Destiny 2 will be supported until at least 2022, will be upgraded for Xbox Series X and PS5

Bungie has confirmed that Destiny 2 will have a long-term future, revealing expansion which will release in 2020, 2021 and 2022, confirming that the next generation of consoles will not herald the arrival of Destiny 3. 

While Destiny 3 is not in the works, that doesn’t mean that the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 will not receive a new version of Destiny 2. Both systems will receive an updated version of the game, with the game’s “Beyond Light” expansion coming to Xbox Series X via Microsoft’s Smart Delivery feature and to PlayStation 5 as a free upgrade for purchasers. 

At this time, Bungie has not revealed Destiny 2’s Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 upgrades, though gamers should expect updated visuals, higher resolution visuals, and (hopefully) 60 FPS gameplay. If Stadia can run Destiny 2 as 60FPS, both next-generation consoles will.  

 

  Destiny 2 will also be coming to both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X next-generation consoles. In addition, purchases of Destiny 2: Beyond Light on Xbox One will transfer to Xbox Series X for free via Smart Delivery.

Purchases on PlayStation 4 will upgrade to PlayStation 5 for free. More details on this Destiny 2 for next generation will be announced in the coming months.

  

To support Destiny 2 long-term, Bungie plans to removed lesser-played content from the game periodically and add it to the “Destiny Content Vault” (DCV). This fall the first pieces of content to leave Destiny 2 will be the Mars, Io, Titan, Mercury and Leviathan locations and their “supported activities”. Bungie plans to add to Destiny 2 new ways to earn the exotics present within these locations. 

This is part of Destiny’s transition into a “Live Service” gaming model. While this will be seen as a bad thing to many players, DCV content will be re-added to Destiny 2 periodically, including content from Destiny 1. Destiny’s “Vault of Glass” raid will return in Destiny 2 Year 4 sometime in 2021.