{"id":3614,"date":"2024-08-01T21:58:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldclassservers.net\/blog\/2024\/08\/01\/former-bungie-worker-claims-studio-faced-insolvency-without-sony-acquisition-report\/"},"modified":"2024-08-01T21:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:58:49","slug":"former-bungie-worker-claims-studio-faced-insolvency-without-sony-acquisition-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/08\/01\/former-bungie-worker-claims-studio-faced-insolvency-without-sony-acquisition-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Bungie Worker Claims Studio Faced Insolvency Without Sony Acquisition &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bungie misrepresented its finances and had significantly overextended itself when Sony acquired the studio for $3.6 billion in 2022, former workers claimed in a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefile.news\/\">Game File<\/a> report published in the wake of Wednesday&#8217;s layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>It was apparently bad enough that at least one source described as a &#8220;well-connected former worker&#8221; went so far as to claim that Bungie faced dire consequences if the acquisition hadn&#8217;t happened, saying that the &#8220;alternate history is insolvency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Their comments paint the picture of a studio that was struggling despite the success of Destiny and Destiny 2 due to supporting too many projects and other problems. Following the Sony acquisition, Game File&#8217;s sources claim Bungie repeatedly missed its financial targets, leading to roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/bungie-hit-with-lay-offs-as-destiny-2-the-final-shape-and-marathon-are-reportedly-delayed\">100 employees being laid off in November 2023<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/destiny-developer-bungie-cuts-220-staff-some-of-the-most-difficult-changes-weve-ever-had-to-make-as-a-studio\">A second round of layoffs followed on Wednesday<\/a>, impacting another 220 people, or 17 percent of the studio&#8217;s workforce, with another 155 being integrated elsewhere in Sony Interactive Entertainment. Bungie is also spinning out one of its incubation projects to form a new studio under the PlayStation banner.<\/p>\n<p>Within Bungie, the layoffs had been anticipated for some time. 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