Sony acquires Bungie for $3.6 billion - staying multiplatform

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LudicrousSpeed said:

Spindel said:

Not to be condescending but is Bungie even relevant in this day and age?

I mean I understand their history, but are any of the driving creative forces still within the company?

They don't have the rights to "the" IP (Halo) that put Bungie on the main stream map.

Destiny isn’t as big as it used to be. There’s a reason they split from Activision and went free to play. And the price tag is insane. I doubt MS offered to pay anywhere near that. But I don’t think the deal was completely about Bungie games, I think Sony wants their tech to make more of their games live service like Destiny is. 

If it were about Bungie themselves, then they wouldn’t be a “fully independent subsidiary”.

I wouldn't say Destiny isn't as big as it used to be, last year Bungie made Similar revenue compared to companies like Zenimax, with one IP only.

But it seems Sony is following the multiplayer and GaaS route, which they lack in.