I want to prefice this by saying that Destiny 2 has brought me a majority of my favourite moments in gaming, and words would not do justice as to how much I adore the game.

However, as of writing this review Bungie has announced that they are laying off another 220 members of their own team to bring them more in with Sony, which contradicts their promise of being an independant subsidiary of SIE.
This however was kind of throwaway line, nobody in their right mind would think that Sony would shell out 3.7 billion for Bungie and let them keep their independence. But this kind of treatment would be understandable if it was during the year of lightfall, which was one of the arguably worst periods for the company, and that round of layoffs only cut about 100 of the 1200 employees working at bungie. To fire another 220 employees after your biggest and most successfull expansion is an abbhorent move of corporate mismanagement, especially when the CEO Pete Parsons is seemingly getting away unscathed for the majority of the time of his management, which thankfully ( or unthankfully depending on how good he is) has a new upper management headed by Hermen Hulst, who is also the current co CEO of SIE.

The majority of the 220 employees were stated to be employees not directly involved with Destiny 2 itself, but several talents have come forward that worked on several seasons and or expansions did get laid off, these layoffs are scathing reminders of how in the red the company is after lightfall, but we do not see the executives or Pete Parsons doing the bare minimum of even slightly cutting their own overinflated salaries which are unearned to keep their talent.

Changing out the employees and talents of bungie 2 years straight will bring nothing but bad product when the team has worse chemistry now that a good 1/4th of the team that has worked on the game has just vanished. I would love for Sony and Bungie to prove me wrong, but that would still not excuse the blatant mismanagement and treatment of the employees, the industry is showing time and time again why unions in the space has to start happening.

This review is in no way a negative one concerning the actual employees and developers of the game, but more so pointed towards the higher ups.
I am hoping that whatever Hermen Hulst does, it reels in the horrible job that Pete Parson has done.

Is Destiny 2 one of my favourite games of all time? Yes
Would i recommend playing it and supporting a company that has shown nothing but blatant corporate mismanagement due to their CEO for years on end? No

I want to prefice this by saying that Destiny 2 has brought me a majority of my favourite moments in gaming, and words would not do justice as to how much I adore the game. However, as of writing this review Bungie has announced that they are laying off another 220 members of their own team to bring them more in with Sony, which contradicts their promise of being an independant subsidiary of SIE. This however was kind of throwaway line, nobody in their right mind would think that Sony would shell out 3.7 billion for Bungie and let them keep their independence. But this kind of treatment would be understandable if it was during the year of lightfall, which was one of the arguably worst periods for the company, and that round of layoffs only cut about 100 of the 1200 employees working at bungie. To fire another 220 employees after your biggest and most successfull expansion is an abbhorent move of corporate mismanagement, especially when the CEO Pete Parsons is seemingly getting away unscathed for the majority of the time of his management, which thankfully ( or unthankfully depending on how good he is) has a new upper management headed by Hermen Hulst, who is also the current co CEO of SIE. The majority of the 220 employees were stated to be employees not directly involved with Destiny 2 itself, but several talents have come forward that worked on several seasons and or expansions did get laid off, these layoffs are scathing reminders of how in the red the company is after lightfall, but we do not see the executives or Pete Parsons doing the bare minimum of even slightly cutting their own overinflated salaries which are unearned to keep their talent. Changing out the employees and talents of bungie 2 years straight will bring nothing but bad product when the team has worse chemistry now that a good 1/4th of the team that has worked on the game has just vanished. I would love for Sony and Bungie to prove me wrong, but that would still not excuse the blatant mismanagement and treatment of the employees, the industry is showing time and time again why unions in the space has to start happening. This review is in no way a negative one concerning the actual employees and developers of the game, but more so pointed towards the higher ups. I am hoping that whatever Hermen Hulst does, it reels in the horrible job that Pete Parson has done. Is Destiny 2 one of my favourite games of all time? Yes Would i recommend playing it and supporting a company that has shown nothing but blatant corporate mismanagement due to their CEO for years on end? No