The demand for major newDestiny 2content has remained strong over the past year. After 2019’sShadowkeepexpansion topped the Steam sale charts at launch, its follow-up expansion,Beyond Light, has pulled off an impressive sales feat of its own, becoming not just the highest-selling game on the platform, but the second-highest too.
The latest Steam charts (as spotted by ResetEra members) show that theDeluxe EditionofBeyond Lighthas generated the most revenue of any game on the digital storefront this week, while the bundle containing both the expansion and its season pass generated the second most. Impressively,Beyond Lighteven managed to snag a third spot on the latest top 10 best-sellers, with the regular version taking seventh place.
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Since the rankings are based on revenue only, it’s unknown at this time how many copies of Beyond Light have been sold in the last few days. Whatever the numbers are, they’re enough forDestiny 2to knockPhasmophobia, which had dominated Steam sales for three weeks, down to fifth place, putting it below the Valve Index VR kit andFootball Manager 2021.
The success ofBeyond Lightso far is even more impressive in light of the problems that have affected it since launch. Unsurprisingly, the expansion’s huge update and influx of players on Tuesday led to server problems that made it difficult for players to access the game. Players have also been discovering a fair number of technical issues, with the worstglitches forcing Bungie to disable some ofDestiny 2’s bountiesand weapons, as well as delay the next Trials of Osiris to the end of the month.
Technical problems aside, a few other aspects haven’t been settling well with players, like the fact thatBeyond Lightonly added a third as many new weapons as 2018’sForsakenexpansion, or how unbalanced the new Stasis subclasses feel in PvP. Add to that Bungie’s current approach to sunsetting legacy weapons and armor, and a lot of fans have been having a tough time fully enjoying the rest of expansion’s new Europa setting and story missions.
Still, the fact that Beyond Light has sold well enough to take two of the top spots on Steam suggests mostDestiny 2players are invested in seeing what the game has in store for them over the course of the Season of the Hunt and the rest of Year 4. And with any luck, Bungie will be able to fix the technical problems the expansion currently has while addressing as many of the issues players have with its content as possible.
Destiny 2: Beyond Lightis available for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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