Updated
Updated · Forbes · May 9
Bungie struggles to sustain Destiny 2 and Marathon
Updated
Updated · Forbes · May 9

Bungie struggles to sustain Destiny 2 and Marathon

14 articles · Updated · Forbes · May 9
  • Sony has booked $765m in impairment losses on Bungie, cutting the value of its $3.6bn acquisition, while backing Marathon and omitting Destiny 2 from its earnings presentation.
  • The report says more than half the studio is now on Marathon, leaving Destiny 2 in its longest content drought and at low player levels after repeated layoffs.
  • It argues Bungie may have to freeze one game, with further layoffs possible, as Sony appears to favour Marathon despite weak public player-retention signs and uncertainty over Destiny's future.
Is Sony sacrificing Destiny's decade-long legacy for a new game that is already failing?
Is Bungie's crisis the final nail in the coffin for the live-service game 'gold rush'?
After a massive write-down, was Sony's $3.6B Bungie purchase one of gaming's costliest mistakes?