There’s an automatic tendency to believe that Sony doesn’t inherently mismanage their own acquisitions and I 100% believe this is what’s happening here. Sony has fully mismanaged Bungie after the acquisition as much as Bungie mismanaged their development internally.
The problem is Sony holds all the power and it’s easier to blame the developer directly and I believe that’s everything we’re seeing now. Sony doesn’t want to publicly acknowledge their open flawed and failed decision-making that’s resulted in where we are today.
It’s all Sony’s fault. If it starts at the top, it starts there.
Let me put it as simply as possible. Run @Sony@PlayStation and @hermenhulst and their brand and name THROUGH THE FUCKING MUD We tried being nice, that didn’t take. So now they get the shit end of the stick. Tank their stocks, #BoycottSony and run their name to shit on every post
I've said it 100 times. Blaming the development of Marathon for the death of Destiny lets those who are ACTUALLY responsible off the hook way too easily.
All the turmoil surrounding these two franchises stems from the same disease. Stop falling for the convenient scapegoat.
There’s a degree to which the writing is on the wall for gaming as we know it on the whole. To survive, gaming needs to be accessible to new players - and on a global scale, it has been becoming less and less so over time.
There is no war but a class war.
After the Bungie layoffs are completed and it becomes clear that Sony hasn’t green-lit anything to continue the franchise, I think there’s going to be a ripple effect that people may not be fully considering. One thing I expect to see is videos from players canceling their PlayStation Plus subscriptions. I’m already seeing comments across my social media.
It feels like there could have been a better way to handle this situation. The PlayStation ecosystem will change, I have no idea how little or how much.
So, we've been seeing some interesting videos where Guardians are doing near infinite damage to bosses thanks in part to unintended Artifact perk stacking. Quite hilarious to watch, to be honest!
While we're planning a fix (next week likely), we think this is a bit fun. Go ahead. Get out there, beat up on Atheon. Destroy some bosses. Do your thing.
Just to note: we will be disabling Artifacts in Crucible/Gambit to protect Guardians from being on the receiving end of this.
We tried to come up with a name. The Artifactening? Sure. Why not. If you have a better suggestion... throw it our way.
All in all, it's Monument of Triumph. Do some crazy stuff. Send us your videos. Have some fun. Be Brave.