Does MS deserve more credit for Halo?

[pokoko]

Wright said:

pokoko said:
Does this also mean that Microsoft deserves more credit for making Rare into the juggernaut of quality it is today?

Isn't that the general consensus, though? That Microsoft ruined Rare?

Doesn't that kind of hurt the narrative the OP is attempting to write, though?  He wants to take as much credit as possible from Bungie and apply it back to Microsoft--I think we know why--by saying they haven't been as successful with a game on another publisher.  His goal is to leave the impression that being under Microsoft's wing improves the work of a developer.  Through osmosis, maybe, or perhaps Don Mattrick came down and showed them how to code.  I mean, he never actually gives any reasons for this phenomenon.

What does that mean regarding Rare, then?  Their output has obviously been worse under Microsoft.

Judging by the OP's standards, there is only one logical conclusion:

Nintendo > Microsoft > Activision.