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G2ThaUNiT said:

Ryuu96 said:

Bungie was a big part of my childhood, they're a staple in the industry. I know they've always had issues, although they tend to have been blamed on others in the past, first Microsoft, then Activision, though it has became clear in recent history that those companies may have been the only things keeping Bungie from tearing itself apart and most the issues are on Bungie's management. I don't care where Bungie went, or that I wasn't really a big fan of Destiny, I always wished them luck, even if I'd never play another game from them again.

It's sad to see Pete Parsons utterly destroying what was once a great company, it's frustrating as hell to see such incompetent management, I'm now convinced that without Microsoft, Activision or Sony, Bungie would have shutdown a long time ago, I'm not even sure if Pete Parsons stepping down at this point can undo the damage done. I hope Sony replaces the entire upper management but that still hasn't happened despite all the reports of Pete Parsons being a garbage leader and it'll be too late if they don't act now.

Same here man. By far my best gaming memories have been with Bungie's games. From watching my dad playing the Myth games and eventually letting me play with him, to endless LAN parties, midnight launches, and making new friends online over the years in Halo, to day one raids and dungeons in Destiny with my clan, Bungie will always have a special place in my heart. 

And playing the first 2 Marathon games that are now on Steam for the first time, it's pretty clear that Halo was the spiritual successor to Marathon. They're great games that have aged very well and shows just how talented Bungie has always been. Looking forward to when Marathon 3 drops.

But like you said, it's obvious that Bungie leadership never had the capabilities of managing anything more than a small team and that hasn't changed in over 2 decades. And unfortunately, leadership is still not being held accountable and the talented devs that Bungie drew in are the ones paying the price.

It's like my mourning of Blizzard all over again

Could you both be knee jerking here.  Are you complaining that Bungie is layoff just like about every tech company today or is this about something else.  Its evident to me that maintaining a huge team is cost a lot but service games in general just isn't getting the same returns since the main resource that is drying up is gamers time.  To many service games and not enough gamers to waste all their time playing your grindy game paying incremental amounts of cash to keep afloat.  I actually believe a lot of service games will be scaling back on staff because it cost to much.