The main reason the ship/loading screens were static is that Namco/Bandai held a patent for gaming related activities during loading screens. (I'm not kidding) And would have wanted royalties from Bungie. Perhaps any of you might even remember playing a bit of Galaga or Galaxian while their PS ONE game loaded.
If memory serves it was on Ridge Racer! (They patented that) Good news is that is extremely likely that the patent expired since its been 20 years already. Ask away folks!
Edit: (Posted a link to neogaf for anyone who wants further information)
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True but I think they should stop with the bullshit and just hook us up.