From the intervention of Hiroki Totoki, COO and CFO of Sonyduring the recent financial briefing linked to the results published by the company, further details emerged on the Bungie Restructuringwhich in addition to the numerous layoffs also seems to foresee the Transfer of new games in development to other PlayStation Studios.
The recent announcement of over 200 developers being laid off by Bungie is part of Sony’s restructuring of the studio in question, which was commented on by Totoki during the financial meeting during which the company announced declining PS5 sales but good financial results.
Totoki’s speech, in Japanese, is being re-recorded in these hours because further details and interesting information are emerging regarding the reorganization Bungie general, which could also involve moving projects to other teams, as reported in a video from the conference.
Bungie only on Destiny 2 and Marathon, other titles to other teams
The goal is obviously to contain costs and rethink the company’s portfolio and priorities, but the consequences seem to be quite heavy for Bungie.
In addition to the staff cuts, there also appears to be the removal of some new projects.
Totoki explained that the idea is to “optimize the entire studio structure” and focus Bungie’s workforce primarily on supporting Destiny 2 and developing the previously announced Marathon. However, these are not the only projects the team was apparently working on.
As for “other titles in development”, not better identified but mentioned by the president of Sony, these seem to be possibly move away to other PlayStation Studios, leaving Bungie with just Destiny 2 and Marathon, at least for now.
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