Bungie splits with Activision; retains ownership of Destiny IP

[lord_of_flood]

Wow, that's huge. Good on Bungie for the split, it'll be interesting to see how Destiny fares in the future with Bungie in full control.

 

[MindofKB]

2019 is starting out GREAT

 

[Previously on Lost]

Damn wasn't expecting this

 

[Wolf of Yharnam]

First Megaton of the year

 

[monketron]

How are they gonna fund Destiny 3 though? there's no way they could cover it's budget in house.

 

[Razgriz417]

how much did this cost?

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they initially had a 10 yr contract, pretty sure its ending soon

 

[Ethifury]

Damn, that IS some news. Maybe I'll look at Destiny 3 now.

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Same. I'm hyped now for what's in store.

 

[Azzanadra]

Have to give kudos to Bungie for somehow being able to cut off publishers like that, like damn..

 

[Sargerus]

Destiny 3 could actually be good now.

 

[gdt]

This is huge man wow.

Couple questions:

Can Destiny 2 ongoing and a Destiny 3 matching D2 sales support a studio at Bungies current size?


What did Bungie give up?

 

[Aviator Irelia]

The employees all erupted into applause at that announcement I bet

 

[DC5remy]

Now I can't wait to see what they can push out without all the BS. Very exciting.

 

[KrAzY]

Wow.. hmm, its on bnet though, stand alone install now?

 

[KillLaCam]

Bungie got to keep destiny??? They can actually target the proper playerbase now??? This could be good

 

[JINX]

Spoiler

How much did this cost

 

[AHA-Lambda]

That is unbelievable news :O
But can Bungie sustain a game like Destiny on their own?

Anyway, I'm guessing both atvi and bungie are happy to be rid of each other.

 

[Falcon511]

Great news. Glad they are leaving. I wasnt big on Destiny 2. Hopefully they can get the funding they need to publish Destiny 3.

 

[Astandahl]

I was fucking right by the way. I always thought that D2 vanilla was a fucking shitshow due to Activision influence and this totally proves it. Acti wasn't happy about Forsaken performance because they wanted a more casual appeal.

 

[PopQuiz]

Why wouldn't Activision fight to keep Destiny? Is it below what they value or part of the original terms? Seems like a weird divorce. Somebody is on the losing end here, right?

 

[Turbo Tu-Tone]

HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!

how much did this cost?

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Oh snap, didn't see that coming.

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hehehehehehe

 

[Toni]

Freedom tastes good, doesnt it Bungie.

Now, go off on Destiny and realocate your entire creative vision on it with no strings holding you back.

It's a new start for these guys.

 

[Goodacre0081]

so the game gets removed from the blizz launcher?

 

[kcp12304]

 

[Deleted member 4044]

Crazy news. Really wonder what this means for Destiny's future. Less focus on microtransactions? switch to a free-to-play and content subscription model? Looking forward to hearing this discussion on this week's gaming podcasts.

 

[YuriLowell]

Hopefully this is good news.

 

[Sain]

Kind of makes me want to buy the Destiny 2 expansions just to support them, even though some of that money would be going to Activision.

 

[ManaByte]

Blizzard next please.

 

[Deleted member 13798]

Huge news. Still think Bungie's decisions are responsible for a majority of Destiny's missteps, but now with them retaining it, will be interesting to see what happens.

 

[Ryuelli]

How are they gonna fund Destiny 3 though? there's no way they could cover it's budget in house.

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Kickstarter

 

[Mikebison]

That's wild. But they won't have anyone to blame when D3 has problems.

 

[KoolAid]

So what happens with Destiny 2 PC? Does it get discontinued? Moves to the Epic Games store? Lol

 

[Ichi]

what are the odds either sony or ms will purchase bungie?

 

[Chris.]

Wow didn't see that coming. will be interesting to see how it all pans out

 

[Senator Rains]

What does this mean?
I know Activision is daunting but they already have their games on consoles and PC.

 

[Deleted member 1003]

8/10 was good enough. Bye Activision.

 

[Bucca]

This certainly seems like good news.

But are people thinking that a majority/all of destiny's problems come from Activision?

 

[asd202]

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Playstation retweet hmm. So Destiny deal was with Bungie not Activision? Is that possible?

 

[Kalentan]

So what happens with Destiny 2 PC? Does it get discontinued? Moves to the Epic Games store? Lol

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Huh that actually is a good point!

 

[noomi]

That's pretty big news, the fans of the series will be ecstatic.

I will watch from the sidelines.

 

[taco543]

HOLY SHIT! Thank god! That is HUGE news!

 

[joefro]

This is great news for Bungie. Must suck for Vicarious Visions and High Moon, though. They seemed like they enjoyed the Destiny content that they created, especially Warmind seemed like lots of love was put into it.

 

[JigglesBunny]

Guess it's time to give Destiny a forth chance soon. Welcome back, Bungie.

 

[Deleted member 5764]

Crazytown! Definitely a good move for Bungie. Excited to see where they can take things without Activision overseeing them.

 

[Grimmjow]

Good. Intrested to see what Bungie can do w/o Activision meddling

 

[Big G]

Their partnership seemed like a shitshow the moment all of that contract info leaked years ago.

 

[Deleted member 43070]

Talk about a shock. I really hope this works out for them.

 

[Castamere]

Destiny 3, Spring 2022, fully exploreable solar system. Lets do it. Fuck Activision.

 

[Dancrane212]

Bananas.

 

[Acquiescence]

Oh shit, that was simultaneously written on the walls and straight out of nowhere.

Bet that's a huge relief for Bungie. Nobody really wants to be tethered to Activision for too long.

 

[R dott B]

Welp...

Now lets see if they can make the franchise worthwhile.