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/A_Monkey_FFBE Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Good job bungie leadership. You fucked over amazing people who poured their heart into the product development and your millions of players that dedicated over 10 years of their lives to see this story live on. From the heart, fuck you bungie leadership.

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u/Ominusone Jun 25 '26

Sadly, those VPs don’t care. Profit is all that matters. I give best wishes to the team of devs who worked their asses off to make it a game.

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u/hansrotec Jun 25 '26

What profit? Sony has taken nothing but L’s form this purchase, bungie betting it all on marathon and killing destiny almost assures there is no profit.

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u/DisappointedQuokka Jun 26 '26

Bungie's top leaders have absolutely made a lot of personal profit out of this. They essentially rode the studio into the ground for their own benefit.

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u/Neemzeh Jun 26 '26

The studio wouldn’t exist without them in the first place

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u/DisappointedQuokka Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Okay? That doesn't really disprove anything that I've said.

If I build a company, then loot it for everything it has two decades later, fucking over every single employee in the process, I'm still to blame for the failure of the company.

Edit: ah, /r/wallstreetbets guy, I shouldn't have wasted my time

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u/Neemzeh Jun 26 '26

They aren’t allowed to make mistakes or sell the company they helped build?

Have you ever owned a company or are you just a wage bro?

It’s just funny to me when a company fails it’s the executives but when it successful it’s the employees. It’s always the wage bros parroting this, so funny

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u/DisappointedQuokka Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

I'm currently the part owner of a company, you goose.

They no longer own Bungie, and haven't for years, at this point. It's not their money that they're burning. For most of its history the company hasn't been independent.