PS4 players could miss first day of Destiny 2: The Witch Queen due to preload issue, admits Bungie

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Due to an 'unforeseen issue' PS4 players will be unable to pre-load Destiny 2: The Witch Queen. 

It's a big day for Destiny 2 players — The Witch Queen marks the first expansion for the shooter since Beyond Light was released way back in November 2020. You can literally count down the hours until release, the expansion is coming out at 5PM GMT/ 12PM ET/ 9AM PT. 

For PlayStation 4 players, there is some bad news though. Bungie has announced that due to an «Unforeseen issue», pre-load isn't available on the last-gen console. 

In a tweet, the BungieHelp Twitter account said: 

Due to an unforeseen issue, PS4 Required Content is not yet available for download. Players using the PS4 version of Destiny 2 can download these files at 9 AM PST tomorrow when Update 4.0.0.1 becomes available.All Required Content is ~72 GB total.Stay tuned for updates.February 22, 2022

This means that if you plan to play The Witch Queen on PS4 you will have to wait until it has launched before you can begin downloading the expansion, let alone start playing it.  

This is obviously a big issue. The PlayStation player base makes up a 38% portion of the entire Destiny population (based on estimates from Warmind.io). It's also a little embarrassing, considering Bungie is now a Sony-owned studio. 

While it's not clear exactly how much of that community still plays on PS4, due to shortages of the PS5, it's likely still a sizeable percentage of the player base. This issue is made worse by the fact that the PS4 has notorious issues when it comes to not just downloading content, but copying it onto the system. For those in Europe, it's not entirely out of the question that PS4 players will miss the entire first evening with the Witch Queen. 

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