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McGowan said the changes could force the company to focus on new player acquisition instead of making games and decisions catered to fans. \"Much though it pains me to say this, it appears that Sony\u2019s inflicting some discipline on my former colleagues,\" he wrote. \"I'm talking about forcing them to get their heads out of their asses and focus on things like implementing a method of new player acquisition, not just doing fan service for the fans in the Bungie C-suite.\u201d McGowan suggested he expected the changes to happen after the acquisition and they were good for the company. \"I remember sitting there during the deal saying, 'Do you think Sony describes this as them getting to pay $3.6 billion for the right to have no input into what Bungie does?\" McGowan said. \"I guess they've been given cause to understand that that's not how things work. 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