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Bungie ends development on Destiny 2
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blacktout
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Because "incubating new projects" is something that only your core senior/creative staff generally works on.
Presumably a lot of the less experienced programmers and other support staff would be transferred over to assist on Marathon if Bungie were keeping them around, and saying as much in a statement like this would help to quell speculation about layoffs and make the public feel more secure about the future of the studio.
ultrazilla
Gold Member
Man, this is actually really sad. Some of my favorite gaming moments EVER were playing D2 back in its prime with a core group of really great guys
from our clan along with my actual brothers.
My son also started watching me play the OG Destiny and he became hooked so I became his Yoda-like mentor as we jumped from that to Destiny 2. We had some really
great bonding over Destiny 2.
I guess it's fitting that he's the one who texted me today about the news. I'll always be thankful for the Destiny games as I've met a lot of great friends
and strangers along the way as well.
from our clan along with my actual brothers.
My son also started watching me play the OG Destiny and he became hooked so I became his Yoda-like mentor as we jumped from that to Destiny 2. We had some really
great bonding over Destiny 2.
I guess it's fitting that he's the one who texted me today about the news. I'll always be thankful for the Destiny games as I've met a lot of great friends
and strangers along the way as well.
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clarky
Gold Member
They already said whats happening with Marathon like I said. They don't need to inform joe public about staffing arrangements.
Odinnii
Member
They/Them could never.
Angel of BOOM!
Member
Surely the main people at Bungie were not working on Destiny 2. Surely they've been cooking something up for a while now. And no, I don't mean Marathon.
LordCBH
Member
Most of them were on Marathon. Those not on Marsthon were on Destiny 2.
John Bilbo
Gold Member
In times like these there could be potential for another live threadBro i'm so getting your rank ass banned for this
clarky
Gold Member
They took 100 off D2 to work on Marathon not long ago to up the number to 400, now we know why. Everyone else is/was on D2.
blacktout
Member
These press releases aren't just for "joe public." They're also carefully worded to keep investors from getting restless. So what isn't said is often revealing.
I'm not saying that Marathon is cooked. I'm just saying that its omission here is worth noting.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I'd prefer a re-release. Modern version would ruin it. And I like the old graphics.
Zacfoldor
Gold Member
The End Of ‘Destiny 2’: All Expansions Canceled, Maintenance Mode Incoming
Destiny 2 is dead. It will no longer produce content updates after this June, and will go into maintenance mode from here. The end of an era.
www.forbes.com
Marathon hate is going to kick into overdrive.
We are definitely getting a Marathon documentary now.
Fbh
Gold Member
They'll begin incubating their next project ??.
So until at least like 2030 the only thing Bungie, the 3.6 billion dollar studio with around 800 employees, will have going on is Marathon? A game that only a small number of people are playing and is generating basically no income?.
Time to start updating those resumes everyone!!!
So until at least like 2030 the only thing Bungie, the 3.6 billion dollar studio with around 800 employees, will have going on is Marathon? A game that only a small number of people are playing and is generating basically no income?.
Time to start updating those resumes everyone!!!
MiguelItUp
Member
You're not wrong, but at least it didn't end abruptly. Almost 10 years is a good run.
clarky
Gold Member
Like I said they went over marathon last week, theres nothing to say.
400 devs on Marathon, D2 maintenance mode, new "incubation" project(s) likely D3 in pre-production. What other information do you need?
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
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Ass of Can Whooping
Member
The End Of ‘Destiny 2’: All Expansions Canceled, Maintenance Mode Incoming
Destiny 2 is dead. It will no longer produce content updates after this June, and will go into maintenance mode from here. The end of an era.
Marathon hate is going to kick into overdrive.
We are definitely getting a Marathon documentary now.
Bungie is going to die and the only person to blame will be Paul Tassi
Hypereides
Member
I'd be more than down with that. A modern Oni sequel with American influenced Anime style art direction could be sorta fresh if they can do the concept justice. But, I honestly don't have much faith in modern Bungie pulling that off.
Bry0
Member
That could mean anything like an anime series for destiny while the "shared worlds" (GAAS) go in another direction. D3 should've been in pre production before TFS. I don't know what the heck is happening at bungie but the momentum is gone. They really messed this up. I'm looking forward to what comes to marathon too though.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Get ready for more Bungie impairment charges this year.
Boo Who?
Gold Member
Embearded
Member
They'll begin incubating their next project ??.
So until at least like 2030 the only thing Bungie, the 3.6 billion dollar studio with around 800 employees, will have going on is Marathon? A game that only a small number of people are playing and is generating basically no income?.
Time to start updating those resumes everyone!!!
I really hate how Sony spent so much money on Bungie instead of investing in their existing studios and IPs.
We didn't get Days Gone 2 for fucking Concord and Marathon.
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
You could say Bungie just shot themselves in the foot.
asdasdasdbb
Member
There's a good reason for that, when they see all the play time is GAAS games.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
$3.6B for Bungie, and the studio has surely incurred more annual operating losses since then. Add it up and surely about $4B.
Just imagine the number of SP bangers they could make with that money. Or simply make a handful and bank the other $2-3B.
If they retained that they probably wouldnt bother doing PS+ sub price increases or console price hikes.
As an example, let's say Sony made $2B worth of more AAA blockbusters and saved $2B for a rainy day. With $2B to spare, that could cover a $100 PS5 price increase for 20M consoles. And if they used $1B for games and $3B saved, that could cover 30M consoles. More than enough funds to cover off PS5 sales for the rest of the generation till PS6 comes out.
