Sony acquires Bungie for $3.6 billion

[Error 52]

Summary

 

Bungie, the developers behind Destiny, Halo, and, uh, Marathon, I guess, have been purchased by Sony Interactive Entertainment for $3.6 billion. Bungie has stated that Destiny 2 will remain available on all current platforms and that the upcoming expansion will not have any exclusive content. We'll see how that shakes out in practice, of course.

 

Quotes

Quote

In SIE, we have found a partner who unconditionally supports us in all we are and who wants to accelerate our vision to create generation-spanning entertainment, all while preserving the creative independence that beats in Bungie’s heart. Like us, SIE believes that game worlds are only the beginning of what our IPs can become. Together, we share a dream of creating and fostering iconic franchises that unite friends around the world, families across generations, and fans across multiple platforms and entertainment mediums.

 

With SIE, the potential for our universes is unlimited. Our future games will take bold steps into unexplored spaces for Bungie, continue to push the boundaries of what is possible, and will always be built on a foundation of creating meaningful, lifelong friendships and memories.

 

We remain in charge of our destiny. We will continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games. We will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community. Our games will continue to be where our community is, wherever they choose to play.

 

With SIE's support, the most immediate change you will see is an acceleration in hiring talent across the entire studio to support our ambitious vision. If this speaks to you, and you want to help us put a dent in the universe, we are hiring across all disciplines for Destiny 2 and for all new worlds beyond.

 

Q. As a Destiny 2 player, does Bungie becoming part of PlayStation have any immediate impact on how I play and experience Destiny 2?

No. Our commitment to Destiny 2 as a multi-platform game with full Cross Play remains unchanged.   

We want you to play The Witch Queen on February 22, 2022, on the platform of YOUR choice.

 

Q. Will Destiny 2: The Witch Queen include any platform exclusives?

No. The Witch Queen will not contain any platform exclusives. Every player should have an amazing Destiny experience, no matter where you choose to play.

 

My thoughts

This is the corporate version of spitefully hitting on your ex's sister. I do think that if Bungie makes a non-Destiny game in the future, it's not coming to Xbox. Even if they state otherwise right now.

 

Sources

Sony buying Bungie for $3.6bn - Eurogamer (Technically the story comes from GamesIndustry.biz, but their site is shitting itself right now)

BUNGIE JOINS SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Destiny 2: Our Shared Vision

[Middcore]

Lol. 

[Needfuldoer]

Maybe now we'll finally see Oni 2.

[Vishera]

Gaming should be as decentralized as possible,

I don't want the industry to become an oligarchy.

Some companies in the industry have too much power in their hands.

[Commodus]

Bungie has been gearing up to release a non-Destiny game, so I suspect that's the real endgame here. I'm sure Sony isn't counting on a future D2 expansion being the exclusive that makes Xbox owners switch in droves.

 

And yes, Sony is clearly doing this in response to Microsoft's Activision purchase. It's not nearly on the same scale, but it doesn't have to be... Sony knows its exclusives have generally been stronger, and even the Bethesda deal wasn't about to have PS5 buyers regretting their choices.

[Salv8 (sam)]

sony wasn't happy that two of their mascots were taken away from them.

[CTR640]

So Nathan Drake will be in Destiny world?

[Andreas Lilja]

3 minutes ago, Salv8 (sam) said:

sony wasn't happy that two of their mascots were taken away from them.

IP remains Microsoft's property. 

[poochyena]

9 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Gaming should be as decentralized as possible,

it already is

9 minutes ago, Vishera said:

I don't want the industry to become an oligarchy.

They won't

9 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Some companies in the industry have too much power in their hands.

They don't.

[Justaphysicsnerd]

When the rich kid who was bullied by the cool kid bullies the rich kid, this is how the cool kid reacts :

[*insert Clarkson's Oh no Anyway meme since PCMR*]

[Roswell]

1 hour ago, Error 52 said:

Summary

 

Bungie, the developers behind Destiny, Halo, and, uh, Marathon

Bungie hasn't developed a Halo title for like 12 years. Pretty important context to have.

