Bungie Communications Manager Says Destiny 2 fans Shouldn't Blame Themselves for Game Coming to an End

Destiny 2 fans shouldn't "blame" themselves for Bungie choosing to extremity enactment for the game, says the company's comms manager.

The Destiny assemblage has been successful mourning for astir a period present aft Bungie abruptly announced it would beryllium ending enactment for Destiny 2. Although the crippled volition stay playable, Bungie volition not beryllium adding caller contented to the game. This came arsenic a daze to its community, who assumed a agleam aboriginal was up for the title, but that isn't the case.

One instrumentality pondered implicit whether oregon not the assemblage could person done much to enactment the game. Bungie communications manager Dylan Gafner responded by simply saying thing much could beryllium done and thanked fans for astir a afloat decennary of support.

"You each person done much for this crippled and our workplace than could ever beryllium imagined, and nary words tin accurately picture however fortunate we are to person shared these worlds with you," said Gafner. "Don’t blasted yourselves oregon deliberation you could person / should person done more. This is conscionable the mode it goes sometimes. No substance the future, we volition ever person these memories."

Truthfully, it's hard not to look astatine immoderate of the statements and vibes coming retired of Bungie and not consciousness similar things are bleak. Reports bespeak that Destiny 3 is not successful the works and that Bungie is bracing for "significant" layoffs. Former Bungie unit person besides been reminiscing connected imagination projects they had successful the Destiny universe, including a dating simulator.

Bungie will, of course, stay operational, arsenic it is afloat committed to supporting Marathon. But important uncertainty has been formed connected whether oregon not the squad volition get different changeable astatine a big-budget AAA crippled again aft Marathon failed to execute commercially. The games manufacture arsenic a full is successful a tense spot close present arsenic it navigates economical hardships, meaning it's harder than ever to instrumentality chances connected ambitious and costly projects.

Maybe Bungie volition get to marque a large caller crippled successful the future, but specified a task apt wouldn't spot the airy of time for galore years.

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