The Destiny 2 concurrent player record on Steam was in sight following the hotly-anticipated launch of The Final Shape today, but it’s fallen just short of the mark due to massive server outages and issues, with players disrupted as they begin their campaign through the Pale Heart of the Traveler.

As guardians flooded Destiny 2 and took on The Witness’ forces for the first time, it certainly looked like the all-time concurrent player record would be shattered just hours after servers were switched on after a 25-hour downtime. According to stats site SteamDB, the 316,750 record set by Lightfall was going to be hit with ease; however, players were then bombarded with mass CURRANT, PLUM, and CACAO error codes, kicking them out of their campaign missions and back to orbit.

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The Destiny 2 concurrent player record on Steam was in sight following the hotly-anticipated launch of The Final Shape today, but it’s fallen just short of the mark due to massive server outages and issues, with players disrupted as they begin their campaign through the Pale Heart of the Traveler.

As guardians flooded Destiny 2 and took on The Witness’ forces for the first time, it certainly looked like the all-time concurrent player record would be shattered just hours after servers were switched on after a 25-hour downtime. According to stats site SteamDB, the 316,750 record set by Lightfall was going to be hit with ease; however, players were then bombarded with mass CURRANT, PLUM, and CACAO error codes, kicking them out of their campaign missions and back to orbit.