Sony has said Bungie will remain a multiplatform studio, with the option "to self-publish and reach players wherever they choose to play."
At present, the studio is working on maintaining Destiny 2, expanding the Destiny franchise, and working on new IP.
"We've had a strong partnership with Bungie since the inception of the Destiny franchise, and I couldn't be more thrilled to officially welcome the studio to the PlayStation family," said SIE president and CEO Jim Ryan.
So begun the bidding wars have. Sony has actually fired back.
That’ll show Microsoft that will :heh
I still couldn’t believe they fixed the original Destiny only to make all the same mistakes in Destiny 2, forever soured me on the franchise and Bungie in general.
That’ll show Microsoft that will :heh
I still couldn’t believe they fixed the original Destiny only to make all the same mistakes in Destiny 2, forever soured me on the franchise and Bungie in general.
D2 is in a much better place imo. Yes it's probably a nightmare for first time players though, but what GaaS/MMO style game isn't. Can't wait for Witch Queen at the end of the month!
The silliest responses so far are" What is Nintendo gonna do or buy?!?!?!"If Nintendo doesn't buy anyone then how will they be able to look Microsoft and Sony in the eye at E3? Nintendo will regret this, they can't afford an acquisition gap.
Pokemon Archduke probably had a budget that's 1/10th of a new CoD and will be in the top 5 for software sold in 2022. As long as Nintendo has a solid first party lineup, and a constant stream of indie/weeb games, they'll never need any extra cushioning.
Snag that Sega, Nintendo... Now or never.spoiler (click to show/hide)Then let Monolith move away from the Xeno series and make a proper Phantasy Star[close]
I heard so many great things from friends playing D1, that I was hyped but waited for D2 to jump in... Pre-ordered and everything.. After a week of trying to play it and finished the story, I never felt so burned for paying full price for a game... Granted, a group I was planning on playing with didn't fit my schedule (or me fit theirs), so that fell through too.. Unlike Warframe where you can easily play solo, D2 didn't work for me..That’ll show Microsoft that will :heh
I still couldn’t believe they fixed the original Destiny only to make all the same mistakes in Destiny 2, forever soured me on the franchise and Bungie in general.
D2 is in a much better place imo. Yes it's probably a nightmare for first time players though, but what GaaS/MMO style game isn't. Can't wait for Witch Queen at the end of the month!
I’ve heard the same from a lot of people, it’ll take a lot more than what they’re currently doing to bring me back in to the fold that’s all. I was super hyped for the original Destiny and while it wasn’t perfect it was their first post Halo game and it was a very solid proof of concept that would have paid off much more if it didn’t need to be cross gen. The original launch of Destiny 2 totally killed it for me though. Probably my most bitter disappointment in gaming that I can remember. I wouldn’t say I’m totally out on Bungie entirely, Destiny yea that ship has sailed for me. I wouldn’t be a day one player of a new Bungie IP either. It would need to be interesting and have really positive post release word of mouth for me to consider giving them my money again.
MS owns Bungie
> Bungie leaves, wants to be independent
Activision publishes Destiny
> Bungie re-buys IP, wants to be independent
Sony buys Bungie
> ... something something independent
MS owns Bungie
> Bungie leaves, wants to be independent
Activision publishes Destiny
> Bungie re-buys IP, wants to be independent
Sony buys Bungie
> ... something something independent
it's hilarious, what a weird studio
Snag that Sega, Nintendo... Now or never.spoiler (click to show/hide)Then let Monolith move away from the Xeno series and make a proper Phantasy Star[close]
It baffles me how Panzer Dragoon Saga has been left by Sega in the Saturn crypt and has done absolutely nothing about it. :fbmSnag that Sega, Nintendo... Now or never.spoiler (click to show/hide)Then let Monolith move away from the Xeno series and make a proper Phantasy Star[close]
Like A Dragon proves Sega still has some RPG dev chops, I'd honestly be perfectly fine with them taking on Phantasy Star... Monolith would be amazing for the world design but their game systems are way too overly complicated.
