Dark History of Bungie ft Marty (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Saturday, August 17, 2024, 18:52 (70 days ago)
edited by Cody Miller, Saturday, August 17, 2024, 19:02

tl;dw

-Non Disparagement agreements: If you tell the truth and stick to facts it won’t be disparagement legally. So spill the beans.
-Macworld reveal was 25 years ago. A lot can happen in 25 years. Things change a lot.
-Act man is 30 now, so officially old as fuck
-Jason never minded being on camera when the stakes were lower. Deserves all the success he's had. Jason and Alex were a magic combo that complimented each other perfectly.
-Many older senior level people at Bungie who left were effectively fired. Leaving “wasn’t their first choice”. This includes Jamie, Paul, Marcus, Joe. Marty regrets not forcing Bungie to show their confidentiality agreements to the board for review before they were forced to sign them.
-Actman’s previous interview with Marty was used as evidence in the previous lawsuit against him.
-Negotiations to leave MS started in 2004. Profit sharing plan was initially why Bungie stayed with MS before they realized how shady it was. After MS revealed themselves, they decided to split.
-Pete was an MS employee in marketing. After Ed fries left, they were nervous since he was their protector. After Alex leaves, who runs the studio? Pete came in, made a great pitch and they felt’s he’d be a good liaison.
-Pete was involved in negotiations. Jason quit. Marcus quit. Pete threatened to quit if MS didn’t let them go. Now Bungie’s hand went from a flush to a pair. Went back to Marcus and Jason to convince them to stay. Both came back. Wanted to go to Pete, but the decision was not unanimous as several people doubted he was key to Bungie’s success. Decided Pete would be the guy to fall on the sword. Gone, not studio lead for Halo 3. MS then came back to negotiate for independence.
-Jason was burned out. Had to convince him that there was a post Halo future for Bungie.
-Jason started working on Destiny during Halo 3.
-Harold was overwhelmed as CEO. Marty had to take over as marketing director to take some off his plate.
-Marty was a bad marketing director.
-Harold suggested hiring Pete back as marketing director.
-When Harold was fired, Pete took his position.
-Blames Bungie’s poor decisions on people like Pete being trained in MS ways of thinking, and applying that to running Bungie.