[quote]There is an obvious, public, bitter rivalry between Bungie and Microsoft[/quote]If you don't mind, may I have the source for this? It isn't obvious at all (at least to me). Bungie didn't want to make Halo games anymore, so they gave up their rights to the franchise in exchange for getting cut loose. If there was such a bitter rivalry, I doubt they would be allowed to retain the Halo images in our avatars, themes, etc. Not to mention there probably wouldn't have been an Xbox release for Destiny.