Destiny 2 Fans Plan Mass Protest to ‘Crash the Servers’ and Beat Marathon’s All-Time Player Record
Bungie has announced it’s ending content updates for Destiny 2 to focus on its extraction shooter Marathon, which has reportedly underperformed commercially. The decision has sparked significant community backlash, with players launching a coordinated protest scheduled for June 9, coinciding with the game’s final content drop.
A Reddit user known as w1nds0r initiated a call to action for all Destiny players to log in simultaneously on June 9, with the explicit goal of overwhelming server capacity as a demonstration of the game’s continued player base and popularity. The protest is framed as a way to show Bungie that there remains substantial interest in Destiny 2, challenging the publisher’s decision to shift resources away from the franchise.
The community’s response has been multifaceted, with an ongoing “Save Destiny” petition accumulating signatures rapidly alongside the June 9 campaign. The decision to abandon Destiny 2—a decade-old live-service game with an established player base—in favor of Marathon marks a significant shift in Bungie’s portfolio and has intensified the studio drama surrounding the company’s recent direction.
The protest represents both a defiant statement from players who have invested years in the franchise and a potential test of server infrastructure, as the coordinated login attempt could genuinely stress Destiny 2’s online systems. Whether the demonstration will influence Bungie’s decision remains unclear, but it underscores the passionate and vocal nature of the Destiny community’s opposition to the shutdown.