[quote]Best I can tell the game should have been delayed due to things not being finished but Activision said no ship what currently works.[/quote] Looking over the contract(somebody in another thread linked to it earlier), Bungie can delay releases, but any unapproved delays result in a penalty to the payments Bungie gets from Activation and the penalties actually get stiffer the more money the game makes. So starting out ($0-$100MM), they get 20% royalties up through like 35%($400MM+ I think). Again, these are based on revenue generated. So an unapproved delay at benchmark A results in a 2% penalty while that same delay results in a 3.5% penalty at benchmark C. That can get pretty pricey when you look at how much 3.5% of $400MM is, or more.