Sony Seems To Have Laid Off Bungie Co-Founder And Destiny Director, Jason Jones
It is reasonable to question this exit and where Bungie goes from here.
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Sony Is Reducing Bungie’s Workforce By A ‘Significant’ Number Of Employees
The $ 765 impairment loss has a corresponding human cost.
“I’m Not Sure There Would Have Been A Number” – Paul Tassi Says Destiny 2 Peaks Haven’t Changed Anything For Bungie
It's better to accept that the impairment loss is unavoidable.
Rumor: Sony Has A “Desire For Revenge” Vs. Bungie Over Live Service Failures
It's true that this has been one of PlayStation's biggest failures for some time.
Rumor: Bungie Layoffs Could Lose At Least 50 % Of Their Workforce
It will be a completely different studio at the end.
Rumor: Marathon Sponsor Deal Asks Streamers Not To Talk About Destiny 3
This appears to be a reaction to Bungie fans' Destiny 3 campaign.
Rumor: Bungie Was An Emergency Acquisition, Under The Red Line Before Sony Bought Them
Sony already admitted that they overpaid $ 765 million for Bungie.
Bungie Pulls A Fast One On Players Who Bought Marathon Deluxe Edition On Season 2 “Discount”
One wonders why Bungie and Sony would not just honor the deal.
Marathon Season 2 Launch Falters Due To Technical Issues – Even The Game Discount Is Bugged
Bungie definitely needs to deal with those players who bought Marathon.
Rumor: Bungie Decided To Drop Destiny 2 At The Start Of 2026 – But They Considered Turning It To ‘Destiny Infinity’
Somewhere in between Overwatch and Halo Infinity, it seems.
Rumor: Bungie Is Still Pitching Projects For Destiny, As Well As “One Other Interesting Thing”
We aren't back yet. But maybe.
Destiny 2 YouTuber Aztecross Is Dropping Marathon Season 2, Claiming Gamers May Not Trust Bungie And Sony Ever Again
He really does have a reasonable point.
Destiny 2: Legacy Collection Joining PS Plus Library This June 9
We can still look at the bright side on this news.
Rumor: Bungie Didn’t Tell Their Devs About Destiny 2’s End Of Support – And They Still Won’t Talk About Layoffs
We'll let you come to your conclusions on Bungie here.
Rumor: Bungie Will Have Layoffs After Destiny 2, Destiny 3 Is Not In Development
These are the consequences we should have expected from the impairment.
Bungie Ends Active Development On Destiny 2 In 2 Weeks
They should have ended it with a bang and left it at that.
Jacob Navok: Bungie’s $ 765 Million Impairment Is Too Small, More Is Coming Next Quarter
This may not be the end of it for Bungie.
Sony Reports A $ 560 Million Impairment From Bungie, And Don’t Reveal Marathon Sales Or Figures
This seems to confirm what Jacob Navok has said about Bungie.
Paul Tassi Claims Marathon’s Budget Could Have Gone Over $ 250 Million
This is not a doompost, we're just taking stock.
Former Square Enix Exec Jacob Navok Explains Sony’s “Impairment Charges” Dilemma With Bungie And Marathon
Sadly, no Bungie fan can make an argument as compelling as these numbers.
Paul Tassi: Marathon’s Sales & Player Numbers Are “Lower Than They Should Be In General”
Yes, this is a red flag for Marathon and Bungie.
GTA Online’s FiveM Just Peaked At Over 200,000 Players On Steam – More Than Double Marathon’s Peak
Yes, FiveM is highly competitive with Marathon.
Bungie Dev Claps Back By Namedropping Veterans Still In The Studio Working On Marathon
One of Bungie's founders is still in there, working on Marathon.
Rumor: Steam Is The Primary Platform For Marathon, Not Consoles
This means we can't assume Marathon has that much more players than we can see in SteamDB