During the briefing linked to the announcement of the financial results, Sony He also officially commented on the recent Mass layoffs at Bungieadopting the most classic and cold corporate style in explaining the motivation behind the massive staff cuts.
After announcing the results of the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024, which saw declining sales for PS5 but good results overall for PlayStation, answering a question specifically dedicated to the Bungie situation, the President Hiroki Totoki he made a comment that seems to come from the handbook of corporate declarations to be adopted in cases like this.
“The reason for this restructuring is theCost, structure and portfolio optimization“, Totoki reported, “These are the reasons, and furthermore, we need to improve the efficiency of the business.”
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A comment that is in line with those normally used by corporations when it comes to staff cuts.
“In any case, the organization of the facility will be changed, and therefore we will have to optimize the entire structure of the studio,” he further added.
By this, Totoki could perhaps also be referring to further changes to be made to the Bungie organization in the near future as well, with the changes possibly not having concluded with this round of layoffs.
As we saw at the end of July, Bungie laid off 220 employees, as part of a drastic reduction in staffing at the Sony-owned studio.
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