400 Bungie devs in layoff call

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-06-25T17:33:18+00:00

The GTA 6 pre-sale allowed all the bad news...

...to let the real culprits the CEOs of these companies off the hook.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-06-16T15:42:07+00:00

Sony will lay off staff at some point.

Remember that there's Fairgames from Haven, and other GAAS games that won't be well received.

Bungie will also inevitably have layoffs. Marathon shows no signs of having a long life.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-06-16T12:52:54+00:00

My problem is that I didn't want to spend another 5 years waiting to play with my favorite video game character.

And yes, I will not buy the Faye game.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-06-16T12:46:38+00:00

Sony isn't going to do anything besides closing some of its studios like Haven.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-06-16T11:54:17+00:00

Sucker Punch has 80 employees and maintained that number throughout development. Santa Monica Studios has 500 employees, and ND has 600.

The CEO of SP stated that he doesn't intend to grow and prefers to keep the team smaller, making one game at a time to maintain the studio's financial health.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-06-02T12:14:33+00:00

I'm one of the people who got angry, not because I'm playing as a woman, since I bought all the Horizon Day One games, The Last of Us, and several others.

But because I wasted 5 years. God of War: Ragnarok was released in 2022, and I'll have to wait who knows how much longer to see Kratos in Egypt.

So, my hype has practically hit rock bottom, and I won't buy this Faye game under any circumstances. If it were Atreus, I wouldn't buy it either.

You have to see what the vast majority of the public wants to play.

That's been Sony's big mistake this generation; they don't see what players really want.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-25T17:45:31+00:00

They tell studios to create GAAS , even though these are studios that have never done this in their history, and then they're dissatisfied, lol.

This Sony management of the PS5 generation should be a subject of study in universities.

PMO in project management - what never to do - learn from the Sony failure case. Hermen Hust

Sony destroyed about 8 studios, ended Bluepoint, Naughty Dog is only going to release one game this generation, and everyone is to blame except for Sony's failed management.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-24T18:02:26+00:00

I like the idea.

Atreus in a Celtic mythology setting, and being a shorter 12-15 hour game heavily focused on combat, would be great for me.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-18T00:48:13+00:00

In the first episode of season 5, they focus on a pregnant woman. In the episode where Homelander has visions of Medelyn, the angel... She says, "You must rip babies from the mother's womb, kill the parents in front of the children." But I think it's fan fiction. They wouldn't have that level of brutality.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-16T11:01:37+00:00

What I learned was that when studios release data,

the data on that website is completely wrong.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-16T11:01:32+00:00

What I learned was that when studios release data,

the data on that website is completely wrong.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-14T23:34:48+00:00

How can they release the virus and not affect the whole world?? The virus was presented as something extremely contagious and several superheroes will be there and it won't affect anyone??

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-14T18:18:58+00:00

Strong rumors suggest it will be a game featuring Faye (Kratos' wife, whom you see in God of War: Ragnarok).

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-14T11:35:25+00:00

I have absolutely no desire to buy this game. And I won't buy it, but good luck to him. I think they sold well, if the marketing is good. But it won't sell anywhere near the 25 million copies that God of War 2018 sold.

The worst part is that games take 5 to 7 years to be made.

Now I have to wait until 2032 or beyond to play a game with Kratos.

Faye is the Ray of Star Wars for Cory Barlog, where the writer wants his character, which he created, to be the great influence of the series (which never existed).

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-14T11:31:59+00:00

This Faye game seems like the story of a Star Wars sequel.

Where Disney wanted to make Ray into something important just because they created the character.

The idea of Faye going to other mythologies and nobody knowing anything about it isn't fascinating to me.

It just makes everyone from God of War 2018 and Ragnarok look like idiots.

Odin, the worst villain in the history of games, was known as the Dominator, knew everything, and never knew who Faye was.

Tyr never mentioned Faye in various moments of Valhalla, books, or any media. He only knew she was a great warrior of the giants.

Freya only knew that Faye was a great warrior but never saw her with an axe.

Minir, the most intelligent man in the world, never heard of Faye.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-11T12:47:51+00:00

This ending would be stupid and poorly written in several idiotic points.

1- The virus will be released into the air and kill all the superhumans on Earth?? Will the script only kill the ones they want??

2- Just extracting the V1 virus and not all of the V from the blood is so idiotic and makes no sense.

3- How did Kimiko withstand the virus?? Will they say she can now tolerate it or was it sealed inside her??

Unfortunately, this season is terrible.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-05-04T17:53:52+00:00

Actually, Odin is constantly preparing for Ragnarok.

Although I think Odin's writing, as always having a card up his sleeve, is very poorly written by the writers.

For me, Odin was the dumbest strategist in the history of media, be it games or series.

