There were certainly signs that Destiny 2's best days were behind it, but this week's announcement that the shooter will no longer receive content updates still came as a shock.
The first-person shooter has been evolving for nearly a decade, and among the players devastated by the news are content creators who've built careers and communities centered on Destiny 2 commentary, criticism, and lore deep dives.
"I'm a little surprised," said major Destiny 2 streamer Datto, who has 1.2 million YouTube subscribers, as he reacted to the news on stream. "I thought I would be ready to hear something like this, but I guess I'm just not."
"It's been my entire adult life," a tearful Datto said later in the stream. "I graduated college, I worked in television for like two-and-a-half, three years, trying to grind my way up, and then the YouTube channel took off in 2014 … it's all I've known, it's everyone I know. 99% of my friends have come from this experience. My career has been this...
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