Bungie Devs Say Atmosphere Is ‘Soul-Crushing

[The Mad Titan]

Bungie Devs Say Atmosphere Is ‘Soul-Crushing’ Amid Layoffs, Cuts, and Fear of Total Sony Takeover - IGN

One month after a major round of layoffs impacted roughly 100 Bungie employees of 1,200, those remaining at the Destiny developer say the cuts, as well as other cost-cutting measures, came alongside an apparent scramble by studio leadership to avoid a total Sony takeover.

www.ign.com

 

[Diondon]

Sony should have been lay down the law on these idiots
What they think this is, Xbox?

 

[levitate]

Make better games then.

Been eating off of one IP for the last what? 15 years?

Do better, branch out, make more interesting games, fukking diversify your offerings even a little bit.

 

[Canon]

so a full Sony takeover on the way cause they aint doing shyt right now

 

[Neuromancer]

Maybe make another game that's not a constant pay dump?

 

[Diondon]

I'm still mad a few months ago, these bozos were dictating shyt to studios that make infinitely better games than them
More Jim Ryan bullshyt

 

[Saint1]

Make better games then.

Been eating off of one IP for the last what? 15 years?

Do better, branch out, make more interesting games, fukking diversify your offerings even a little bit.

Making better games is not what this thread is about

 

[levitate]

Making better games is not what this thread is about

Making better games = more sales = less/no layoffs = better employee psyche = no “soul crushing atmosphere”

 

[Saint1]

Making better games = more sales = less/no layoffs = better employee psyche = no “soul crushing atmosphere”

Yes it's always that easy.

 

[CoolinInTheCut]

Probably would've helped if they made Destiny easy for new players to get into

 

[levitate]

Yes it's always that easy.

It’s a start.

 

[ALonelyDad]

Sony paid for all the employees when they bought it, to still end up this bad, you can see where it’s heading

 

[Saint1]

It’s a start.

They laid off employees who have been there for years so their stocks wouldn't vest.
They were just bought by Sony and have financial backing this isn't a bad game issue.

 

[bigdaddy88]

fukk bungie that's what they get for heavy monetization, not listening to feedback till its too late and giving a subpar expansion

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Bungie stay talking that “independent woman” shyt but need somebody else’s money to save them

This part is particularly nasty tho

sources say they were told by leaders that the current split board structure is contingent on Bungie meeting certain financial goals………It was with this threat looming that Bungie leadership - not Sony, according to Parsons - made the choice to lay off roughly 100 employees last month.

So they fired all those people just so they could still say they are “independent” and they will probably do it again.

Nasty work

And why would sony sign up for some dumb shyt like this???