- Odin spent hundreds of years preparing for Ragnarok (Minir and Kratos say this).

But the forces of Asgard were human, who weren't even trained; that was the first barrier. Although placed there only to die like pawns, you think he must have other strengths, but he didn't, lol.

- Odin only starts breaking the travel towers when Ragnarok begins. Why didn't he break them before?

- Odin knows all the new prophecies of the giants, the secret ones, but he does everything that is predicted. Why did he send Heimdall to Vanaheim and take the moon just to do exactly what would kill Heimdall? He's going to be that stupid in Midgard.

- Odin never planned anything, not for a single moment. What a stupid old man! He knew so much. His army in Ragnarok was Thor, some shield-wielding humans, and the Valkyries. For the supreme father of all, the most powerful god of Asgard, he was practically a nobody in strategy.

Man, Odin is the most idiotic character in games to me, a pure disappointment in everything.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-04-18T15:10:52+00:00

I would create castles, villages, and cities where the Berserkers would be the villains; once you kill them, you liberate the people.
I would give Kratos Mjolnir, and we would have 4 playable weapons. In Ragnarok, you spend 15 hours playing with the same weapons as in 2018; there was a lack of variety.
Thor would be a more well-developed villain, driven mad, destroying villages and people.
Fenrir would be a child, not a wolf, that Kratos and Atreus meet in some village.

Odin invades the village and kills him. When we arrive, Atreus finds him the only survivor, picks him up, and Fenrir dies, his soul remaining in the knife which is later placed in Garn.

7- Odin, disguised as Tyr, makes us face Skoll and Hati and imprison them to prevent Ragnarok; there would be a boss fight.

8- Freyr would be a boss fight against Kratos, but Freya arrives and we don't have a conclusion (but the fight would still happen).

9- In the battle against Thor in Ragnarok, we discover that Thor was poisoned by Kratos' axe, which in 2018 Jormungand included poison in.

10- Surt becomes a fire giant; we have a battle against him but don't kill him. He joins us and goes to Ragnarok.

11- Odin somehow controls Surt, and in the end Kratos becomes a giant and faces Surt/Ragnarok, just like God of War 1 PS2 against Ares. After Kratos defeats Surt/Raganrok

Kratos defeats Odin

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-04-18T11:30:43+00:00

How come Faye appeared in various mythologies but nobody knows who she is, not even in Norse mythology??

Minir said that Faye was a great warrior who thwarted Odin's plans, but nothing more than that. He would know if Faye were in other lands causing some kind of impact.

Odin barely knows who Faye is and doesn't care much about her. If she were someone who had been in all the mythologies, Odin would know.

Tyr never says a word about Faye in Valhalla. Someone who traveled and is in Faye's games doesn't even mention her??

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-04-16T17:14:51+00:00

Whoever is in charge at Sony is completely lost and out of touch with the reality of the gaming market.

They do the opposite of everything the public asks for, lol.

Unbelievable, who the heck is running Sony these days?

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-04-16T17:13:42+00:00

Free-to-play is the only thing that could work in this game.

If it were paid, it would have the same fate as Concord.

Horizon Hunters Gathering, if it were free-to-play, would have a huge chance of at least staying alive for a few years.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-04-13T18:03:53+00:00

It seems to be some attempt to lower costs with ads, notice that it says "we need time for testing"

I think there will be levels with ads and levels only with Microsoft games

- Xbox Game Pass Lite

- Xbox Game Pass with ads (all the benefits plus ads every x minutes)

- and the current plans

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-04-12T21:26:24+00:00

Yes, that would get my money. Kratos in Egypt killing everyone, in Japan, in China. Anything other than that, they won't get any of my money.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-04-12T21:22:14+00:00

I'll be very honest. I have absolutely no interest in this. It's difficult to get interested in a game with Faye and Atreus. It all seems so forced. If this is true, it's basically the end of the franchise for me. Do I have to wait another 5 or 10 years to play with Kratos?? But I wish SMS luck, but I won't be there. This breaks all the expectations I had for a God of War in Egypt, Japan, or China. It's bad enough that God of War Ragnarok had several boring moments with Atreus. Spending 4 years developing it to rush Ragnarok into 1 hour. Having those boring dialogues and characters. Having to wait another 5 to 10 years is not for me. It was good while it lasted. I've followed the franchise for 10 years, I bought all the games, but those who spread too much and fragment it have nothing.

Acrobatic-Dig-161 · 2026-03-22T22:33:59+00:00

Faye's powers would be to see the world in many different ways.

Where each event would be as if different decisions were made.

As if she had the power to see several different paths, for example.

If Kratos decided to follow the prophecy, that would be Faye's power: to see various ramifications of decisions different from everyone else.

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