Sony, the home company of PlayStationofficially finalized the purchase of Bungie, the studio that created Destiny and every Halo game up until Halo: Reach. With this, Bungie becomes part of the PlayStation family; however, it remains an “independent subsidiary”.
After months since the agreement was announced at the beginning of 2022Sony finally made the purchase of Bungie Studios for a total of $3.7 billion. Although initially the figure was going to be 3,600, this sum becomes his most expensive purchase to date.
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PlayStation shared the news via Twitter welcoming Bungie Studios. While Bungie also posted about it stating that “is it so excited about the future of their company” after joining the Sony team.
It should be noted that this does not mean that Bungie will become part of PlayStation Studios and start creating exclusive titles for Sony consoles. Instead, Bungie remains as an independent subsidiary which will continue to develop cross-platform games.
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Previously, Bungie has expressed its goal of releasing at least one non-Destiny game for 2025. On the other hand, they continue to work on the support of Destiny 2 and the development of a delivery of Destiny 2 is rumored. destiny for mobile.
For its part, PlayStation has no plans to stop and looking to buy more studios in the future.