Have you even looked at the about bungie page? Heres a quote Bungie was founded in 1991 with two simple goals: Develop kick ass games that combine state-of-the-art technology with uncompromising art, captivating storytelling, and deep gameplay. Sell enough copies of those games to fund our ongoing quest for total World Domination. So yeah, they've been after money right from the start man :) (not gonna even TOUCH on how far they fell from their first goal though)