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Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) just announced that they are acquiring Bungie, developers of Destiny, for a cool $3.6 billion (USD). This comes roughly two weeks after Microsoft announced that they are acquiring Activision Blizzard.
Once the deal is finalized, SIE says that Bungie will be considered an "independent subsidiary" that is run by a board of directors consisting of the current CEO and chairman Pete Parsons along with the rest of the current management team.
As far as Bungie's titles on multiple platforms is concerned: Sony says that Bungie will stay as a multiplatform studio. Bungie will also have the option to "self-publish and reach players wherever they choose to play."
I assume this means that, at least for now, Bungies titles will continue to appear on Xbox, PC, and Stadia. For their part, Bungie confirmed that Destiny 2 content will be released as planned up through 2024.
Will any announced seasons, events, packs, or expansions be changed or impacted by Bungie becoming part of PlayStation? ​
No. Bungie retains full creative independence for our games and our community. Our plans for the Light and Dark Saga are unchanged, all the way through The Final Shape in 2024.
No. Bungie retains full creative independence for our games and our community. Our plans for the Light and Dark Saga are unchanged, all the way through The Final Shape in 2024.
Bungie has future games in development, will they now become PlayStation exclusives? ​
No. We want the worlds we are creating to extend to anywhere people play games. We will continue to be self-published, creatively independent, and we will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community. ​
No. We want the worlds we are creating to extend to anywhere people play games. We will continue to be self-published, creatively independent, and we will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community. ​
I guess we'll just have to wait and see if Bungie truly remains as independent as they're claiming here. Even with these remarks, it still makes one wonder if future releases will end up having some form of timed exclusivity on PlayStation, be it Destiny content after the upcoming Witch Queen expansion, or with Bungie's new IP.
I thought Bungie was pretty small now, didn't they scale down a hell of a lot after Destiny 2? Existing mostly to add little things to that game and not much else? If that's the case i'm not really sure what Sony's getting besides a name shareholders recognise.