Destiny Deal With Activision “Bad From The Start”; And Microsoft Almost Signed The Game, Former Dev Says

Video game industry veteran Martin O’Donnell, who composed the music for Halo and was on Bungie’s board of directors, has spoken very openly about the deal Bungie made with Activision and how it all fell apart. The long and short of it is that O’Donnell had a bad feeling about the deal for the Destiny series from the very beginning, but the whole story is like something out of a movie.Speaking to YouTuber HiddenXperia, O’Donnell first clarified that it was Bungie’s seven members of the board of directors that collectively made the decision to work with Activision. O’Donnell was a member, so he acknowledged his part in the decision. O’Donnell also continues to hold stock in Bungie.Discussing the origins of the deal, O’Donnell said he had misgivings right away. “We knew it was a risk right from the get-go,” he said. “It turned out to be exactly as bad as we thought it was going to be. Everybody who no longer works for Bungie is going to say, ‘Yeah, it was bad from the start.'”Higher-ups at Bungie who still work there won’t acknowledge that it was a problematic deal from the start, O’Donnell said.”If you still work for Bungie, you’re… Read full this story

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