Rumor: Sony leadership feels that Bungie is a failed investment (take with 🧂🧂)
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idk if you're being ironic, but I definitely have been calling it an awful acquisition since day 1
From July last year, before we knew Bungie was responsible for cancelling Factions 2 and before they missed their revenue targets.I knew Destiny 2 was a good chunk, just wasn't sure how much. Still the worst acquisition in history, Sony got fleeced. Maybe they bought them just to help cover up the pitiful PC numbers?
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That's the main reason they bought them they were going to use them as a reference to try and better understand how to make things work in the live service field but it all went downhill and they've had a reality check of its not consistent to make a profit with it and hold on to it. As for people saying they should be sold I highly doubt Microsoft will buy them from Sony.
Nah for real, Sony would see crazy profits if Marathon and Destiny 3 were PS Exclusives. Bungie still have the best FPS devs on the market (but they clearly are terrible at GaaS management)
Could be true but anybody could write that after reading the reports about the Bungie layoffs 
One thing is certain, journalists suddenly started to turn on Bungie and trash Destiny as soon as Sony acquired them. They report relentlessly every little negative info they can find. Same as Square. They both have huge targets on their backs. I wonder why...
One thing is certain, journalists suddenly started to turn on Bungie and trash Destiny as soon as Sony acquired them. They report relentlessly every little negative info they can find. Same as Square. They both have huge targets on their backs. I wonder why...
You know that a rumor about Bungie is fake when they talk about "Sony may takeover Bungie" acting as if Sony wouldn't have bought the 100% of the company.
Or if they say that a company that invested billions doesn't triple check that everything is fine in the company they acquire before acquiring it and after buying them get suprised that they are a mess considers the investment a failure 1 or 2 years after completing the acquisition, as if the investments weren't always thought for the long term, and before they released any game.
Also, when they said that failed to support Sony's GaaS when the first one they released after having them supportting is a massive success. And when they ignore or don't know that Totoki said that the around a hundred firings were mostly already decided by Bungie when they made the acquisition as part of related redundancies (people from the acquired company they no longer would need because the company who acquires them already has people doing these jobs).
Or if they say that a company that invested billions doesn't triple check that everything is fine in the company they acquire before acquiring it and after buying them get suprised that they are a mess considers the investment a failure 1 or 2 years after completing the acquisition, as if the investments weren't always thought for the long term, and before they released any game.
Also, when they said that failed to support Sony's GaaS when the first one they released after having them supportting is a massive success. And when they ignore or don't know that Totoki said that the around a hundred firings were mostly already decided by Bungie when they made the acquisition as part of related redundancies (people from the acquired company they no longer would need because the company who acquires them already has people doing these jobs).
Normal, they have the same made up and wrong anti-Sony narratives than several supposed PS fans of this forum.
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Let's act as if you can't play single player in Sony 2024 games like The Last of Us 2 Remastered, Helldivers 2, Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade, MLB, Destiny 2 The Final Shape, Until Dawn Remake, and pretty likely Lost Soul Aside and maybe Convallaria and who knows if more unannounced stuff because of potatoes.
The people running these "no names" they acquired like Haven, Firewalk and Bungie broke gaming history records of best selling new IPs unlike those you list there.
On top of that, Sony had a close relationship with Bungie (back then with the Firewalk guys) since the creation of Destiny 1 and played a key role there. Sony got the marketing deal for the series because for them was a big win to have the next IP from the Halo guys also in PS. Same with Ubisoft/Haven: they had a close relationship since the PS1, as Ubisoft did with all the platform holders.
They will have more revenue and profits selling them in more platforms. This is the reason of why the bought and kept them as multiplatform. Because in the near future certain budgets won't be able to be profitable being released in a single console unless they are super top hits.
Regarding GaaS management, MLB, GT7, Destiny 2 and Helldivers 2 are big successes and to kill games that seem that won't work is a good practice made not only in GaaS, but in general. It's good management, not bad.
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I noticed a pattern in the last 2 years
When we get a sells reports that shows nobody gives a fuck about the Xbox brand then suddenly we get an unconfirmed negative news about the Playstation
Yesterday we got the European market sells for February 2024 and the ps5 destroyed series x
The next day we get this random news about Bungie
Tomorrow the npd results for February will be out
And im 100% sure we will get a fake negative article about ps5 in the next day
The funny thing this type of tactics didn't help Ms since 2020 instead the gap is getting bigger and bigger between ps5 and series x
When we get a sells reports that shows nobody gives a fuck about the Xbox brand then suddenly we get an unconfirmed negative news about the Playstation
Yesterday we got the European market sells for February 2024 and the ps5 destroyed series x
The next day we get this random news about Bungie
Tomorrow the npd results for February will be out
And im 100% sure we will get a fake negative article about ps5 in the next day
The funny thing this type of tactics didn't help Ms since 2020 instead the gap is getting bigger and bigger between ps5 and series x
Well they havent released a game yet to determine anything. Marathon will be big I think, Bungie doesnt miss much.
I think it was a good purchase but time will tell. They have money to spend and its better than buying no1 for sure.
Always thought they bought Bungie to stop MS acquiring them, which is always good too.
I liked the purchase, although I would of preferred FromSoft. I would of gone with a more expensive purchase in Square, CDPR or Sega but at least they bought Bungie.
I dont trust the new management yet, they probably would of prefered to buy no1 and save there money, Sony and Nintendo seem like penny pinchers. Spend that money you cheap asses
I think it was a good purchase but time will tell. They have money to spend and its better than buying no1 for sure.
Always thought they bought Bungie to stop MS acquiring them, which is always good too.
I liked the purchase, although I would of preferred FromSoft. I would of gone with a more expensive purchase in Square, CDPR or Sega but at least they bought Bungie.
I dont trust the new management yet, they probably would of prefered to buy no1 and save there money, Sony and Nintendo seem like penny pinchers. Spend that money you cheap asses
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I don't play Destiny 2, but this seems waaaay too soon to be true. The Sony and PlayStation's executive leadership teams are too experienced to think that such an investment would have resulted in anything meaningful within a year and a half. This is likely BS.
However, I'm sure Sony and PlayStation's leadership aren't happy with the timeline for their game release + the sudden drop in revenue. I think Bungie needs to grow to deliver more expansions.
However, I'm sure Sony and PlayStation's leadership aren't happy with the timeline for their game release + the sudden drop in revenue. I think Bungie needs to grow to deliver more expansions.
Yes, it just seems like more FUD after MS has had such a bad start to the year. While Helldivers and FF7 were greatly received by fans, its just more FUD to try and even it out. They just change the way they do it
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I'm very skeptical about this rumor for several reasons: Sony bought Bungie thinking about their GAAS expertise, future games and the ability to transform Destiny into other media. Destiny 2's revenue performance hardly matters. And to make matters worse, Sony's first GAAS, Helldivers 2, is a success, so it's strange that they think that
