Destiny 3 petition tops 170K signatures — more than twice Marathon's peak player count
A fan petition asking Sony to greenlight Destiny 3 has gathered over 170,000 signatures in just a few days — roughly double the peak concurrent player count of Bungie's newest game, Marathon. The speed and scale of that response lays bare just how serious the situation has become for Sony's $3.6 billion Bungie bet.
The state of play
Bungie announced that Destiny 2 will receive its final major update, Monument of Triumph, on June 9, 2026. After that, only technical patches will follow if needed. The studio framed the move as a pivot toward new projects, with extraction shooter Marathon positioned as its live-service future.
That future looks shaky. Marathon launched on March 5, 2026, peaking at 88,337 concurrent players on Steam. Daily active numbers have since dropped sharply, rarely climbing above 10,000. The Petition Sony to Develop Destiny 3 on Change.org surpassed that peak figure within two to three days of going live.
The crisis behind the petition
Destiny 3 is not in development and has not been greenlit. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reported that Sony rejected multiple Destiny 3 pitches, concerned about the cost of building a new live-service game from scratch in an uncertain market. Sony has also written down Bungie's acquisition value by $765 million since 2022.
Making matters worse, Sony's third Bungie layoff wave is expected after June 9, with no approved successor project for the Destiny 2 team. It's the third round of significant cuts at Bungie since 2023.
What the petition actually changes
Realistically, a Change.org petition won't reverse a corporate financial decision. Sony controls the checkbook, and a full Destiny sequel would require years of development and hundreds of millions of dollars. Still, the petition signatures exceeding Marathon players is a data point that's hard for PlayStation leadership to ignore entirely — it shows the existing fanbase remains large, vocal, and not currently served by Marathon.
The most likely outcome: Sony neither cancels Marathon nor greenlights Destiny 3 any time soon. The Bungie team that built Destiny 2 faces an uncertain future, and fans are left waiting for a sequel that may not come.