Sony is restructuring Bungie after the Destiny 2 studio’s second round of brutal layoffs. From all the news that has come out over the years outlining the details of Sony’s purchase of Bungie (and more recently how Sony was misled by Bungie’s financials), it’s possible that layoffs and restructuring were inevitable. Let’s do a quick recap of this piece of news, for those that might not have heard, then zoom out and contextualize this studio’s saga as it pertains to the wider video game industry.
This morning, we shared an important update with the Bungie team on the difficult decision to eliminate 220 roles at Bungie.
You can read the full statement below.https://t.co/FVkWNSWDtZ
Sony had a briefing where COO and CFO, Hiroki Totoki, gave us the broad strokes of the restructuring. It seems that their main objective in this move is to restructure costs and optimize the portfolio [of games]. Essentially, this means two things:
Hiroki didn’t go into more specifics than that, but it is still an interesting development in Bungie’s rocky relationship with its parent company. For Destiny players, this won’t change much in the way of Destiny 2, and the game’s new episodic content.
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