Sounds less like Bungie just gave us the middle finger and more like they were on Marty's side to begin with, but when Activision started putting more pressure on them they simply pulled down their pants and let Activision have their way with them. Marty didn't want to do that and Bungie got scared activision was gonna flip shit or something so they gave Marty the boot. So in conclusion, I do not believe Bungie was being assholes, I believe they were being cowards.