Destiny: Rising is currently more popular than Destiny 2 on Twitch and has caused a dip in concurrent players on Steam. The gacha spinoff from NetEase has been reviewed very highly since its launch at the end of last week, and it seems like the Destiny community has been enjoying exploring Haven, getting to know Wolf, and defeating waves of Fallen in this MMO-lite mobile game.
Viewer numbers aren't always indicative of a game's overall popularity, but judging by how the community has responded so far, it looks like Destiny 2 has unfortunately lost its way in recent months. People aren't tired of Destiny as a whole, they've just been looking for something a little bit new.
The first raid in Destiny: Rising was released yesterday, which likely explains the viewership spike on Twitch. In all fairness to Destiny 2, the game has never had a super-impressive watch time on Twitch outside when a new raid is released. However, Destiny: Rising did have three times as many viewers as its older brother yesterday.
It's also likely that Destiny: Rising currently has more players than Destiny 2. This isn't an easy number to corroborate, but we can assume, based...
