Bungie CEO stepped down: negative plague during his tenure, players' grievances are released
According to PC Gamer, Bungie Studio CEO Pete Parsons is about to step down. He has held this important position since 2016, and he will be replaced by Bungie's other veteran veteran, Justin Truman.
During Pete Parsons' helm, Bungie was plagued by negative news. Not only are some projects difficult to make progress and difficult labor shelved, but they have also experienced several large-scale layoffs. This year alone, Bungie has experienced frequent situations: first it was exposed to plagiarism of art resources, and then the highly anticipated search-and-defying masterpiece "Lost Starship: Marathon" announced its postponement, and after the new DLC of "Destiny 2" was launched, the number of players fell to the lowest point in history. What's worse is that Bungie's independence is also constantly weakening and is gradually becoming a part of Sony's studio system. However, while the company was in poor condition, it was revealed that Parsons had spent more than $2.4 million to purchase several luxury antique cars.
This series of events has caused players to have a long grudge. The news of Pete Parsons' resignation this time has aroused a lot of cheers from players on Reddit. Many players expressed their dissatisfaction without any concealment, and even launched an attack on Parsons. The scene was out of control for a while, so that the Reddit moderator team had to intervene and delete some excessive comments.
PC Gamer reported that one of the most liked comments at that time was "Eat shit, Pete", but the comment is no longer visible and is likely to have been deleted by the moderator.
However, some comments expressing dissatisfaction are still preserved. For example, a player left a message: "I hope all your cars break down, Parsons." Given that some comments are too aggressive, I won't show them one by one here.
In addition, some players expressed concern about the new CEO Justin Truman. It turned out that at the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC), Truman once said that "Bungie should not be over-delivered". At that time, Bungie's game updates generally received poor responses, and players felt that they had spent money, but they got less and less content. Therefore, many players interpret Truman's remarks as Bungie will reduce investment in the game in the future, which further aroused widespread dissatisfaction among players.