On Tuesday, August 22nd, Bungie Studio held the Destiny 2 Showcase 2023 — annual presentation, where they unveiled coming game updates. The main theme of the showcase was the new expansion "The Final Shape". The developers show a cinematic trailer, new locations, the return of Cayde-6, details about new raids and weapons, a new seasonal format, and much more.
After the release of The Final Shape expansion, the developers will also change the season format. Instead of having four seasons per year, players will now have three episodes. Each episode will consist of three separate acts with unique seasonal pass levels, weapons, and other content. These episodes will also be separate from the main storyline of the game, allowing players to engage with them in any order.
The duration of the Destiny 2 Showcase 2023 was nearly 1.5 hours. The presentation was held online right before Gamescom Opening Night Live. The live stream was available on Bungie's official channels on Twitch and YouTube.
Destiny 2 Showcase Viewership Statistics
The Destiny 2 Showcase 2023 presentation accumulated 628.9K Hours Watched. The average viewership during the streams reached 443.9K and 532.2K Peak Viewers. Besides Bungie's official channels, many community casters also streamed Destiny 2 Showcase 2023. Among them were popular streamers like CohhCarnage and Aztecross. In total, the event was broadcast on nearly 400 unique channels across Twitch, YouTube, Kick, and other platforms. For comparison, the previous Destiny 2 Showcase had about 120 channels.
Destiny 2 Showcases Viewership Comparison
Destiny 2 Showcase 2023 turned out to be the most popular in terms of average viewership among all previous Bungie presentations. However, it fell short of last year's presentation by around 10% in terms of peak online viewership. There's still plenty of time for Destiny 2 fans to get ready for the update because Bungie will launch The Final Shape on Feb 27, 2024.
If you want to stay up to date with other gaming news, then we recommend that you pay attention to gamescom 2023, which takes place from August 22 to 27. On the first day of the exhibition, the Opening Night Live broadcast was held — it gathered almost 1.4 million Peak Viewers. During gamescom 2023, developers and major gaming studios will talk about Starfield, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Diablo 4, Alan Wake 2, and more.
