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[T-Reks]

Halo 1-3 were so good that it enabled a company to convince people to play a shit game for 12 years

 

[SnapShot]

 

[Kronark]

Didn't they take it all out because they wanted to update the game and all the stuff pre-Beyond Light wouldn't work. So they gutted the game. They'd have to redo all the old stuff to make it compatible again. They're never going to produce the vaulted stuff, it would cost too much time and money for no return. And that is a damn shame, it would have been nice if it was available to play from start to finish.

I disagree with the idea that the content would take too much time or effort to restore. That comes across to me as more horseshit excuses from Bungie. There are three major things I can think of that would break levels with an engine change:

- Lighting / VFX
- Bounding boxes / physics
- Scripted events

Lighting was likely restored because none of the other content looked any different after the update. This means the elements that likely presented the challenges were bounding boxes or scripted events... And yeah that's a fair bit of work, but so what? You have the original code and map data as reference, suck it up and do it. Bounding boxes may have needed to be re-flagged for their physics properties. Scripting could have needed a new language or to be re-compartmentalized into new call / storage methods (Bungie was vocal that game compiles / builds took too long at the time).

Neither of these is an unsolvable problem. They clearly had the resources to rework the content because according to them they did update half the content in the game during the development of beyond light. All the content that didn't hit the vault was reworked. Why couldn't they continue that work in the background during year 5, year 6, etc? It probably wouldn have gotten done by year 7 if they kept working at it. They probably just tested the waters with their vaulting announcement and people gave them a pass. It was simply cheaper to just pretend this content never existed.

There's also seasonal content forever removed from the game that was developed after the engine update. They could have put some effort into making that content playable again because it should be engine compatible. Being the assholes Bungie are though they not only removed that content from the game, they deliberately told youtubers they could not even document / archive it in video form. Destin used to make video documentaries of the seasonal stories to preserve them for furture players. Bungie shut that down.

I treat Bungie with the same level of respect they've treated their game / players / IP with, that being none. Bungie does not value their own work beyond pre-order money and first week sales. Never let them live what they did down.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Halo 1-3 were so good that it enabled a company to convince people to play a shit game for 12 years

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

You wouldn't expect destiny 2 to just stop receiving updateswhen buying such bundle.

...what? 99% of the bundle is old finished content, and the remaining 1% you're still getting as promised with the final update, you get literally exactly what you pay for.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

2 and reach were dogshit. Destiny easily did a lot of things better than Halo. You all suffering from the Nostalgia.

 

[Roman Empire]

I saw some people are getting their money back on the $100 annual expansion pack through costumer service due to Bungie changing their plans for it. It was to be 2 raids and more dungeons and stuff and there is only a single raid and a dungeon I think.

More money that Bungie is losing for being incompetent lol.

And of all things to bring back, they brought SRL (Sparrow Racing League) back right as they decide to put the game in maintenance mode. You can make this shit up.

 

[falconhoof]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-21/bungie-plans-layoffs-after-ending-destiny-2-development?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3OTQwNTI3OSwiZXhwIjoxNzgwMDEwMDc5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURkVUVjJLSUpIOTIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.atbS1PFknTC7XBSdrUHEMV1jz4pw1lfmIX0rGjUFbRs

Sony Group Corp.'s Bungie unit is planning a significant number of layoffs as it ends development on the long-running online shooter game Destiny 2, according to people familiar with the studio's plans.

The company doesn't have a new project lined up for Destiny 2's development team after the game comes to an end next month, according to the people, who asked to not be identified because they weren't authorized to speak to press. Bungie doesn't plan to immediately enter production on a Destiny 3, they said. The number of job cuts was not known.

It's done.

Focus on the less popular and lower earning title. Lay people off, always a signal of strength that brings players flocking to your live service game, don't have D3 any where close to being a reality.

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

This doesnt sound good

Sony already said they where going to keep supporting Marathon, but maybe Bungie is not in part of that equation.


Now I sadly have to said that nothing of value is getting lost. Destiny fans finally broke their abusive relationship with Bungie, and numbers said they learned their lesson and didnt jump to Marathon. Destiny 2 was only alive because of reputation of Bungie and Destiny and big part thanks to the psychological shenanigans that keep players addicted to it. As someone that REALLY tried to get into the game like 4 times the new player is just so ass that it is clear their main focus was to just milk what they had.

 

[RickMasters]

D3 next?

I think the story has run its course.

 

[nkill20]

Bungie fans are clinically insane, my friend is one so I would know. Just constant Stockholm syndrome.

