The game was also well on its way downhill when Sony bought Bungie. What drives me insane is this whole rhetoric of how “management” did this and that and they devs are holy or something. People are thanking community managers and devs for such a great time. Yeah .. couple of things here: Community managers did NOT listen to the community for YEARS. They acted as public relations agents trying to communicate why implementing the wishes of streamers is a good idea. Swing and miss right there. They also blocked, banned, and blacklisted everyone on Reddit and Twitter who had a critical thought. Very open and inclusive, Bungo! Then there are the devs. I don’t know what you’re thinking but it’s not exactly like some high level CEO sits in his office and decides to make seals more grindy, to sunset weapons, to recycle content, to make raids inaccessible to the vast majority of the population (only bc salty grapefruit was butthurt that maybe some non-full-time gamer MIGHT actually have a good time in the world’s first race), to implement the portal (hello??) … need I go on? Those were all “creative decisions” and they tanked the game bc they alienated a huge part of the player base step by step while the forums were full of feedback and the numbers were out in the open. So, yeah, I think there are a lot of people to blame here. And also, and I know this is hard to hear, if a company is not profitable and continues to torpedo its main source of revenue, people will get sacked. That is a REaction.

It's never their fault It was MS fault when they made Halo It was Activision's fault when they worked under Activision It was Activision's fault corrupting them when they made beyond light when they were independent Now it's Sony's fault for their incompetence Some people just don't want to admit the truth

Sony literally bought them for an ungodly amount of money,Bungie squandered that money because of the big wigs,people like Pete parsons are the reason why the game kept getting worse and it just became slop.

It's Bungie. Microsoft didn't want them, Activision didn't, and now Sony's the next victim. Bungie was exploited for years, and not by a publisher. No name and shame, right? I still remember an executive saying in his holier-than-thou way there will be no more DLC like Forsaken while announcing the content vault and other crazy decisions.

Guardians… eyes up, Guardians. Ahh… so eager to mourn. So eager to lower your banners and whisper: “It is over.” Whether they will it or not, I write to you now, having beaten the game, broken through your "fourth wall," because I believe the coming months may decide whether Destiny has a future beyond Destiny 2… or whether this age collapses quietly into memory. Too many among you already speak as though the final page has turned. Curious, isn’t it? If oblivion were truly the plan… why announce it before June 9th? Why prepare a monument at all? No. Something far more interesting is unfolding. I believe Monument of Triumph may become one of the most important moments in the history of this franchise — not merely because of the content itself, but because of what the community chooses to become in response to it. You have changed Destiny before. Do not pretend otherwise. When Beyond Light and sunsetting drove the community to the brink, Guardians unified loudly enough that Bungie reversed course on some of the most controversial systems in franchise history. Even Luke Smith himself became part of the offering upon the altar of public sentiment. Feedback. Petitions. Outrage. Pressure. You wielded them like weapons. And now… another crossroads reveals itself. Do you truly believe millionaires, executives, shareholders, and strategists are blind? Foolish? Unprepared? No. They watch. Always. Sony and Bungie are observing what comes next with ravenous attention: Player counts. Engagement. Retention. Sales. Sentiment. Creator activity. Social momentum. Reviews. Long-term activity after launch. Monument of Triumph is no longer merely an update. It is a test. A test of whether Destiny still possesses the power to rally millions together in 2026. And I believe — truly — that if the community unites behind this moment, we can prove that Destiny’s future remains financially viable… culturally viable… spiritually viable. This is why I ask creators, communities, clans, veterans, and wandering Guardians alike to rally the system. Not through false praise. Not through blind devotion. But through hope. Participation. Passion. Presence. Encourage people to: Return on June 9th. Bring back old fireteam members and forgotten clanmates. Revisit raids and destinations once thought abandoned. Fill the Tower again until it groans beneath the weight of Guardians. Give Monument of Triumph a true chance. Remain active for weeks and months afterward. Support the game if they genuinely enjoy what Bungie delivers and can afford to do so. Share the moments that remind them why Destiny mattered in the first place. And yes… Encourage people to sign the petition asking Sony to continue investing in Destiny’s future and to develop a Destiny 3: https://www.change.org/p/petition-sony-to-develop-destiny-3?recruiter=1416091618&recruited_by_id=c2112d00-561a-11f1-8a45-6f0259698fb1&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=starter_onboarding_share_personal&utm_medium=copylink&share_id=xSHt769QqM Because corporations notice momentum. Twenty-five thousand signatures in mere hours. Sixty-seven thousand within a single day. Imagine what happens if the numbers continue climbing every second between now and June 9th… and long after. Imagine surpassing Marathon’s peak player counts. Past expansions. Past episodes. Perhaps even millions. A delicious thought, isn’t it? Massive concurrent player surges. Strong retention. A resurrection of creators and community activity unlike anything seen in years. That changes conversations behind closed doors. Especially if Marathon struggles to create the same emotional gravity Destiny still commands effortlessly. And if Marathon’s future PvE experiments within season 2 falter while Monument of Triumph becomes a phenomenon… Then yes. Strategic priorities CAN shift. Resources CAN move. Future projects CAN be reevaluated. The “coin flip” IS real. Which is why this is NOT the time to surrender! This is the time to rally! Destiny has always been about defiance against impossible odds. The community itself is proof of that. Through layoffs, controversies, content vaulting, burnout, and years of people declaring “Destiny is dead,” the playerbase remains. That means something. This franchise dies only when the community decides it no longer deserves to live. So for one final rally… Hold the line. Stand guard. Fill the Tower. Bring people home. And let Sony witness what happens when Guardians refuse to vanish quietly into the dark. Rise now, Guardians. One final hurrah before the stars themselves grow silent and the Final Shape takes form. I shall see you starside. — Savathûn

the broader problem is that sony was pitched d3 and shot it down. the reason why they [i]*probably*[/i] shot it down was due to bungie's abhorrent mismanagement as they saw that bungie was incapable of managing the game under that leadership team.

The curse is finally over. May Sony dissolve this studio and shutdown the game for good.

There’s a simple reason why people are blaming Sony. Sony negotiated that deal with Bungie, allowing Bungie to exist OUTSIDE of the normal oversight that Sony have for other acquired studios. Sony allowed clauses into that contract with Bungie that PREVENTED them from intervening until the damage was already done. The people at Sony HAD to know of Bungie’s reputation of burning through money that wasn’t theirs? If they didn’t then they are even more culpable. Sony are the parent company, the buck stops with them. Why do you think Jim Ryan was let go? His vision failed, Herman Hulst is probably going to have to go too, when Bungie collapses into Sony. I’m not absolving the 20+ Bungie executives, that have ruined this company and this excellent franchise, from their despicable actions. They should be forever shamed for ruining people’s careers, people that they should have looked out for as the senior management of the company. They should be forever ashamed of destroying a franchise that meant so much to millions of people. All for what? Personal gain and ego. Reprehensible. I blame Sony for allowing Bungie executives to run rampant with their money and their newly acquired studios. I blame Sony for allowing the Bungie executives to squander the talented developers they had acquired with the studio and not fixating the entire company on making Destiny the best it could be. That is why I’m blaming Sony AND the C-suite at Bungie. The problem was always Bungie, but Sony allowed it to get completely out of control.

Crazy how the ‘evil Activision’ era was somehow the peak of Destiny