Crossplay for Destiny 2 is one of the game's most requested features. The ability to play with friends and opponents across multiple platforms, whether it be PC, PlayStation, or Xbox, is appealing in a very straightforward way. The confirmation that Bungie would be enabling crossplay later this year was widely applauded by players. Those same Destiny 2 players responded with confusion, however, when crossplay seemingly went live early, months ahead of schedule. The error, unfortunately, has now been fixed.
Earlier this week, Bungie released Destiny 2's Season of the Splicer. The major update added a variety of new content for Destiny 2 players to adventure through, but it also included something unintended – the long-awaited implementation of cross-play. Many surprised players reached out to Bungie to see if this was going to be permanent, only to have their hopes dashed. Bungie community lead Cozmo confirmed crossplay was not intended to be available and that a fix to turn it off would be coming soon.
That fix that Cosmo warned was coming has now arrived in Destiny 2. A hotfix issued today by Bungie, update 3.2.0.0, has disabled crossplay and made a secondary fix that was causing players issues logging in. Bungie briefly kicked Destiny 2 players offline for a maintenance window on Thursday during which the hotfix was issued to servers. As players logged back in following the maintenance, the crossplay fix was in place.
It should also be noted the Bungie has clarified that crossplay was not fully unlocked when it was accidentally enabled. Destiny 2 players who were curious if they were being matched against players on other platforms probably weren't. The issue only affected a certain number of players rather than the entire player base. The players that did have cross-play enabled may have never realized that they were connecting to those on other platforms.
Crossplay remains several months away from being fully implemented, though Bungie will officially releases the feature. When it arrives, it's going to support all platforms through which Destiny 2 is already available. The only limitation, according to Bungie, is that PC users won't match with console users in the Crucible unless they're hand-invited into a party.
As for what crossplay means for Destiny 2 going forward, just like with this false start there likely is going to be a single meaningful event at launch. Players will be able to play with friends they weren't able to before, for sure. But the bigger positive is that Bungie will be able to trust that it will have a large enough community across all platforms to support both cooperative and competitive multiplayer content. Bungie's taken its time, but it's better late than never. Expect crossplay in Destiny 2 Season 15.
Destiny 2 is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.