Megan Everett, community director and live ops lead at Digital Extremes, has voiced sadness over the impending end of new content for Bungie's Destiny 2. Rather than seeing it as an opportunity for Warframe, Everett described the situation as "heartbreaking" and "earth-shattering."
Bungie has confirmed that Destiny 2 will not receive further content updates, though its servers will remain operational and a significant quality-of-life patch has been released. This marks a slow closing of the game's active development cycle.
Everett stated, "No one is celebrating the fact that this has happened to Destiny, and its players and that story." She elaborated on the importance of competition within the live-service game space, drawing parallels to the MMO genre. "I think a game is healthy when you have competitors," she explained, noting how periods of stagnation in one game can often spur innovation as players move to or draw inspiration from others.
She pointed to instances such as World of Warcraft's revitalization during Final Fantasy XIV's rise and vice versa, suggesting that healthy rivalry pushes all participants to improve. "I think we can all broadly agree that we like it when videogames are good," Everett added.
Furthermore, Everett expressed disappointment that renewed support and attention for Destiny 2 seem to have emerged only as the game's content drought was announced. "I think what's unfortunate and sad is they announced this was happening, and suddenly people are showing all this support for them. They've been getting a lot of negativity for all this time, and it's like, where was all this love!" she remarked.
The sentiment extends beyond professional rivalry, as Everett shared personal connections. "I hate to see that happen to them. I have close friends who play Destiny over Warframe, and ain't mad about it. We have friends over there, to see this happen to them is devastating to the industry. No one saw Destiny going away," she concluded.