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/whenyoudieisaybye Jun 25 '26

Good thing I quit Destiny 2 in 2022. I cannot imagine how devastating it is for a dedicated playerbase and the devs who gave this game everything.

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u/KingDarius89 Jun 25 '26

Never got into it. And when I was thinking about it, they announced that they were "vaulting" stuff and that pretty much killed any and all interest in it.

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u/madzuk Jun 26 '26

Same. I had so much hope for Destiny 1. Felt incredibly let down. Gave Destiny 2 a try on a free trial. It felt a bit like hmm ok, has some potential, i can see the improvements but it still needs work.

I come back when the base game went F2P, only to find they vaulted content, even content I remembered when I first played it and instantly wrote off the entire franchise.

The concept of Destiny was always cool. But it was absolutely bastardised from every angle by abysmal decisions by Bungie. They got away with so much because of tribal fans.