Destiny 2 servers hold up under huge influx of players

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Destiny 2: The Witch Queen has seen an explosion of popularity following the release of the latest expansion. The DLC, which had a generally smooth launch, saw the game shoot up past a million concurrent players according to statistic trackers. 

Across several third-party statisticians, activity in Destiny 2 has spiked massively. Most notably, as picked up by Dualshockers, the game surpassed 1 million concurrent players based on data by PlayerCounter. That number's barely dropped, some sixteen hours after launch, the site claims there are still 905,969 players logged on.

While these numbers are an estimate, the website relies on the Gohost Network Protocol which tracks players across multiple platforms. Still, it’s worth remembering that these figures are not confirmed by Bungie. 

However, there's more data out there showing just how many are playing. On SteamCharts, the game peaked at 289,895 players yesterday, which is the highest it's seen since the launch of the Shadowkeep expansion back in 2019. That DLC saw 292,314 concurrent players, but importantly, that was also the launch of the PC and free-to-play versions of the game.

As another point of comparison, the previous expansion, Beyond Light, which launched in November 2020, only reached 241,843 peak concurrent players. 

Witch Queen isn't only proving popular among players, the expansion has shot up the charts on Twitch. The game entered the top 5 most-watched games on the streaming platform, hitting a high of 156,357 concurrent viewers across 11,476 channels, according to Sullygnome,

By available metrics, The Witch Queen has proven to be massively popular. This appears to be one of the biggest releases ever for Destiny 2, which is approaching five years old.

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