Most of the Destiny community is up in arms over “Bungie” tricking them into buying an unfinished game, and albeit it is unfinished. However, if most of the community had actually read (because reading is [b][i]SO[/i][/b] difficult right?) and understood (this is a “skill” that is lacking in morons) the reddit thread, then I believe that more people would be more willing to empathize with Bungie over the -blam!- of their once beautiful game. 404Architect (the “Bungie employee” who could, in fact, be anyone) stated that, “One side wanted this huge space epic, like an MMO Mass Effect and the other side was not convinced that would sell and wanted to pare things back to more ‘easily accessible’ standards. They were afraid too much story elements and cut scenes would drive players off.” Now…what game producing company do we all know that specializes in the production of senseless, linear, unenlightened first-person shooters? And is this company in any way associated with Destiny? Oh, that’s right: [b][i]THEY[/i][/b] (Activision) [i][b]FUNDED THE DAMN GAME![/b] [/i]Let’s face it; many of the ideas formulated by the developers never make it past the producers because as stated above: the producers fund the game. As a result of this cash flow, Activision—not Bungie—has the final say on most of the content in the game because the producers are more concerned with making money than in making a brilliant story. 404Architect also stated that, “Whenever Joe Staten (as in Joe Staten the Director of Cinematics, and Lead Screenwriter for Destiny) left everything fell apart.” For those of you who fail to see the gravity of this sentence Joe Staten leaving was the catalyst which resulted in everything falling apart. So, it is only logical to assume that Joe Staten was the only thing stopping Activision from altering Destiny, and that he was in the midst of a massive “pissing contest” with the producers. It is also only logical to assume that the reason that Joe Staten left was because that he foresaw no way that Bungie would be released as he originally intended it to be (Hellooo! That much passion just doesn’t wander off to greener pastures) and decided to abandon a project which would only result in damage to his reputation. With their leader gone the other Bungie staff members were left to gather up the pieces of Destiny and were helpless to prevent Activision from tailoring the game to their formula of “success.” They watched as Activision destroyed their dream game. Just imagine the embarrassment that Bungie felt whenever they were forced by Activision to release a “skeleton-and-bones” game…now add a little hopelessness—and THAT is what Bungie felt like whenever they released Destiny and were powerless to stop it. Just imagine the despair Bungie felt as their dream was reduced to a carcass by the lion pride (Activision) only to be descended upon by the carrion fowl (the Destiny community). This analysis of the evidence is just as likely (on second thought, it is much more likely) as any of the conspiratorial drivel that muddies the pages of Destiny’s forums given what we all know about Activision, Bungie, and human nature. I do hope that some (if not all) of you begin to look at this situation with a new perspective instead of hopping on the bandwagon (and I do apologize for the platitude) of the feeding frenzy. Finally, the consumers are not the victim of Bungie’s greed. [i]Bungie[/i] is the [i]victim[/i] of [i]Activision’s[/i] greed; we consumers are only victims by [b]extension[/b]. Hopefully, Destiny can be salvaged into the masterpiece which it originally was designed to be in the coming years. However, Bungie cannot do so without your empathy and without your support. Never ascribe to malice (Bungie conspiring against its community) that which is adequately explained by stupidity (What greater form of stupidity is there than greed?).