More Bungie Reveals From ‘Destiny 2' Subscriptions To Eververse Demands

Forbes

21-05-2025

Destiny 2
Well, as it turns out, when things are going bad at your studio, there's a lot you want to get off your chest about events both past and present. Bungie certainly does not need another report about internal issues affecting both Marathon and Destiny, but here we are. Destin Legarie, formerly of IGN and now with his own channel, has just released a report touching on a number of things within Bungie spanning a wide range of topics.
The video is below, and I certainly have thoughts on parts of this.
These are all ex-employees, who I have also found are very eager to talk after being laid off. Some of the biggest takeaways we haven't heard before will intrigue (and probably stun) Destiny fans.
At one point, leadership brought up a subscription model for Destiny as another path toward ongoing revenue, something that was shut down so hard by staff it did not in fact happen.
Another instance had a concern being raised about Trials of Osiris armor and its cool glows being so attractive to players it would actually cut into Eververse sales, as part of a larger 'monetization scolding' culture.
The leadership toxicity is sadly nothing new, though there's one point in here about Bungie allegedly buying pricey penthouses for some higher tiers of management. And speaking of management, the Destiny team was sometimes relieved when its poor managers were…moved over to Marathon.
Marathon
I highly suggest you watch the whole video, as there's a lot more than I'm touching on here, and again, this is probably the sixth or seventh internal report on Bungie culture we've seen in the last few years, and there have been a few this year alone, including from me. Someone told me that Bungie tells people specifically not to talk to me, but as you can see, a lot of people want to talk to a lot of outlets and journalists, given what's going on over there.
The state of Bungie is teetering on a knife's edge where both the launch of the first 'new era' expansion of Destiny is releasing in a month, then Marathon, a project supposedly 6-7 years in development, is out in September after being mostly roasted online between gameplay and now actual plagiarism for its art assets.
What happens next will be some extensive Destiny Edge of Fate previews. Then some more Marathon tests, closed or open. But an open question now is if Marathon is going to be delay past its September 23 release date, something most observes see as a good idea, if not inevitable. But there may be other, financial factors at play here including, you guessed it, leadership. The saga continues.
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