Sony acquires Bungie for 3.6B
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datnigDASTARDLY
catching pigeons
Neither is old Bungie to keep it all the way real. Halo Infinite is great, Destiny is great, but neither is at Halo 1/2 Bungie levels, at all. I'll say it again, if they make an exclusive that is Destiny/old Halo level, I'll get a 5, and not sell it this time
they've yet to lay an egg. Whatever iteration of Bungie remains, the heads guys stayed and they are 2-2 so far.
Rayzah
I'm Everywhere you ain't never there
Will destiney now have a campaign?Destiny with a sony first party budget
Can't you see the gaming world is changing bro??? This shyt not going to be brick and motar nomore. Why you think every leading company buying shyt the fukk up. This game system shyt is a rap.
you just contradicted yourself in the same sentence.
Hall of Shame banner meant something
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Yep, their next game will 100% PS5 & PC. Makes no sense for them to stretch their budget to develop for xbox
COD is the biggest seller on their platform by a good margin. If they lose thay and GTA, they're in trouble, exclusives be damned. This is an arms race. One they can't win with money, so they're applying strategy.
That's fair.
Guess you're so busy stanning, you didn’t read Bungie's statement.
NZA
LOL
i hate that this is the direction things are going, but it seems MS started it so hey 
First things that come to mind after sitting with this for a few minutes:
Now it makes a whole lot more sense as to why there wasn't a direct Halo crossover with Destiny 2 for the 30th anniversary event.
I still absolutely hate the trend of consolidation in the industry, regardless of who acquires what. I don't trust these huge companies to just say fukk it and do whatever they want once they're the only ones standing.
That said, this definitely benefits both sides. Bungie was looking to expand Destiny into a multimedia franchise, but honestly didn't have the structure to do it. Now, they do. Sony needed a studio with multiplayer expertise in house desperately to be able to round out their offerings. Now, they've got it.
This feels 100% like leverage for CoD/Activision. I don't spend money on the game outside of annual expansions, but apparently Destiny 2 makes decent money. So now, both Sony and Microsoft have a vest interest in success of products on another platform, should they keep things the same.
Details on Bungie's next game aren't all that well known, but it's supposedly a multiplayer title, as allegedly the lack of steady additions to the Crucible has been due to a lot of that staff moving to work on this new project. Either way, don't expect to hear anything about it until closer to when Destiny 2's final expansion for this phase of the game comes out in 2024.
Using the same optimism from the Activision purchase, this does open things up to cross development, assuming Bungie plays ball. A game in the Destiny universe developed by the Naughty Dog b/c team could be pretty solid, for example.
Facts. And them holding on to that chip definitely pumped the value of the company. I just hope this doesn't turn into their last two situations where they gotta pull a houdini and get out of another deal.
Now it makes a whole lot more sense as to why there wasn't a direct Halo crossover with Destiny 2 for the 30th anniversary event.
I still absolutely hate the trend of consolidation in the industry, regardless of who acquires what. I don't trust these huge companies to just say fukk it and do whatever they want once they're the only ones standing.
That said, this definitely benefits both sides. Bungie was looking to expand Destiny into a multimedia franchise, but honestly didn't have the structure to do it. Now, they do. Sony needed a studio with multiplayer expertise in house desperately to be able to round out their offerings. Now, they've got it.
This feels 100% like leverage for CoD/Activision. I don't spend money on the game outside of annual expansions, but apparently Destiny 2 makes decent money. So now, both Sony and Microsoft have a vest interest in success of products on another platform, should they keep things the same.
Details on Bungie's next game aren't all that well known, but it's supposedly a multiplayer title, as allegedly the lack of steady additions to the Crucible has been due to a lot of that staff moving to work on this new project. Either way, don't expect to hear anything about it until closer to when Destiny 2's final expansion for this phase of the game comes out in 2024.
Using the same optimism from the Activision purchase, this does open things up to cross development, assuming Bungie plays ball. A game in the Destiny universe developed by the Naughty Dog b/c team could be pretty solid, for example.
Facts. And them holding on to that chip definitely pumped the value of the company. I just hope this doesn't turn into their last two situations where they gotta pull a houdini and get out of another deal.
You said it was a desperation reaction move in one breath (acquisitions like this don't happen on a whim) and they point to how it was in the works for months???
My guess is Bungie wanted more funding to expand. Microsoft tried to get them back and they took that deal to Sony and said what can you do for us. Sony made concessions to prevent the possibility of having Microsoft reacquire Bungie.
I don't have any real knowledge but it seems plausible.
I don't have any real knowledge but it seems plausible.
all that PR statement said was they are still supporting Destiny and D2 on the platforms it's currently on.
No shyt.
Seems like a terrible buy when you think about what MS got with zenimax for 8.
Like a really really bad buy
