Udvikleren Bungie samarbejdede eksklusivt med Microsoft i årevis på Halo-spillene, indtil de til sidst valgte at droppe serien og samarbejdet for at udvikle uafhængigt på Destiny-serien. Spørger du dog Xbox-chef Phil Spencer, så kunne det transformerede og moderne Xbox Game Studios i dag godt have holdt på studiet.
I et nyt interview med Axios siger Spencer, at organisationen i dag er anderledes, og at de let ville kunne have fortsat samarbejdet:
"At the time they had big ambitions. They had sold their business for a certain amount of money. They saw what Halo turned into. And it's like, 'OK, Microsoft benefited more than Bungie did from the success of Halo.' There's no other story that can be written there. If you're saying, 'Hey, I think I've got another one of those in me. I want to really take another chance,' I can understand the allure of doing that as an independent company. Could we do it today? I think we could."
Det virker dog usandsynligt at Bungie skulle takke ja til et eksklusivt samarbejde igen, tror du ikke?