It... doesn't matter. (Destiny)

by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 20:14 (1 day, 12 hours, 12 min. ago) @ Coaxkez

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-cfo-says-marathon-is-expected-to-release-before-march-and-bungies-indep...

tl;dr Sony Man (Mr. Sony?) stated during a recent Sony quarterly earnings call that Bungie’s days of independence are at an end and that the studio is being integrated into the PlayStation Studios umbrella.

Well, I guess we’ve known this for a while, to be honest, but it’s all been hush-hush wink-wink and swept under the rug. Now we have Sony Man (no, I do prefer Mr. Sony) giving it official credence. There is an ongoing restructuring and the company is losing its independence.

How do we feel about this? What exactly does this mean for the future of Bungie? There is much to discuss.

When we... the lot of us who know *here*, who've posted *here*, who've been *here*... say Bungie? When we say Bungie, what does that mean? Start up Bungie? Bungie Halo? Bungie... ...? ...but it doesn't matter. All things change and at this point, with the number of times we've seen "CONGLOMERATE FAMILY" become "OH LOOK WE HAVE INDEPENDENCE AGAIN"... heh. HEh HEH HEH! MAN!... it's been nothing short of.

I don't know man. Fuck I don't think even Theseus would know what this company is anymore.

And you know what, that's fine... cause it... doesn't matter. Shoot, if Sony dissolved Bungie, then what? What gets lost? A name we recognize? Pft. Though, I bet we'd be raising our glasses and in proclamation! "Thanks for the memories". Because... that then, was our Bungie... right? And it's not like they have a monopoly in awesome games. Gameplay. Stories. Visuals. Or whatever else that moves us to marvel at this most brilliant medium. In fact...

*Raises Glass* To old legends, friends. They who never die live on in memory.

And may Sony be kind to its headstone.

(...shoot. Never did make that slingshot.)