Summary
Destiny 2developerBungieis currently in a major state of flux. Hundreds more staff haverecently been laid off, despite the company’s CEOpurchasing dozens of expensive cars, games have been “indefinitely shelved”, and flagship title Destiny 2 is reportedly undergoingsignificant changes to its gameplay model.
These changes have promptedSony President, COO, and CFO Hiroki Totokito speak out on the issuesregarding the company itreportedly overpaid for.
Sony President Shares Details On Bungie Restructuring
During its recent investment meeting, Totoki was questioned on the ongoing restructuring at Bungie.
He shared that the purpose was “cost restructure and portfolio optimization,” adding that “we have to enhance the efficiency of the business, so back-office functions should be integrated with the studio of SIE.”
Regarding the studio’s functions, Totoki said that resources will be concentrated on “Destiny 2 and new live service titleMarathon,” ensuring that “high quality and wonderful game experiences” will be created.
Most interestingly, however, Sony’s President talked about the other projects that Bungie had in development, stating that “other title development will be transferred to thePlayStationStudio group, so there will be some reallocation of the resources,” meaning the “organizational structure will be changed.”
While this evidently excludes Marathon, the “other title development” could be relating to “Project Payback”, which was rumored to be the codename for Destiny 3 thatwas recently shelved, or could, of course, be related to any unannounced titles that Bungie had in its pipeline.
All of this comes after the Destiny 2 developers laid off alarge percentage of its workforce last year, and after it had itshighest Steam player countin almost 18 months, as250,000 people tried to log into playThe Final Shapeexpansion.
Destiny 2: The Final Shape
Destiny 2: The Final Shape is an expansion that brings an end to The Light and Darkness Saga, spanning the first game and its four expansions and Destiny 2 and its eight addons.