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LordCBH
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lifa-cobex
Member
They killed entirely all faith after The Witch Queen.
Even before then, They were really over the line with content locking shit.
They absolutely need to die and it's well deserved.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
sodstall
Member
Was wondering when they'd do the equivalent of D1-The collection for D2. Obviously D2 is a metric shit ton of content comparatively but glad to see them not leave it radio silent any longer.
High high hopes for them to find a way to fork the year 1&2 content but with all the things you hear from play testers and creators close to bungo, D2 engine sounds like a spaghetti nightmare.
Makes me think about GTAV:O and how much menu/system creep destroyed that silly little player settings menu. Took over all the responsibility of reasonably interactive interfaces and looks like the most hacked together mod menu.
High high hopes for them to find a way to fork the year 1&2 content but with all the things you hear from play testers and creators close to bungo, D2 engine sounds like a spaghetti nightmare.
Makes me think about GTAV:O and how much menu/system creep destroyed that silly little player settings menu. Took over all the responsibility of reasonably interactive interfaces and looks like the most hacked together mod menu.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Best video ever.
If anyone didnt watch it, this art director plagiarism dude had to wring off an apology about 15 minutes or so. Then the other guy did the talking for the rest of the hour. The guy above literally sat there stone faced for the remaining 40 minutes.
For extra laughs, the stream was only 3 people and they couldnt even coordinate audio and mics working between them. It was like the first time they ever set up a conf call.
Holammer
Member
The game is highly likely already ported and ready to be published for a decade now, remember when they accidentally started selling D1's in-game currency on Steam?
I'm guessing they wanted to release a complete version on Steam to drive interest for the upcoming D2, but got cold feet and thought it would cannibalize D2 sales, and then there was the Blizzard app stuff.
Bungie sold Destiny 1 currency on Steam by accident… but they did put it there
Update August 16, 2017: Bungie have commented, but some questions are still unanswered.After Destiny 1's microtransactions currency appeared on Steam, Bungie's community manager David 'DeeJ' Dague has tweeted that it was an error, and reiterated that Destiny 2 is coming to PC exclusively throug
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
LOL. Its a shame I didnt focus on any live chat as I was watching them talk. But just going on what you posted it looks hilarious.The live chat was something to behold.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
I don't know what to say. I enjoyed Destiny 1 tremendously although once I tried the Destiny 2 demo and noticed they messed with the way the game played itself, I pulled off. Never really played it.
Marathon is well, not performing as expected. We might see the end of Bungie sooner than we think.
What a sad day.
Marathon is well, not performing as expected. We might see the end of Bungie sooner than we think.
What a sad day.
LordCBH
Member
The game is highly likely already ported and ready to be published for a decade now, remember when they accidentally started selling D1's in-game currency on Steam?
I'm guessing they wanted to release a complete version on Steam to drive interest for the upcoming D2, but got cold feet and thought it would cannibalize D2 sales, and then there was the Blizzard app stuff.
Bungie sold Destiny 1 currency on Steam by accident… but they did put it there
Update August 16, 2017: Bungie have commented, but some questions are still unanswered.After Destiny 1's microtransactions currency appeared on Steam, Bungie's community manager David 'DeeJ' Dague has tweeted that it was an error, and reiterated that Destiny 2 is coming to PC exclusively throug
ChorizoPicozo
Member
"Marathon killed Destiny"
Now go and spread The Hate
blacktout
Member
Yes, but my point is exactly that they didn't actually account for the future of their staff in this way. Instead you get a nebulous "incubating future projects" with no indication that they have anything in active production and no talk of transferring D2 staff to support Marathon. The natural conclusion for someone with zero additional context to draw is that this is a scenario where a lot of people are about to be unemployed very soon.
And if that's not the case, then you want to indicate as much in your press release so investors don't freak.
They didn't have to announce Destiny 3, fwiw. They just had to add something about "projects in active/advanced development" to the incubation sentence and a throwaway line about how some Destiny 2 staff would be shifting attention to supporting Marathon.
Everything about this statement just screams "layoffs are coming" to me.
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clarky
Gold Member
Layoffs are absolutely coming. Be a bit shitty if they did it in a blog post.
They basically have a few ideas and a fuck ton on a fully staffed Marathon, everyone else is toast.
HYDE
Member
Why stop there? Cancel Fairgames, Heave Hulst the fuck out, then un-DEI-ify Insomniac, Naughty Dog, and Santa Monica. Finally give all control to Sony Japan and get Nixxes on Bloodborne & Ico Remasters. Buy Capcom, Konami, Tecmo, and From. Refuse Microsoft ports so they can rot all the way to hell. Lol
OverHeat
« generous god »
Do you shit in blue?Why stop there? Cancel Fairgames, Heave Hulst the fuck out, then un-DEI-ify Insomniac, Naughty Dog, and Santa Monica. Finally give all control to Sony Japan and get Nixxes on Bloodborne & Ico Remasters. Buy Capcom, Konami, Tecmo, and From. Refuse Microsoft ports so they can rot all the way to hell. Lol
HYDE
Member
No purple. I eat Sony & Nintendo so it comes out that color FYI.
poodaddy
Gold Member
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Bungie is likely being integrated into Sony's financials this year, so good chance we've seen the end of impairment charges.
Negotiator101
Member
Doesn't it have more players than Marathon? 
Zacfoldor
Gold Member
"Marathon killed Destiny"
Now go and spread The Hate
