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Bungie is facing an existential threat. They've lost the trust of their players, partners and team. Marathon is struggling and they've once more been caught stealing artwork. Can Bungie or Sony lead the team through the latest crisis? The odds are stacked against them, but it's possible with the right approach. Studio survival isn't guaranteed, though, as you'll see when I reveal the fate of Microsoft's first foray into the fighting and RPG genres, project "Dragon".

 

[lh032]

sony should sell bungie to Phil at a discount rate asap.

 

[winjer]

Thread 'Laura Fryer - Saving Bungie'

Jun 6, 2025

Bungie is facing an existential threat. They've lost the trust of their players, partners and team. Marathon is struggling and they've once more been caught stealing artwork. Can Bungie or Sony lead the team through the latest crisis? The odds are stacked against them, but it's possible with the right approach. Studio survival isn't guaranteed, though, as you'll see when I reveal the fate of Microsoft's first foray into the fighting and RPG genres, project "Dragon".

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Thread 'Laura Fryer | Saving Bungie'

Jun 7, 2025

Summary by getrecall.ai

• Bungie has been facing controversy due to tone-deaf layoffs, loss of key team members, and instances of stealing artwork, which has led to a loss of trust among gamers and potentially putting their latest game, Marathon, at risk of failure 00:16.

• The company has taken a first step in fixing trust by owning up to the mistake of stealing artwork and apologizing, with the art director, Joe, committing to review their process to prevent similar incidents in the future 01:00.

• To fully recover...

• cormack12
• Replies: 1
• Forum: Gaming Discussion

 

[RAIDEN1]

They should come back to Halo

 

[roosnam1980]

xbox fans legit worried about bungie

anyway there was a thread about this already , should merge

 

[L*][*N*K]

sony should sell bungie to Phil at a discount rate asap.

And what would Phil do with that dumpster fire?

 

[HJuggernaut]

They should have launched Destiny 3 and gained a wider audience instead of just catering to their existing player base with their endless DLC for Destiny 2, and also deleting the first half of Destiny 2 alienating new players. It's still a solid team with very competent tech but their business decisions have been in the gutter when you have plebs like Luke Smith at the helm.

 

[AJUMP23]

This new thread is way cooler than the other one.

 

[lh032]

And what would Phil do with that dumpster fire?

gamepass content.

 

[L*][*N*K]

gamepass content.

They have enough of that, none of the talent that made Bungie great back in the day are there any
Ore it is a pointless expensive company that will produce a piece of shit like Marathon after half a decade and god knows how many millions of dollars

 

[GoodData]

I wish Bungie would make a narrative driven rpg with the quality of myth the fallen lords. Something that had the character equivalent to all the petty soul gems in oblivion, which is good in its own right. They need a fantasy ip!

 

[Plies]

I miss the days when GAF would incessantly post Alanah Pearce threads.

 

[evanft]

Cancel Marathon and add an extraction mode to Destiny 2.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Cancel Marathon, end Destiny 2, make a single player Marathon game instead Halo-style

 

[Jesb]

Does anyone legitimately care about bungie or what happens?

 

[Parazels]

Sony could have added a couple more billions and bought Capcom, From Software or Namco Bandai instead of Bungie...

 

[Black_Stride]

Sony could have added a couple more billions and bought Capcom, From Software or Namco Bandai instead of Bungie...

They already have a stake in From through Kadokawa.
Doubt Kadokawa would sell entirely.

Sony to buy Bandai Namco......hahaha mate you must not know how expensive that would be for Sony.......they aint big enough.

 

[bitbydeath]

Cancel Marathon, end Destiny 2, make a single player Marathon game instead Halo-style

And make it third person with a decent story attached, leave that FPS genre in the garbage where it belongs.

 

[Guilty_AI]

And make it third person with a decent story attached, leave that FPS genre in the garbage where it belongs.

FPS is the true inheritor of 3D and shooters, third person is for pussies who need auto-aim

 

[bitbydeath]

FPS is the true inheritor of 3D and shooters, third person is for pussies who need auto-aim

FPS ran out of steam in the 90's IMO.
Third person is far more innovative.

 

[Guilty_AI]

FPS ran out of steam in the 90's IMO.
Third person is far more innovative.

Clearly you havent been keeping up then, third person is just an inferior alternative that only still exists to sell skins.

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

FPS is the true inheritor of 3D and shooters, third person is for pussies who need auto-aim

To be fair, Bungo FPS is already pretty auto-aimy.

 

[Guilty_AI]

To be fair, Bungo FPS is already pretty auto-aimy.

True, guess they're fucked then

 

[bitbydeath]

Clearly you havent been keeping up then, third person is just an inferior alternative that only still exists to sell skins.

COD is an FPS that sells skins.