Bungie and MS split coming?

[Paco]

Yeah...that's hardly independent.

Yeah, but both parties got what they wanted in the end. Bungie gets their creative freedom and backing from a publishing giant, and Microsoft reaps the rewards of keeping an ace developer happy. As Bungie said, it really is a win-win situation.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Microsoft happy with multiplatform development. Ultimately, it would make Microsoft money seeing as how they'll get a return on whatever Bungie makes. Seeing as how they're having Rare develop DS games, I'm rather expecting it. An "independant" Bungie could potentially be worth far more than an internally-owned Bungie.