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|Website=https://www.bungie.com | |Website=https://www.bungie.com | ||
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Founded in 1990 by ''Alex Seropian'', '''{{Wplink|Bungie}}''' is a game development studio that has been known to develop games for their popular franchises, such as ''Marathon'', ''Destiny'', and initially ''Halo''. Originally, the company exclusively developed for ''MacOS'' platform, but after being acquired by ''[[Microsoft]]'', ''Bungie'' was seen developing instead for the ''[[Xbox]]'' platform (and 3rd parties such as ''Gearbox Software'' handling ports to ''Windows''), until its departure shortly after ''Halo'' ''Reach''<nowiki/>'s release. In January of 2022, the company was yet again bought out, this time by ''[[Sony]] Interactive Entertainment''.<ref>Dring, Christopher (January 31, 2022). "[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-our-journey-with-multiplatform-live-service-games PlayStation: Bungie deal is about multiplatform, live-service games]". ''Gamesindustry.biz''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220131184555/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-01-31-playstation-bungie-will-considerably-accelerate-our-journey-with-multiplatform-live-service-games Archived] from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved May 17, 2025</ref> | |||
*User | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
*User | {{Incomplete section}} | ||
*Business | *'''User freedom:''' Historically would revoke content consumers paid for.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Phil |date=Aug 23, 2020 |title=Here's everything being removed from Destiny 2 at the end of this season—it's a lot |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-everything-being-removed-from-destiny-2-at-the-end-of-this-seasonits-a-lot/ |access-date=Mar 31, 2025 |work=PC Gamer}}</ref> | ||
*Market | *'''User privacy:''' Unknown | ||
*'''Business model:''' Software sales, [[Predatory microtransactions|microtransactions]] | |||
*'''Market control:''' ''[[Microsoft]] (Xbox), [[Nintendo]], [[Valve]]'', indie studios | |||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category: | This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | ||
===The Destiny Content Vault=== | ===The Destiny Content Vault=== | ||
Near the release of the Destiny 2 expansion "Beyond Light" (November 2020) ''Bungie'' announced the vaulting of paid content. This meant that said content for the game was going to be removed and made inaccessible <ref>{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Phil |date=Aug 23, 2020 |title=Here's everything being removed from Destiny 2 at the end of this season—it's a lot |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-everything-being-removed-from-destiny-2-at-the-end-of-this-seasonits-a-lot/ |access-date=Mar 31, 2025 |work=PC Gamer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Glagowski |first=Peter |date=Jun 9, 2020 |title=Bungie To Remove Four Planets And All But Three Raids From Destiny 2 |url=https://www.thegamer.com/destiny-2-content-removal/ |access-date=Mar 31, 2025 |work=The Gamer}}</ref> | Near the release of the Destiny 2 expansion "Beyond Light" (November 2020) ''Bungie'' announced the vaulting of paid content. This meant that said content for the game was going to be removed and made inaccessible.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Phil |date=Aug 23, 2020 |title=Here's everything being removed from Destiny 2 at the end of this season—it's a lot |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-everything-being-removed-from-destiny-2-at-the-end-of-this-seasonits-a-lot/ |access-date=Mar 31, 2025 |work=PC Gamer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Glagowski |first=Peter |date=Jun 9, 2020 |title=Bungie To Remove Four Planets And All But Three Raids From Destiny 2 |url=https://www.thegamer.com/destiny-2-content-removal/ |access-date=Mar 31, 2025 |work=The Gamer}}</ref> This included story lines, playable activities, and locations that players were required to pay to access. This also affected equip-able items to a different extent as they would no longer drop in the game limiting you to only being able to use weaker versions of that gear. Vaulted content includes but is not limited to: | ||
*The Red War campaign (Base game story) | *The Red War campaign (Base game story) | ||
*The Curse of Osiris expansion (Paid DLC 1) | *The Curse of Osiris expansion (Paid DLC 1) | ||
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*Seasonal content (Paid battle passes that came with story & gameplay content, were vaulted on a yearly rotation where each year 4 battle passes would be released which could be paid for as a bundle or separately) | *Seasonal content (Paid battle passes that came with story & gameplay content, were vaulted on a yearly rotation where each year 4 battle passes would be released which could be paid for as a bundle or separately) | ||
Since vaulting was announced, some content was un-vaulted including the Whisper and Zero Hour exotic missions<ref>{{Cite web |first= | Since vaulting was announced, some content was un-vaulted including the Whisper and Zero Hour exotic missions,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bungie |first= |title=Destiny 2: Into The Light |url=https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/24175204478100-Destiny-2-Into-The-Light |url-status=live |access-date=13 Feb 2026 |website=Bungie Help}}</ref> seasonal exotic missions in the exotic mission rotator, and seasonal activities in the portal.<ref>{{Cite news |last=GB Times Gaming Team |date=Mar 21, 2025 |title=Why is Bungie Removing Content from Destiny 2? The Content Vault Controversy Explained |url=https://gbtimes.com/gaming/why-is-bungie-removing-content/ |access-date=Mar 31, 2025 |work=GB Times}}</ref> | ||
===Concerning legal agreements=== | ===Concerning legal agreements=== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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