Creativity and Activision in the same sentence? Activision is looking for another cash pony since IW left and look who they acquired shortly after.....
I wish all the best for bungie but with these events going on in Activision and also the fact that they signed with them.....it is not looking good for them.
EDIT: I just read the last part of the OP:
"The loss of Bungie as the sole Halo developer may result in a significant dip of quality in future instalments. If this happens, fanboys will have less ammunition for their flame war cannons. Which is always a good thing."
You are a sad individual if you want a top-tier series to decay just so that people dont tell you how good the series is constantly...thats beyond fanboyism.
N64 is the ONLY console of the fifth generation!!!