2023-12-07 09:56:25
As of right now, Bungie is going through a very turbulent phase. The Destiny developer has faced layoffs, major criticism, and even delayed its next major expansion until the summer of 2024. This led to the developer admitting that it had lost a lot of the community’s trust recently, and it seemed like they might lose more, too. Because in a new and very revealing report from IGN, it’s said that Bungie may lose its independence within the Sony Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation Studios families. The developer remains independent, assuming it meets its financial goals, but recent meetings with Sony and Bungie executives seem to indicate that Destiny 2’s delays and struggling performance have put the developer in danger of disbanding its board of directors and thus being taken more prominently. integrated into SIE. The report also notes that Bungie is currently facing a huge morale dilemma, with some developers describing the company’s mood as “heartbreaking.” One developer even issued a statement saying Bungie management expressed indifference and even hostility before the massive layoffs. If all of this wasn’t enough, the report also mentions that Destiny’s QA team is known as “non-developers,” and they face hostility from team and company leadership, including facing bigger problems over seemingly trivial issues. Disciplinary Actions. The report ends with a statement from an anonymous employee, who mentioned that there is now an “us versus them” feeling between the company’s employees and leadership, and that “trust has been eroded.”
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