[porina]

I don't see this as any response to MS' recent move. These deals don't happen overnight, and would have been in discussion for some time. That the4e both happen to announce at similar times I think is just coincidence.

 

I'm also not keen on fewer companies controlling more and more of the gaming space. 

[Velcade]

Bungo!  Nooooo.

[Senzelian]

Does that mean that Masterchief's helmet is blue now?
It was fitting so well to the XBox branding!

Edit: Oh wait, it still belongs to Microsoft. Bungie didn't make the last Halo. Oopsie.

[Video Beagle]

45 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Maybe now we'll finally see Oni 2.

hell..a fully done Oni 1 for modern machines would be good.

[Shreyas1]

So let me get this straight

Microsoft now owns Banjo and Tony Hawk

Sony now owns the company that used to make halo

 

This is strange

[Brooksie359]

46 minutes ago, Roswell said:

Bungie hasn't developed a Halo title for like 12 years. Pretty important context to have.

The best games in the halo series were all released under bungie is also something to note. 

[Error 52]

3 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

The best games in the halo series were all released under bungie is also something to note. 

You forget about the true best Halo game: Halo: Spartan Assault

[Brooksie359]

36 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

Does that mean that Masterchief's helmet is blue now?
It was fitting so well to the XBox branding!

Edit: Oh wait, it still belongs to Microsoft. Bungie didn't make the last Halo. Oopsie.

Bungie made the last good halo though. Granted I am unsure how well bunie could make another great franchise like halo. I guess destiny is pretty good as a franchise but I think it wasn't as good as their work with halo. Hopefully they make more great games in the future as I find myself sorely disappointed with alot of the recent game releases being such a crapshoot. Hopefully the new releases in February are good with from sortwares new game as well as the new dying light game. 

[Brooksie359]

55 minutes ago, porina said:

I don't see this as any response to MS' recent move. These deals don't happen overnight, and would have been in discussion for some time. That the4e both happen to announce at similar times I think is just coincidence.

 

I'm also not keen on fewer companies controlling more and more of the gaming space. 

Honestly I trust Sony more than other companies to make good games so I would rather have Sony own Bungie than have some other big company buying them and ruining them. Honestly I think console companies are better about trying to create compelling games to attract people to buy their consoles rather than being like EA and just releasing a ton of crap games every year just so they can make money on the game sales. 

[Be Rock]

Title should read:

Bungie cries about "creative freedom" and splits from Activision, creating a narrative about being proudly independent again. Then Bungie is acquired by SONY. lol.

I guess for Bungie bad press is better than no press.



 

[S w a t s o n]

Bungie makes games for Apple ->Microsoft pays Bungie for Halo ->Bungie leaves Microsoft and loses Halo ->Bungie joins Activision ->Bungie leaves Activision ->Microsoft buys Activision ->Sony buys Bungie

[Brooksie359]

2 minutes ago, S w a t s o n said:

Bungie makes games for Apple ->Microsoft pays Bungie for Halo ->Bungie leaves Microsoft and loses Halo ->Bungie joins Activision ->Bungie leaves Activision ->Microsoft buys Activision ->Sony buys Bungie

Imagine making games for Apple back in the day lol. Gaming on Apple computers has been bad for a long time unfortunately. 

[Commodus]

21 minutes ago, Brooksie359 said:

Imagine making games for Apple back in the day lol. Gaming on Apple computers has been bad for a long time unfortunately. 

There was a golden era for Mac gaming, and Bungie was a large part of it... Marathon was one of the best first-person shooters outside of id Software's lineup. But I will definitely agree that gaming hasn't really been Apple's focus outside of the iOS App Store. I can't help but wonder what would've happened if Halo had launched on the Mac as originally planned. A smaller initial audience, to be sure, but it might also have persuaded Apple to court gamers.

[dalekphalm]

18 minutes ago, CCWong said:

I remember playing some dope games on them back in the 90s. Good times.

First time I ever played MechWarrior 2 was on a Mac way back in the 90's. That was actually one of the first video games I'd ever played.