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I'd no idea about this... any good additional reading? I'm a big Marathon fan and will likely try and finish Infinity over the holidays.

• Forgeties79 1y ago
  I’m going to try and find a good source on it but the short version is that Bungie was in deep financial trouble and approached Apple for an acquisition. Jobs didn’t want a video game company as part of their core business as it was not the future he saw for the company, but Microsoft was willing to make that deal, so Bungie went with that for the security. Jobs was pissed but ultimately he passed on an acquisition they felt was necessary for survival.
  • Maken 1y ago
    And Jobs was probably right. Apple was a bad fit for Bungie (and games in general). There is a reason Marathon is virtually unknown when it was one of the best "Doom clones" of the era.
    • Forgeties79 1y ago
      Yeah I agree with it too - plus they were hurting financially, that’s a lot of risk to assume. And frankly what we got with FPS halo seems way better to me anyway. It’s hard to imagine the Apple version would’ve been a better game, but admittedly I am speculating.