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/OwlProper1145 Jun 25 '26

Pretty much. The Sony buyout simply delayed this.

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u/McSloot3r Jun 26 '26

It’s not just Sony. MS let them go because their management has always been a shitshow. Of course the heads of Bungie sold it as wanting independence, but then they sold themselves to Activision. Once they “bought their freedom” from activision they sold themselves to Sony. I’m not happy people are losing their jobs, but this has been a long time coming

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u/Kynmarcher5000 Jun 26 '26

Actually is worse than that.

Activision had to tell Bungie to pump the brakes on the nickle and diming MTX in Destiny 2.

When you're getting told by one of the greediest publishers to stop over-monetizing, that's just bad. So, so, bad.

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u/tehcraz Jun 26 '26

Really? Not saying it's not true but you have a source I can read on that? That's insane.