>>529797456
>The cope that Microsoft involvement in Halo was good
This is a strawman misdirection.
Bungie was, is, and always will be an overambitious studio who's aspirations get the better of them time and time again. That was as true as it was with Halo as it was with Destiny and now Marathon.
Halo and Halo 2, as they are, were the result of that ambition being kept in check by Microsoft, which created the idea circumstance that led to two timeless classics. After that, Bungie took their foot off the gas with 3 and Reach to avoid the stressful situation of overworking to meet a deadline and the results speak for themselves. With Reach especially they were a fully independent company and it was their worst game in the series.
Trying to boil this down to "bungie good, Microsoft bad" is a foolish oversimplification and misunderstanding of history.