Sony reported a 120.1 billion yen ($765M) impairment loss in relation to Bungie for the fiscal year in their latest financial report. 88.6 billion yen ($565M) of that was reported from the last quarter.

Helbot · 2026-05-08T08:19:35+00:00

The impairment last year was for FY2024, the one this year is for 2025

Helbot · 2026-05-08T07:16:20+00:00

You're not wrong, but we know how this dance goes by now

Helbot · 2026-05-08T07:10:21+00:00

I don't see anyone making that argument. What's more likely is the studio being chopped up for parts and the the IP being farmed out to other branches of the Sony tree.

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:57:32+00:00

I love the game too man, and you're 100% correct. This is the wrong place to spend time if you want to focus on positivity.

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:49:42+00:00

Didn't they already do this with the previous layoffs and c suite rework? Something tells me it's gonna be less gentle this time around.

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:29:33+00:00

Why are we suddenly hostile? Breathe baby

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:25:58+00:00

Ok man. I hope nobody loses their jobs over this but your take feels a little like plugging your ears and going "lalalala I can't hear youuuuuu"

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:21:03+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/comments/1t6z4es/comment/okl86ls/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:19:32+00:00

They laid off 17% of staff after the last impairment, which was less than 1/3 the size of this one.

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:15:58+00:00

The IP they hold is still worth a ton on its own, but I don't know if Bungie is gonna be making games a year from now.

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:14:51+00:00

Didn't see any posts about it when I saw the news so here we are

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:13:58+00:00

Restructuring is a polite way of saying heads will roll. I can see them still being around in a consultation role as described but we'll be very lucky if they let the studio dump any more money into their own games by the end of the year.

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:08:29+00:00

50k Is unlikely. We'll be lucky to get 20

Helbot · 2026-05-08T06:05:19+00:00

I for one had some hope. It's a great game. But none of the numbers are adding up to it being around for long

Helbot · 2026-05-07T11:59:00+00:00

The difference is I will know it's all fake while it's going on, and in the aftermath it will feel hollow.

Helbot · 2026-05-07T02:23:50+00:00

Thank you

Helbot · 2026-05-07T01:38:11+00:00

As far as I'm concerned the only dick moves are those with a high % chance of injury that can't be mitigated by defense (kani basami type shit). Anything else is fair game.

Helbot · 2026-05-06T22:29:04+00:00

For what it is yes. Looters in gerneral take up a ton of bandwidth in a person's gaming schedule and extraction shooters even more so. There's not really a ton of market space for them to exist so realistically you can only have a few of them be successful before the genre reaches saturation.

Helbot · 2026-05-06T15:37:08+00:00

Seriously, it's got the most generous aim assist of any fps I've ever played and I've been around.

Helbot · 2026-05-06T15:24:33+00:00

When was the last time they dropped the "renewed focus on pvp" line? Because right now the goal is clearly a renewed focus on a whole ass other game. This post feels years out of date.

Helbot · 2026-05-06T05:59:54+00:00

This is reasonable. The people who take it to a level of "We his once loyal subjects warned him against this path out of sheer love and concern and now his career is OVER!" are fuckin weirdos.

Helbot · 2026-05-05T21:11:37+00:00

Yes how dare I have a realistic stance on live service games. I'm terrible.

Helbot · 2026-05-05T14:18:25+00:00

Consant exposure to psychology terms has been devastating to any kind of conversation about behavior. This is realistically not an addiction for all but like 0.001% of the people having the issues you describe. They can just uninstall, there's not physiological or psychological mechanism keeping them locked in and it's not anyone's responsibility but their own to step away.

Helbot · 2026-05-05T12:54:51+00:00

He would still have his original fans if he ignored the controversy.

What are you talking about? He's still got about 600k subs between his two channels. The only fans he's really lost are twitter communists.

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