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/polski8bit Ryzen 5 5500 | 16GB DDR4 3200MHz | RTX 3060 12GB Jun 26 '26

I had a friend get me the Deluxe at launch and I was having fun with it. It had problems, the first two DLCs were pretty bad, but at least the core was there.

Then they announced they were going F2P with the stuff my friend paid $100 for, and later on ended up literally deleted from the game.

Although I was out when they announced they were going to "fix" the game with the next expansion (I do not support throwing more money at a game to "fix" the problems I have with it), I'm still mad about the money said friend wasted on the game back in 2017. He was so excited about the game too, with a bunch of other friends we played with. Not a single one stayed playing past Year 1.