Sony acknowledges Bungie acquisition has not met expectations

It is no secret that 2025 has been a down year for Destiny 2, but we've yet to see Bungie or Sony publicly acknowledge it. That changed this week during Sony's latest earnings report, with executives confirming that the game hasn't met the expectations set at the time of Sony's acquisition of Bungie.

In a Q&A at the end of the earnings call, Sony CFO, Lin Tao, stated that “the level of sales and user engagement have not reached the expectations we had at the time of the acquisition of Bungie”. While fans have suspected for a long while that the Bungie acquisition has not gone well for Sony, this is the first time we've seen a public acknowledgment of goals not being met.

Here is the full statement from Tao (via Eurogamer): “Regarding Destiny 2, partially due to the changes in the competitive environment, the level of sales and user engagement have not reached the expectations we had at the time of the acquisition of Bungie. While we will continue to make improvements, we downwardly revised the business projection for the time being and recorded an impairment loss against a portion of the assets at Bungie.”

While Bungie was brought in to be the kingpin of live-service games for PlayStation, Sony is actually making the most of its money in this sector elsewhere. In particular, Tao cited games like Helldivers 2 and MLB: The Show as key contributors to Sony's growing live-service revenues.

During this same earnings call, Sony reaffirmed plans to release Bungie's new shooter, Marathon, in early 2026.

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KitGuru Says: Renegades is coming up soon, which should bring a spike to Destiny 2 and if its good, Star Wars fans who have not previously played Destiny may jump on board.

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