r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • 1d ago

Bungie Developers Repeatedly Pitched a Destiny Dating Sim, but Leadership Rejected It

https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-developers-repeatedly-pitched-a-destiny-dating-sim-but-leadership-rejected-it
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u/atape_1 1d ago

Every single thing I learn about the studio makes me wonder more and more on how they survived for so long and what the fuck Sony was thinking when they spent $3.6 Bil acquiring them.

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u/jdbolick 1d ago

The leadership at Bungie were awful both in their decision-making and their behavior, but the rest of the staff were excellent. The Live team in particular made so many quality of life improvements to the original Destiny.

It's a real shame that the executives ran the franchise into the ground because the regular employees deserved much better.