Bungie Shrinking Further As Devs Moving To Other PlayStation Projects

Bungie's strategic partnership team has now moved to PlayStation's franchise development and portfolio strategy division to work on other projects.

[Fishy Fingers]

First, these aren't "developers" second, why would a now first party studio need a "strategic partnership team"? Theyve just been moved into the parent company as that Bungie department is now irrelevant.

[Eonjay]

Bingo

And furthermore as long as these people aren't being laid off I really don't see an issue.

I am interested to see their new projects.

[Eonjay]

We don't have to be dramtic about it. There is no meltdown. They did layoff about 10% of workers but so did Activision and many other studios. We wish everyone who has lost a job in the past a speedy recovery and we are thankful that this story is not about layoffs or devs leaving canceled projects. We will save or concern for when it really means something.

[Eonjay]

They aren't being gutted at all. It sounds like you are having a panic attack. Please calm down. This is about a business strategy and development team within a Sony Company working on new business development projects within other units at Sony. And nothing more.

[S2Killinit]

@PSNogames
Doesn’t every studio shrink after they finish a project? They dont retain all the developers. In this case, they are moving to other projects within Sony. Which btw is what Sony bought Bungie for.

You are reaching. Sounding like you know about meltdowns.

Oh and hi Colbertinator. Your newest multiaccount?

[rlow1]

Sony putting the dagger in deeper. What’s left of Bungie? Not much, sad to see the studio that have us so many great franchises becoming more and more of a shell of its former self……way to go Sony

[S2Killinit]

What the fudge. Over react much? Im looking forward to see what Bungie has done with Marathon. Pretty sure they are done with it which is why devs are moved to work on other projects. Expect an announcement soon for Marathon.

[DodoDojo]

Bungie is supposedly operatering independently, so im not sure how you chop it up to them just moving on to other projects, theyre leaving for another company.

[S2Killinit]

Well normally the developers are simply let go at the end of a cycle. In this case they are reallocated into other developers within the parent company.

[-Foxtrot]

Sony? The company did this to themselves

They lied about projections and about improving internal issues to get bought and they never hit any promised targets

Sony also gave them an extra 1.2 Billion to keep people at their job and so they wouldn't leave yet they STILL f***** up.

What more could they have done? Now they are are moving them to their other studios.

[-Foxtrot]

I’d argue that you have no reading skills but it’s the 120th alt account who’s came back to spread Sony hate so…

See ya ✌🏼

[GamingManiac]

Reading is hard eh?

[TheColbertinator]

Bungie is about to be gouged out by Sony and swept away forever.

[Elda]

But you love everything Sony PS. /S

[TriniOutsider]

Bungie created this mess. It's a well-known situation with this studio. It happened with Activision as well and even before Sony picked them up.

Bungie gets more chances than most studios out there.

[CrimsonWing69]

A shell.

[Gameseeker_Frampt]

Judging by the disagrees to comments here, N4G is the only place where Bungie and Destiny 2 are doing fantastic. I suppose blind loyalty to Sony makes it easy to not see that Destiny 2 is in a death spiral.

It seems The Final Shape was actually final.

[CrashMania]

Nah, people are disagreeing because it's the same sad sap making alt accounts every day to troll the site.

[-Foxtrot]

People are against Bungie / Destiny on here as much as the rest of the internet

The disagrees are towards people blaming just Sony when it's well known and documented that Bungie created this whole mess and lied to Sony.

The only thing Sony is guilty of here is making a terrible s*** deal which was only a reaction to MS buying up publishers.

[Gameseeker_Frampt]

Even comments not blaming Sony are getting lots of disagrees - and even erased as spam by N4G moderators.

Sony has nothing to do with the problems at Bungie and their only fault is panic buying the studio in the first place. What people should be concerned with is developers leaving Bungie and being integrated into PlayStation Studios, spreading like cancer. The people whose choices caused the downfall of Bungie will now have voices in other studios.

[DarXyde]

The concern I have here is how they intend to utilise these staff members elsewhere. If it's to oversee other GaaS projects, I can't say I'm thrilled about that.

[PassNextquestion]

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[Green-Smurf]

They should. I think Sony should resurrect a few IPs. Resistance, Socom, and Infamous to name a few

[Army_of_Darkness]

Worse Sony accusation ever. Such a waste of money.