Can someone explain Bungie and Microsoft to me?

[MasterChief]

@Whistler

I’m not sure that is entirely the case. Bungie wanted to OWN what they worked on and that wasn’t going to happen while under the helm of Microsoft. This is why keeping the Bungie name was important as opposed to people just leaving the studio and making a new one. They needed the clout so they could get a publisher to fund Destiny and let them keep the IP. Keep in mind people couldn’t be “forced” to work on Halo. They were MS employees and could transfer to other game studios or software jobs within Microsoft. It still applies today to 343.

Lets not act like Bungie left to create a game that is a far departure from Halo with an upstanding and friendly publisher.

Oh I know they wanted to own the IP but I don’t see why that would’ve been a problem, they could’ve have it as a exclusive while still letting Bungie own it, it still would’ve been a huge game for Xbox. Yes going to Activision wasn’t the smartest move lol.