Earlier this month, Microsoft made the industry-shaking announcement that it wasacquiringCall of Dutymaker Activision Blizzardin a stunning deal for nearly $70 billion. Many have wondered if Sony would have an answer to the Activision Blizzard acquisition, and it seems that it does. It’s been announced that Sony is going to acquireDestiny 2developerBungiefor a whopping $3.6 billion, bringing the studio under the PlayStation umbrella.
Even though Sony is acquiringBungie, it doesn’t seem as thoughDestinyplayers on Xbox necessarily have to worry about the franchise becoming PlayStation exclusive. Sony has said that Bungie will still release games on multiple platforms and will even have the option to self-publish its games. However, one has to imagine that future Bungie games like the inevitableDestiny 3being PlayStation exclusive is certainly in the cards down the line.
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Regardless, Sony acquiring Bungie is a huge deal and a big blow to Microsoft, especially since Bungie is the studio that helped Xbox break into the console market in the first place. It’s hard to say if there would even be Xbox gaming consoles today without Bungie’s work creating theHalofranchise. Bungie was at one point even owned by Microsoft before gaining its independence and signing alengthy deal with Activision Blizzard forDestiny.
Bungie has been working solo onDestiny 2ever since its relationship with Activision Blizzard was dissolved, though it will now have the backing of Sony and PlayStation behind it. What exactly this will mean forDestinyon PlayStation remains to be seen, but it should be noted that PlayStation consoles have been pushed as the premiere location for the looter-shooter franchise since its inception.
As some may recall,DestinyPlayStation exclusive dealshave been going on since the original game, and so it’s possible that there will be more PlayStation-exclusive content on the way forDestiny 2. However, specific details like that have not been revealed at the time of this writing.
Bungie has other projects in development beyond what it’s working on forDestiny 2, though they have yet to be unveiled to the public. More on Bungie’s future and how it will operate under PlayStation should come to light in the weeks and months ahead. As for the more immediate future,Destinyfans have theWitch Queenexpansion forDestiny 2to look forward to on February 22.
