: But that's the general impression I've gotten from the studio over the past
: five or so years. They (broadly speaking, as a company) see Microsoft as a
: hostile entity that unfairly took over their little game development
: company and enslaved them for ten years -- they've said as much on their
: website in job postings.

You shouldn't take everything Bungie writes seriously.

I recall their independence being described as a 'bloody coup' and the next step on their plan of world domination involves a 'giant slingshot.'