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The Internet Reacts To Mass Cuts At Bungie After The End Of Destiny 2
Bungie is laying off “most” of the Destiny 2 team after the shooter MMO’s final update earlier this month. According to a statement from the PlayStation-owned studio, the company determined the game “fell short of expectations these past several years,” and is now restructuring its workforce as its next projects are in “early incubation.” These cuts also include letting go of some of the folks working on Marathon, support for which is still ongoing.
This is the latest in a long line of mass layoffs at PlayStation, which has also shuttered Concord developer Firewalk Studios, Demon’s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus remake team Bluepoint, and Singstar developer London Studio. All in all, it seems pretty dire over at PlayStation Studios, and Bungie, which Sony acquired for $3.6 billion in 2022, has apparently led to a $560 million loss for the company. Bungie had already undergone significant layoffs under Sony, and now the company is whittling down the developer even further.
The whole thing is a case study in the crash resulting from studios chasing the live-service dream of forever games and massive profits, and the end result is that people who made a game that people loved are losing their jobs thanks to years of mismanagement by people who are still employed. Even people who don’t play Destiny 2 have reason to lament what’s happened.
Dear executives, c-suite, leadership, and management:
Thanking your team for "resilience" and "continued support" during "difficult times" is beyond tone deaf as you twist teh knife while playing around and putting the livelihoods of any amount of people at risk.
— Nick Mudry (@nickmudry.com) 2026-06-25T14:50:16.878Z
Bungie has given me literally thousands of hours of amazing entertainment through their games. Very sad to see the talent of this studio getting torn apart 😔 https://t.co/m0ivUzqpOt
wonder who the fucking problem is pic.twitter.com/aQAXX4ORLX
— #1 Dredgen Bael Defender (@destiny_thememe) June 25, 2026
To the developers who worked so tirelessly to build magical worlds and tell uniquely beautiful stories…thank you.