Bungie Layoffs Confirmed

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twintail said:

curl-6 said:

For $3.6 Billion, acquiring Bungie really hasn't played out well, with so much of the team axed and their first game under new ownership fizzling.

Their odds of survival long term don't look good.

Depends entirely on what their plans are in the mid to long term. Their goals should be getting casuals into Marathon and expanding Destiny outside of a massive live service title.

Both are possible, and of course not guaranteed home-runs. But if they're looking to do something like an ICO remake, the yeah they're dead. 

Getting casuals into Marathon doesn't sound like an enterprise with a high probability of success to be honest.

That said, in case I gave the wrong impression, I do hope they're not getting shut down as we've had far too much job loss in the industry of late. Hopefully they can survive long enough to get their next endeavour off the ground, which will hopefully fare better than Marathon.