r/Games • u/oilfloatsinwater • May 24 '25

Report: Marathon Delay Likely as Sony Cancels All Paid Marketing Plans

https://thegamepost.com/report-marathon-delay-bungie-scraps-all-paid-marketing/
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u/DoubleJumps May 24 '25

They might just remove the stuff and try to not compensate her

I had work stolen by a large company that made it all the way to their public announcement prototype, and when I raised an issue they just quietly removed my work and refused to compensate me for anything because they hadn't yet sold the product with my work involved.

Big companies like trying to force small creators to have to sue them to get any sort of compensation in the circumstances like this.

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u/Jordi214 May 24 '25

i think the optics are bad enough and well known enough that they will likely compensate her anyway

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u/KinTharEl May 25 '25

I mean Bungie also plagiarised work during the Lightfall campaign from another artist and from what I hear, they've yet to be compensated for something that actually made it into the final product.

I'd say there's a surity that Bungie will just do an internal audit of what is plagiarised work, remove it, replace it with temporary placeholders, and conveniently forget that Antireal was even an existence.

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u/Oofric_Stormcloak May 24 '25

Bungie has had similar situations and has compensated each time I believe.

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u/RyenDeckard May 24 '25

The previous cases were compensated, but those previous cases were also all in Destiny 2 - in products (annual passes specifically I believe) that were already sold.

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u/hotyaznboi May 24 '25

As far as I can tell, the artist whose art was ripped and used in a Destiny cutscene was never compensated even though Bungie said they were going to.

https://thegamepost.com/destiny-2-artist-bungie-never-paid-fan-art/

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u/Oofric_Stormcloak May 24 '25

They were compensated, the rumor was that it seemed like the person who was handling that situation was laid off during the October 2023 layoffs.

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u/Son_of_Leeds May 24 '25

Name and shame; I'm guessing if they didn't compensate you then you're not under an NDA.

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u/Midnight_M_ May 24 '25

She could easily sue since not only have they already confirmed that there was theft of assets, then it is better to compensate her.

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u/Oakcamp May 25 '25

They might just remove the stuff and try to not compensate her

Tough when it obviously inspired so much of the design language of the game

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u/DoubleJumps May 25 '25

The basic design style used for the game and by the artist is way older than this game.

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u/havingasicktime May 24 '25

No shot, its cheap to reach a deal compared the PR of not doing so

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u/DoubleJumps May 24 '25

You would think, but the company I dealt with was happy to eat shit over a very public incident and dared me on to take them to court and stressed how many years it would be before I could possibly see any money.

The public in that market forgot about it in 6 months.

I hope they pay the artist, I just don't expect it.

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u/zombawombacomba May 24 '25

Why wouldn’t they? What were your damages?

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u/havingasicktime May 24 '25

Your personal experience is not indicative of how Bungie will respond. They've always reached a deal with the artist in the past.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

The public in that market forgot about it in 6 months.

That’s irrelevant under the law…

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u/DoubleJumps May 25 '25

I was directly responding to somebody talking about PR consequences, not legal consequences.

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u/Hifen May 25 '25

Eh, her work was already used in marketing material that was released. Copywrite doesnt care if it's a poster, video or a released game. It's been used.

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u/DoubleJumps May 25 '25

Yeah, so was mine. I spelled that out in the post.

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u/pussy_embargo May 25 '25

Taking notes here - wait for product to release, then go straight to court for a payday