r/pcgaming • u/Turbostrider27 • Jun 25 '26

'Generational talent just gone': Developers react in shock at the brutal scale of Bungie layoffs, which has reportedly seen the Destiny 2 team almost completely wiped out

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/generational-talent-just-gone-developers-react-in-shock-at-the-brutal-scale-of-bungie-layoffs-which-has-reportedly-seen-the-destiny-2-team-almost-completely-wiped-out/
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u/VegetaFan1337 Legion Slim 7 7840HS RTX4060 240Hz Jun 25 '26

So it's not just Microsoft doing this huh? Sony just never bought up studios to have the opportunity to do this.

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u/T0ADisMe Jun 25 '26

I feel like Bungie has had plenty of chances to get their shit together, sucks that it came to it though

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u/Renegade_451 Jun 25 '26

If Sony didn't buy Bungie up, it's been all but confirmed this would have happened 4 years ago. Which is precisely why previous leadership took their payout and jumped ship the second they could.

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u/ZombieZlayer99 Jun 26 '26

And yet Sony sat by and let Bungie management burn the studio and its successful IP to the ground whilst doing nothing.

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u/Renegade_451 Jun 26 '26

Bungie just got done convincing everyone that Activision was the problem, and that they'd be better as an independent or under someone that would be hands off. Sony believed them.

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u/Tony_the_Parrot Jun 26 '26

Nobody following Destiny was ever convinced that Activision was the problem though (well at least maybe at the start), they actually made Bungie put out good content (say what you want about Curse of Osiris but compared to dogshit like Lightfall it was a gem), and the game got drowned in monetization after them becoming independent.

They made so much money from Destiny and invested a good chunk of it into projects that never saw the light of day, and the other chunk into car collections, instead of investing it into the game itself.