The Ps4 Rabbit Hole (Destiny)

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Monday, June 23, 2014, 18:38 (3805 days ago) @ Cody Miller

And if MS had believed in the idea of Destiny as a new franchise for Bungie, it occurs to me that they could have remained a first party developer. with Halo handed over to 343, and no version of Destiny for Sony anything.

Dude, it's pretty much an open secret that Bungie was dissatisfied with their situation under MS for a variety of reasons. I very much doubt they wanted to stay that way.

There's an "I'm unfulfilled creatively in my job" level of dissatisfaction, and then there's an "I'm bringing in millions of outside financing and taking a lot of risk on my shoulders to go independent so I can make the bet that lightning might strike twice" level of dissatisfied.

I am sure there are quite a number of things about the situation that were less than ideal-- many of which were probably guessed at by employees and fans alike when the purchase happened, and many more that weren't.

But I also honestly think that if Bungie had simply had more creative control-- the ability to choose what projects to work on, instead of becoming a Halo mill, it seems likely to me that they might have remained a first party developer. I have some doubts, all things considered, that all the rest of the variety of reasons combined add up to that single essential one.