It's weird, Sega doesn't often make RPGs but when they do, they turn out some of my all time favorites.
Also another weird thing is Bungie and SEGA have the same market value (3.8bn)... thought SEGA was a -bit- bigger.
So begun the bidding wars have. Sony has actually fired back.
I'm not gonna say Destiny isn't a big earner or that it isn't a good series, but 3+ billion for a team of developers that continually make weird and bad decisions constantly is....odd.
Maybe the same thing could be said about Activision/Blizzard, but that deal has a fuck ton more possibility or implications versus this.
The silliest responses so far are" What is Nintendo gonna do or buy?!?!?!"
Pokemon Archduke probably had a budget that's 1/10th of a new CoD and will be in the top 5 for software sold in 2022. As long as Nintendo has a solid first party lineup, and a constant stream of indie/weeb games, they'll never need any extra cushioning.
Sony got fucking bummed in this deal. :lol
The silliest responses so far are" What is Nintendo gonna do or buy?!?!?!"
Pokemon Archduke probably had a budget that's 1/10th of a new CoD and will be in the top 5 for software sold in 2022. As long as Nintendo has a solid first party lineup, and a constant stream of indie/weeb games, they'll never need any extra cushioning.
Bungie’s monetization schemes and content roadmaps.
NINTENDO BUY MAXIS DO ITabout Maxis... are you sitting down?
SEGA is being devalued piecemeal. Tencent took Nagoshi and Nintendo has over the years taken in quite a bit of Sonic Team at their Tokyo studio.
Not to mention they bypassed SEGA when dealing with Platinum Games. Also, Nintendo bowing out of the Tokyo Olympics because of all the imperial nationalism also punched a big hole in the planned Mario / Sonic Olympics cross-promotion campaigns.
In the meantime SEGA Sammy has restructured so that an acquisition of just their gaming business is easy and dropped the arcade business and other ventures that could scare potential buyers.
I kinda wonder why they did it. was it a pre emptive to stop ms?? is bungies next game being shown behind closed doors and it's a banger??I think Nintex is probably right, that it's basically Sony wanting a strong FPS now that Guerilla is no longer on KZ, and want to put up Destiny vs. Dooty in the FPS ring. And you're probably right, that Sony got a glimpse of what they have planned for D3 and want to make it exclusive to PS5. Timed exclusive of course, till they drop a PC version.
seems so fucking bizarre to purchase Bungie of all studios. I guess d2 is pretty popular
SEGA is being devalued piecemeal. Tencent took Nagoshi and Nintendo has over the years taken in quite a bit of Sonic Team at their Tokyo studio.
Not to mention they bypassed SEGA when dealing with Platinum Games. Also, Nintendo bowing out of the Tokyo Olympics because of all the imperial nationalism also punched a big hole in the planned Mario / Sonic Olympics cross-promotion campaigns.
In the meantime SEGA Sammy has restructured so that an acquisition of just their gaming business is easy and dropped the arcade business and other ventures that could scare potential buyers.
"Bypass Sega" didn't they need their explicit approval to publish the sequels?Bypass might not be right word, but there was a different version of the deal where SEGA would've played a bigger part in production and development (and Nintendo paying them more) than just allowing Nintendo/Platinum Games to use the IP.
Pretty sneaky bypassing dozens of layers of public corporate scrutiny... just to... slight? a longtime corporate partner... :thinking
I wonder if they tried for anyone else, I'd think 4 billion would be enough to make a Capcom type publisher at least think strongly about selling.There was talk that Microsoft wanted to buy Bungie but they didn't want to pay as much as Bungie wanted so the deal never closed.
The high price seems more like a MS move who don't give a shit about throwing money around and do so willy nilly, whereas Sony are more cautious. Unless Bungie have something super hot looking in development that isn't public yet :yeshrug
MS buying Nintendo would inspire some legendary meltdowns, so that pls :societyGod I would eat so much that day. Man that would be the most amazing news.
MS buying Nintendo would inspire some legendary meltdowns, so that pls :society