I think he playing the "put out fires" game and trying to buy some time to figure out how to respond from his superiors.

The [url=http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law]-godwinslaw!-[/url] were just doing their job too..

I don't actually hate or even blame bungie myself. I wish they'd have gotten in front of this a little better. It has only been 3 weeks, which is why I'm giving them till the first dlc to spruce things up. Though I'm not confident they'll be able too. The promise they made was huge, to huge, and it's backfiring. Of course there's things we won't know, or can't know, but something more then "we're looking into it" type comments would be nice. All that being said, it's nice seeing someone defend bungie with the constant "blams" and "retards" that I've come to expect. You made valid points sir

For the record my response wasn't necessarily directed towards any specific person. I'm just tired of seeing all the mindless bashing that's going on around here. From a game developer's perspective it's probably very discouraging to see all this negativity. A BIG portion of the development team didn't even have any control over what sort of content was going to be changed or cut out completely in the final build. I'm sure they didn't get up every morning thinking, "Hmm, let's see what we can do to piss our fans off before this game gets released!" There's a whole business politics side to this whole mess that I think a lot of people don't know (or are choosing to ignore) when they ask for complete transparency in communicating the issues they faced. The truth is they simply can't without facing termination, and even lawsuit, for breach of contract. It might sound silly but highlighting major conflicts and admitting fault opens up a whole new can of worms that Activision will need to deal with. There'd be major backlash from both consumers and shareholders. Shareholders in particular would lose faith in their investments towards Activision. Basically it would jeopardize Bungie's existence. Look, I'm just as disappointed as everyone else. But I've accepted the fact that this is the way things are now. The difference is that I'm waiting and giving them a chance to make up for it. Not with ridiculous demands like free content or some long-winded explanation packed with apologies. I just want them to patch things up and get the game back on the right track. They've got some very big shoes to fill, but given their history of AAA titles I have some faith.

You make some excellent points regarding corporate policies and the general trend triple A games are forced into following now. With that said my concern remains the same. I don't think this game is fixable. I can't possibly see bungie having enough assets to put all the content (that is CLEARLY missing) back into the game via digital patches. The task seems insurmountable and perhaps that's why I'm disheartened. I really want to believe they can fix things up but I don't know if it's realistic.

And to add to one thing you said that struck a chord with me. 'I've accepted that this is the way things are now' I suppose my question is why? It almost sounds complacent. Video games are supposed to be the ultimate expression of human ingenuity and art. How can you just accept a publisher like activision having so much influence on what SHOULD be creative control? It's not right. Transparency is so -blam!-ing important, man. If I'm bungie I'm not signing on to a deal that says, "Btw, you have to ignore your communities outcry and pretty much act like it isn't there unless we say you can do otherwise."

[b]Hot Pocket35[/b], I guess I should've worded that differently. I'm not saying that I've accepted this as being the norm for the gaming industry. I'm just saying that I'm not going to waste my time dwelling on the past. This is the reality we have now... so why not focus on what the future has to offer (and whether we can look for solutions there instead). I just don't think it's very productive to make posts like these where we already know they're not going to divulge anything. It's just not happening. Purely from an objective standpoint dwelling on the past isn't going to change anything. IMO our time would be better spent on providing constructive feedback in hopes that Bungie will listen and at least make some sort of attempt to make things right. Of course anyone is free to disagree with me on that, but that's just my take on things. [b]I also want to add a mini rant here too, regarding the gaming industry and pre-order sales.[/b] I think pre-ordering games and DLC packs has caused quite a bit of laziness (and in some cases recklessness) in the gaming industry. It's hard for publishers and/or developers to be motivated to give out quality and COMPLETE content when they've already got our money in their hands. If more consumers held off on buying stuff until after games hit street release, it would put more pressure on companies to try to put out a better final product. In other words we're part of the problem in the grand scheme of things. Until we change our habits stuff like this will continue happening. [b]Publishers are actively exploiting our need for instant gratification in today's market.[/b] They want you to feel like you're going to fall behind in a competitive AAA title if you don't place your pre-order ASAP. Because you'll miss out on some kickass limited edition Sparrow, gun, and armor pack that all your other friends will be getting. See the problem here?