Bungie - developer - cares about making games
Activision - publisher - money
You all should know by now that activision is behind this micro transaction -blam!-ery.
As it is in their Call of Duty franchise.
If you seriously oppose this then
DON'T
BUY
THE
-blam!-ING
GAME
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The thing is that it's not in the COD franchise. There are DLC maps and micro transactions, but those aren't necessary in order to access the core content of the game. They are add-ons to the game.