Bungie Sticks A Plasma Grenade To Microsoft

Bungie has long been built on creativity, originality and the freedom to pursue ideas. Microsoft agreed, and rather than stifle our imagination, they decided it was in both our best interests to unleash it.

But what no one touches on or even looks in the direction of is why this is happening. What exactly happened that convinced Microsoft to "unleash" Bungie. I do find it interesting that Bungie uses the whole leash analogy and I suspect that perhaps the key to the whole story is wrapped up in that single word.