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Initial Bungie/Microsoft Agreement Theory
Posted By: prometheus <kwdono04@stlawu.edu>	Date: 10/5/07 2:58 p.m.
I wouldn't say this is a conspiracy theory per se, but it is interesting. Bungie was acquired by Microsoft in 2000 for an undisclosed amount of money. No details of the agreement were ever really made public. Is it possible that the agreement basically stated Microsoft would own Bungie for the duration of the pre-determined trilogy before releasing it again into the wild upon its completion? I'm not saying I agree with this theory, but think about it. Perhaps the most telling piece of evidence were the number of Halo 2/Halo 3 related gaffs before the two respective games were announced. The most famous being Steve Ballmer's quote in October, 2003 where he said "we're working on the next version of Xbox right now and we're working on Halo 2 and Halo 3, the two newest versions of the game." Halo 2 was still in production at the time and Halo 3 wasn't even on the horizon. I can't really think of a good reason besides an agreement such as this that Microsoft would let Bungie go. I mean, the games alone sold nearly a billion dollars (and still climbing), and I won't even get into how many new Xboxes/360s the trilogy sold. Why let their biggest cashcow go out to pasture now?

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Initial Bungie/Microsoft Agreement Theory	prometheus	10/5/07 2:58 p.m.
Re: Initial Bungie/Microsoft Agreement Theory	tucsonbatman	10/5/07 3:05 p.m.
Maybe it was a 7 year agreement all along :P *NM*	Spenser	10/5/07 3:56 p.m.