 

[Mengy]

Man, bad day for Bungie fans!

 

[lockdown2222]

As someone that tried it out briefly during COVID and made it out of tutorial to the first main coop hub, is it worth playing or picking up and going beyond? Enemies seemed basic no matter the race, same types and game play loop. Felt like three or four different types/styles and then that was it.

 

[Plague Doctor]

Focus on the less popular and lower earning title. Lay people off, always a signal of strength that brings players flocking to your live service game, don't have D3 any where close to being a reality.

So how's that morale at Bungie going?

What's the new cope now?

 

[KanKamAndNob]

Destiny 2 is done
Marathon is cooked
They haven't started Destiny 3
This studio is gonna get gutted soon.

 

[Arsic]

 

[Barakov]

This isn't even a dumpster fire at this point. This is an inferno.

 

[sainraja]

Not the news I wanted to hear. But, it is, what it is.

 

[mopspear]

 

[Shubh_C63]

We called it. Everyone called it. Layoffs are coming lol

Dude starwars was the fucking dumbest thing they did.

Really? I stopped at TFS but people said the campaign was done justice and merged both the elements great. People didn't love the whatever praxy-sword?
Don't know about overall seasonal activities but it was done pretty well considering.

But my point was more so how Bungie/Sony is thinking. If a huge franchise like StarWars can't pull people back, might as well pull the plug or make 2 year commitment to make another Forsaken DLC which probably would have still flopped.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

"Marathon killed Destiny"

Now go and spread The Hate

 

[MayauMiao]

So the only reason why Marathon still have what little left players it had left is from the Destiny players?

 

[Shubh_C63]

Division 2 was basically a dead game for years and yet people kept playing it.
Now watch Destiny 2 having as much players as Marathon even after its discontinuation for months.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I think a lot of us saw this coming for a long time, but as someone who had played the Destiny series for more than a decade, it's certainly a really sad news even if I had stopped playing back in late 2024. is the game flawed? definitely. but its highs are simply unmatched amount it's competitions. going into a raid or GM run with a team that knows what they're doing and helping each other to come out victorious is a great feeling. and getting that special new exotic, no matter if it's useful or not, is such a hit of dopamine for me that it keeps me coming back all these years. but after Lightfall, things really had changed. I honestly had wished that they didn't stretch things out to make Lightfall the way it is, and instead made it the "intended" final chapter of the game to give it a proper send off, rather than what we had right now where the story got dragged out and ended on a whimper the way The Final Shape's ending turned out to be. but I digress. the end of Destiny might not be all that glorious, but it had been a good run for me no matter what. I enjoyed the game with it's flaws and all and I wish them luck in whatever they're working on next. see you all starside.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

We called it. Everyone called it. Layoffs are coming lol



Really? I stopped at TFS but people said the campaign was done justice and merged both the elements great. People didn't love the whatever praxy-sword?
Don't know about overall seasonal activities but it was done pretty well considering.

But my point was more so how Bungie/Sony is thinking. If a huge franchise like StarWars can't pull people back, might as well pull the plug or make 2 year commitment to make another Forsaken DLC which probably would have still flopped.

It was like reskins of enemies in starwars colors or half baked mods. Destiny was fine in its own universe, borrowing starwars like totally killed it for me. As I was a fan of both separately, but together, nope.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

So the only reason why Marathon still have what little left players it had left is from the Destiny players?

Bungie purposely delayed Destiny content to inflate Marathon's numbers. So for Marathon to have a rough launch instead of a Concordian one thanks to Destiny players.

I'm not sure if we will see a very evident colapse in CCU numbers going forward; like, going from ≈15k to ≈5k at peak hours,
tho.

But if the review bombing gains steam enough to make that 80% go to a 70%. And then media makes headlines

That timeline would be completely sadistic

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

It was like reskins of enemies in starwars colors or half baked mods. Destiny was fine in its own universe, borrowing starwars like totally killed it for me. As I was a fan of both separately, but together, nope.

Yea same, felt so cheap and just gay all around.. Like to blend two IPs that have nothing to do with each other was lame as fuck. I was done before that star wars crap but it felt like such a desperate cash grab, I knew they were cooked when that happened.

I think the best idea is they need to hand it off or sell the IP to someone that wants it, destiny is a good ip and someone who appreciates working on it needs to get it

 

[Arsic]

Holy shit GAF is loading slower than Herman's retarded brain over at Sony.

EviLore can you pay the server bill, turn off the hentai download, and charge Ass of Can Whooping triple for his gold to get this bad boy running quick again?