Tl;dr wall of text, but just as an FYI, it's MicroSoft who owe everything to Bungie for locking the Halo series to their console and being the prime reason it moved units (it was originally announced as a multi-platform pc/Mac game). Also trust me when I say, lots of us know who bungie was way before Halo, but welcome to the club. Glad to know when you decided to join us.