For nylig dukkede der en ret chokerende besked op fra Bungie, nemlig at de indstiller udviklingen af nyt materiale til Destiny 2, og dermed påbegynder en ny proces, hvor de skal pitche ideer. Dette kom som en overraskelse, til trods for faldende spillertal, men det er åbenbart også kommet som et chok for mange hos Bungie selv.
Forbes har snakket med et hav af udviklere hos studiet, der påstår at ganske få var bevidste om at de var ved at stoppe arbejdet på Destiny 2-indholdet før det blev afsløret.
"The decision to end support for Destiny 2 and move at least some amount of resources over to Marathon was made earlier this year. Work continued on future Destiny 2 content, including future expansions like Shattered Cycle, and did not stop immediately when this decision was made. This was because the vast majority of Bungie did not know about Destiny 2 support being dropped right up until it was publicly announced. There were certain teams within Bungie that did know what was coming, some who were working on "final" Destiny content for the June update, some who had already been moved to Marathon. These people "begged" leadership to tell more people and keeping so many people in the dark divided the studio, and these in-the-know teams felt extremely isolated."
Og nu kommer der angiveligt en større fyringsrunde oven i, samt blandede udsigter til at omsætte for det som Sony forventer af dem.