Shortly after news broke about the end of Destiny 2's active development, it was revealed that Bungie would likely be conducting mass layoffs of Destiny 2 staff , with no sequel to the massive looter shooter on the cards. Sony has now confirmed in a blog post that the rumored Bungie layoffs are both true and somewhat more widespread than initially expected. It's currently unclear how many staff members will be losing their jobs at Bungie, but it was previously revealed that some of the team that had been working on Destiny 2 before it was shut down were moved to the development of Marathon.

According to the blog post, the Bungie layoffs will affect "a significant number of employees, including most of the Destiny team and some Marathon team members," and there are also some layoffs happening in the Sony Interactive Entertainment teams that support Bungie's operations. The fact that Marathon developers will also be laid off more or less confirms that the new extraction shooter has not performed nearly as well as Sony and Bungie might have hoped, and this may explain Bungie's seemingly frantic changes and updates to Marathon in response to player feedback. Sony says that the layoffs come after it "reviewed the studio's long-term direction, development priorities, resource needs, and role within our broader portfolio strategy," and that it explored other avenues and alternatives before pursuing layoffs.