WHY?
GOOD QUESTION. Obviously a contract was made between Sony and Bungie to guarantee exclusives for playstation, BUT. The question is, WHY. Clearly, Sony paid some cash for that, in hopes it would sway a many a folk to buy a playstation, to have the "superior" destiny console. What I don't understand is that, WHY, did Microsoft not make this deal. Now let's get something straight, Microsoft is SO F*CKING RICH, the second wealthiest company in the world (behind apple), Bill Gates who helped to found it, is so f*cking rich, he alone could buy out sony, bend it over a barrel and ride that f*cker into the ground, and he would still be one of the richest men in the world, no sweat. SO, Just imagine how much cash the entire company has. It seems Microsoft could have easily made that contract right? But there's more to it, now I'm not sure about what happened exactly. No one knows if Microsoft just didn't see the opportunity as feasible or outright decided, F*ck you Bungie, for even considering another console as your exclusive outlet. And the latter makes more sense to me, because listen up. Obviously Halo was an outstanding franchise that "defined a generation" and popularized first person shooters, made them mainstream. But did you ever think to realize who made Bungie!!!?, F*cking MICROSOFT MADE BUNGIE WHO THEY ARE TODAY, without Microsoft taking a leap, signing Bungie in to the squad and taking them under their wing, guiding them to greatness, you likely wouldn't know what the f*ck I was talking about when I said Bungie, you'd probably think I was some weird assmotherf*cker talking about trampolines or some sh*t. Bungie owes EVERYTHING to Microsoft. So it begs the question, WHY, WHY did Bungie choose Sony over Microsoft, over the company that nurtured and cared for their frightened newborn baby of a company in Bungie? I DONT KNOW. But it pisses me the f*ck off and poses as a monumental curiosity in my eyes! Thank you for your time.
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Edited by FunkTheWorld: 1/3/2015 9:05:27 PMI'd argue that Halo is more essential to making the Xbox what it is than Microsoft making Bungie. They gave them their break, sure, but I think Bungie has more than paid that debt off. It was business anyway. Microsoft knew what they were getting into when signing Bungie, don't act like they were doing them a favor. Microsoft is a business and took in Bungie in hopes of making money, nothing else. Look at what Bungie has done both directly and indirectly for Microsoft and games in general: Halo, a massive franchise whether you like it or not (and I really do not like Halo that much at all), has singlehandedly moved consoles for Microsoft for 2 and going on 3 generations of consoles now. It is THE exclusive for Xbox, it's practically the face of the Xbox. E-Sports basically took off on console because of Halo. CoD wouldn't be where it is right now in e-sports if it wasn't for Halo. CoD, even though It isn't an exclusive, is still a pretty big reason a lot of people buy Xbox consoles. It's where MLG is and it has a large following. It's THE console for competitive e-sports on console. You act as if Bungie owes Microsoft something, that's not the case. Microsoft has the rights to Halo for crying out loud, one of the biggest game franchises in history.