The points your missing, at least intentionally missing, is that the articles you cited used their own opinions as your basis for fact. Beyond that every game that has a dlc released within a year has that content under development before the initial game launches. No where has anyone from Bungie or activision stated they decided to cut what they were going to put with vanilla in order to screw over those that would buy it. Your literally getting mad about what every game does that has additional content that is being released down the line, but only bashing Bungie for it. This is not only commonplace, but also a researched and proven tactic. It works both in a game sense and as a business practices. No use your time to address real issues like in game glitches, etheric light etc.