Bungie took the fall for what Activision did: rushing game development and greedy marketing.
Game developers are innocent in this. They're basically slaves to their publisher's will.
If publishers took it easy on developers, then games wouldn't be so damn rushed and half-baked.
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Bungie accepted Activision's oversight for the same reason Activision exists: Money. Bungie was complicit in this farce, not a victim. They've just transitioned from a game developer to a money printing company, no different from any other. Same deal with Bethesda.
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Pretty much sums it up