Bungie CTO Leaves Company After 14 Years, Joins Sony PlayStation

[Yurinka]

Bungie CTO Leaves Company After 14 Years, Joins Sony PlayStation​

Luis Villegas, who has been with Bungie for fourteen years and served as the Chief Technology Officer since December 2020, has recently departed the company. He has now taken on the role of “CTO for the content vertical” at Sony PlayStation.

He already joined Sony PlayStation (SIE, to be precise) when SIE bought Bungie. He didn't "depart" or "left", he simply has been promoted inside SIE.

Weird to see people acting as if Bungie wasn't already part of SIE.

Looks like Sony is about to take over.

Bungie execs taking the money and running ps will take complete control and integrate it under ps. That's good for ps but there would be layoffs because of overlap with many non game dev roles. Operating Bungie directly under ps will be cheaper and more efficient.

"PS" (SIE) already took over Bungie and integrated it putting it under "PS" (SIE) when Sony bought Bungie.

Since then Bungie is a 100% owned subsidiary of SIE that reports to the SIE CEO (back then Jim Ryan, now Hermen Hulst), who has full control over them.

This is evidence that there was some value in the acquisition. Taking their top talent and exposing them to the rest of PlayStation means they're seen as extremely valuable. They still will have some influence on Bungie and it also allows for people to potentially get promoted internally at Bungie.

Not sure how anyone could see this as a Sony takeover.

Yes. But the insane success of their Halo and specially Destiny games already was an evidence that there was value in the acquisition.

Sony obviously has influence on Bungie, Sony owns 100% of their fully owned subsidiary Bungie, who reports to the SIE CEO (now Hermen Hulst, Jimbo before him).

To give them creative freedom for their games and to tell them to continue publishing with their own label in all platforms doesn't mean they can do stuff against Sony's interests, or that they don't have to follow Sony's strategy and orders. Like any other employee they must obey their boss/owner if don't want to be fired.

 

[Dabaus]

He was a board of bungie member too. Wouldn’t be surprised if Sony is promoting these guys out of bungie so they can, and rightly so, take it over fully to steer the ship.

 

[Yurinka]

He was a board of bungie member too. Wouldn’t be surprised if Sony is promoting these guys out of bungie so they can, and rightly so, take it over fully to steer the ship.

Sony already took over Bungie, bought the 100% of the company and placed it as a SIE subsidiary. Hermen Hust is their boss, as Jim Ryan was before him.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Sony already took over Bungie, bought the 100% of the company and placed it as a SIE subsidiary. Hermen Hust is their boss, as Jim Ryan was before him.

Basically although contractually they have some autonomy.