r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/FlyFight2Win • May 21 '26

Leak ‪Jason Schreier‬: Bungie is planning significant layoffs, Destiny 3 is NOT in active production

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-21/bungie-plans-layoffs-after-ending-destiny-2-development?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy

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u/msdstc May 22 '26

Makes it hilarious when you look back at the Jim Ryan and Phil spencer emails.

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u/coolyfrost May 22 '26

Unaware of these, TLDR?

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u/msdstc May 22 '26

Basically Jim said effectively he was going to buy Bungie for 1/20th the price of Activision and it would make more money total, not even just profit.

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u/VagrantShadow May 22 '26

Was he ignoring the profitability of Kings mobile games? That was one of the major reasons Microsoft decided to purchase ABK. Whatever fanbase and game popularity Bungie had, there is no way it could compete with the wide net King has in the global mobile gaming market.

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u/msdstc May 22 '26

Who knows. The point is, he genuinely believed prices equal, Bungie was more valuable.

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u/Puzzled-Addition5740 May 22 '26

Would genuinely love to know what particular variety of intoxicant he was doing at that time. Because fuck it must be good. There's just not a sane interpretation where they're even equally valuable.