast not even two weeks after announcing that the next Destiny 2 update will be its last was always going to attract attention from the soon-to-be alienated player base. However, it’s the week of Summer Game Fest, so it’s pretty unavoidable.
As early as three hours prior to the broadcast beginning, there were almost 6,000 viewers waiting in the chat, with comments ranging from “Save Destiny!” through to “We Want Destiny 3” already popping up.
As the broadcast started, the enthusiasm only ramped up, with floods of messages of support for the Destiny franchise coming in. To the PlayStation Twitch moderators’ benefit, they tried to delete messages spamming the #WeWantDestiny3 hashtag, but to little avail.
During a State of Play that focused on Marvel’s Wolverine, God of War Laufey, Control Resonant, and a whole host of other titles but certainly not Destiny, it was a bold statement from fans of the franchise who are desperately wondering what comes next for the space shooter.
Prior to the broadcast, content creators Aztecross and Luckyy10p created emotes to use on Twitch to show their support for the development of Destiny 3, speculating that the chat could become so overwhelmed with Destiny supporters that the moderators would change the chat mode so that only emotes could be posted.
That didn’t happen though, and fans were free to yell their support loudly over other games’ showcases (via their keyboards).
While content creators, developers, and even the game’s voice actors have made statements of support for Destiny, it’s the fans who have been the loudest in an attempt to get decision makers at Sony and Bungie to provide insight on the franchise’s future.
It remains unclear what comes next for Destiny, although players are asking everyone to rally in the Tower in-game when the final update is released on June 9.