Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, suggested that if Bungie had resorted to creating content using AI, the now-abandoned Destiny 2 would have survived. Sweeney is known for his controversial views on the use of AI in the gaming industry, often taking jabs at Epic Games' competitors for their relatively anti-AI policies. However, his comment on Destiny 2's fate is now drawing significant backlash against him.
On June 29, Forbes' Paul Tassi published a report claiming to reveal two of the most important reasons behind Destiny's failure. According to Tassi's anonymous insider source, aside from leadership mistakes and Bungie's mismanagement of the IP, another factor that contributed to Destiny 2's unfortunate downfall was "the enormous scale of content that had to be produced nonstop," while the game "was only very rarely profitable during its entire lifespan." Reacting to this report, the Epic Games CEO suggested that Bungie might have been able to save the game with generative artificial intelligence.
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Over on Twitter, Tim Sweeney replied to Paul Tassi's post, saying, "If...
