Destiny 2 is finally out, and that means … you have to keep waiting before you can play it. As the servers for developer Bungie’s new sci-fi shooter went live this evening, a massive crowd fired up their PlayStation 4 and Xbox One systems all at once. That led to an error message and a lot of frustrated Guardians.
Here’s Destiny 2 creative director Luke Smith firing the starting gun right when the game went live.:
Press X to Start A New Adventure.#Destiny2
— Luke Smith (@thislukesmith) September 6, 2017
And here’s what most people saw almost immediately after that moment:
I suppose I should have seen this coming pic.twitter.com/3lGYutS20N
— David Roberts (@davidrobots) September 6, 2017
It seems like almost no one is actually online and playing. Bungie’s social-media account confirmed that players might have to wait in a queue before they can actually start playing, but that is not what is happening. Instead, most now see the message about the game reaching capacity.
As of the time of this post, Bungie has not updated its social media to explain the capacity problems. I’ve reached out to the developer for more information on what is happening and when players can expect to get online, and I’ll refresh this post with any new information.
Update at 9:22 p.m. Pacific time: Some Destiny 2 players are starting to get in.
If you are still stuck at the temporarily at capacity screen, however, I may have a fix. Back out of the game and close it. You can shut down the game by hitting the menu button and selecting close on either PS4 or Xbox One. Then reboot Destiny 2 and sign in again. This should put you back in the queue.
— Adam Boyes (@amboyes) September 6, 2017
When the Destiny 2 server is at capacity… pic.twitter.com/mHH7GOnRU2
— Billy Hoffman (@williamrhoffman) September 6, 2017
Servers at capacity. I got school and work tomorrow. im good. Imma wait and relax. if i fall asleep…ok it isn't going anywhere. #Destiny2 pic.twitter.com/2jBJaoswBE
— Nicholas Thibodeaux (@NickThib42) September 6, 2017
Destiny 2 is not some strange outlier. Most games of this size that depend on a constant online connection struggle at launch, and you should expect these issues to clear up in the near future.
