Sony acquires Bungie for $3.6 billion - staying multiplatform

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PotentHerbs said:

I find it unlikely Sony would acquire Bungie without having the ability to leverage content for their platform/services. The idea that Sony will fund the project, let Bungie use SIE tech/tools, do all the marketing, even having Sony Pictures/Playstation Productions at their disposal to expand Destiny into other mediums, but have no control for their future IP's? That's hard to believe lol. I'm sure Sony would want some reassurances themselves, especially with Bungie's history of leaving partnerships, but they may give them more creative freedom than most of their other studios as a compromise.

I think Bungie will operate independently for the next couple of years, as they continue supporting Destiny 2, but will slowly be integrated into Playstation Studios. With their new IP slated for 2025+, the idea of Bungie staying "multiplatform" could simply mean PS5/PC day and date, which still is a major shift in how SIE does business.

I think what they mean is that they will operate on multiple projects at a time. Some managed by Sony and some by bungie themselves. The Sony funded ones will be ps5 and maybe pc exclusive. While whatever bungie funds will go to xbox if they choose.

I thinking for that is that they said they are now prioritising expanding and increazing personal. They have like 900 devs now. They can definetly work on 2 projects at once while maintaining destiny. After expanding they could sure work on their on project and a sony project at full scale full time.