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 experience.”Following Bungie’s announcement, we learned that development on Destiny 3 is not in progress. It could happen, but as Datto says during his stream, even if it does there’s little chance we’ll see it this decade. It’s at least a relief, the streamer said, to now know what Bungie is doing with the game so that he can plan for his own future.Other streamers and commentators are also considering what they’ll do next.”What does this mean for me personally?” said Destiny 2…
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