Destiny 2 Crossplay always has been more popular with gamers than with its business, but Bungie isn’t in a rush to shut down the premature support in Destiny 2.
On May 11/12 the launch of crossplay for Destiny 2 was accidental and will be under later this week, which was confirmed by a Bungie representative. The feature debuted alongside Season of Splicher, an update with new missions and equipment tried to a battle pass.
Destiny 2 Crossplay Accidentally Enabled, Bungie To Take It Down
Bungie confirms that there are plans for the crossplay late in December, setting a launch target sometime in 2021. Support for this particular technology has been in demand since the game’s design not only encourages but sometimes requires that friends team up. Without the crossplay, this seems very much complicated, given people own just one or two gaming platforms, and not necessarily the same ones that their friends own Destiny 2 on. The game however has been made playable on PC, Xbox, Stadia, and Playstation.
Bungie community manager Cozmo explains on Twitter Crossplay “ isn’t meant to be live yet and is not representative of full experience but he added saying “ feel free to partake” indicating that they are in no hurry to undo the accidental crossplay. The technology may turn into favor for Stadia subscribers since that version of Destiny 2 has the lowest player count. It is still not clear how Bungie is coping with the input advantages both PC players and Stadia players can have, since a mouse and keyboard boasts a significant advantage in FPS games.
Though Season of Splicer officially premiered on May 11, some players may not have had a chance to log in. Bungie was forced to take down the servers offline for maintenance, making Destiny 2 completely inaccessible for some users. Once back up and running the new season should offer the nostalgic sights for series veterans, such as Hung Jury SR4 scout rifle and Vault of Glass raid.
The Crossplay has been a common demand amongst the gaming community and the players for online games beyond Destiny 2, but its a tough pill to swallow for developers and platforms holders who may want their own hardware to be seen as the ideal place to play, Building a universal infrastructure can be time-consuming and complicated so developers refrain from major changes and shifting their games on crossplay, with developers making a firm stand on their hardware and gameplay users would then have to buy different machine to enjoy gaming experience which could have been made easy with crossplay.
