New reporting suggests this week's
layoffs at Bungie, the Sony-owned developer behind
Destiny 2, have impacted around 100 staff members, or roughly 8% of the studio's headcount.
Further, some employees are entitled to unvested shares, which are put aside until a specific requirement has been met (in this case, staying with Bungie for a set number of years). According to one of Tassi's sources: "Those shares revert to Bungie if you leave, even if you're fired, which is what's happening now to many of those affected."
Paul Tassi
Additional: This may be a part of wider cost-cutting at Sony in multiple areas, but as an independent entity, who gets cut, the timing and terms (as above), are Bungie's decision