http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1022247/Shared-World-Shooter-Destiny-s Not exactly. Scroll down to slide 7. this is the network map that was used in Destiny 1. A combination of centralized servers and P2P networking. But major aspects of game play were off-loaded onto consoles and P2P networking so that Bungie servers could handle up to 10 000 players rather than just a few hundred. Essentially---for Destiny 2----- the 'Physics Host" is being moved form the P2P part of the network to a centralized server. The Physics Host mediates ALL state changes in the game. Bullet paths. Hit registration. Lag compensation....are now are all being mediated through a centralized, consistent server with internet infrastructure designed for high traffic. Instead of being hosted on somebody's PS4 or XB 1 (or God Forbid, XB 360) with Mc Donald's wifi State changes will be handled much faster...much more consistently...and with out "host migration" ("host furnctions moving to a different console in the lobby) every 160 seconds.

Face palmed so hard. Some people don't even realize that they are the same system and just read what they want.

They are the same system in only the fact that they are both s hybrid of dedicated servers and p2p networking. But in Destiny 1, most of the work of running the game was being done by the consoles. In Destiny 2 most of the work is going to be done by Bungie servers. A slight change in network architecture is going to have a lot of significance: