Destiny 2 players, current and former Bungie employees call for CEO to resign

Last Wednesday, July 31, 2024, we reported the sad news that 220 people had lost their jobs at the Bungie video game studio. The reactions were not long in coming. Both the gaming community of Destiny 2 as those affected and Bungie employees still at the company are furious and demanding that CEO Pete Parsons resign from his position.

Among the most talked about reactions is that of the well-known director of the global gaming community Destiny 2 dmg04He described the situation as “inexcusable” and lamented that “the responsibility for this falls on the workers who have worked hard to satisfy the community time and time again.” We also have user experience designer Ash Duong, who said that her job is safe, but she is furious about the situation: “This is affecting people who were told they were valued, important and critical to the success of the business, but none of that mattered.”

I’m safe but I’m fucking enraged!!

This is hitting people who were told they were valued. That they were important. That they were critical to business success. But none of that mattered.

— Prismatic Ash (@_Ashdown) July 31, 2024

These reactions reflect what many in the community think: Bungie’s fired people are paying the price for the real culprits of the current situation at the studio: the management. Both Griffitn Bennett and Liana Rupert, former members of the social media team at Destiny 2 who were fired in 2023 during a similar purge, blamed Peter Parsons directly for this.

Following the 2023 layoffs, IGN reported that The atmosphere in the studio was devastating and the employees were not happy with the decisions that the management was making.

who blamed everything on the “mediocre” reception of the last expansion Eclipse. They themselves also refused to temporarily reduce their high salaries to try to mitigate the layoffs..

This last element has particularly aroused the anger of the community, because Pete Parsons is a well-known classic car collector who has spent billions of dollars acquiring them since Bungie was bought by Sony in 2022.

Former employees are accusing Parsons of lying to Bungie members. One former employee even mentioned that he He invited her to see his classic car collection just two days before she was fired.

The Destiny 2 gaming community has not been silent either, with many echoing comments like those of the streamer. MyNameIsBysHe said directly that “leaders must be changed” because it is their decisions that have led to this disaster.

Leadership needs to be changed.

Their decisions have consistently led to disaster for everyone who has actually been making the games we play.

They’ve been reckless with the studio, its employees, and its franchises.

The problem is clear. Bad leadership. It needs to change. https://t.co/ga01igprSl pic.twitter.com/lQhmkUIzgw

— My name is Byf (Lore Daddy) (@MyNameIsByf) July 31, 2024

This whole situation is leaving a bad taste in the mouths of both the community of players and developers of the game. The recent expansion The final form It was very well received, but now that experience is “tainted” by what is happening at the studio. Many of the people who made this DLC a success are out of work.