I didn't know I had to have worked for 343i to read articles on game websites.
Quote:
It will be free to anyone who has played Halo: The Master Chief Collection since its launch on 11th November through to 19th December. This is in part to say sorry for the game's troubled launch, 343 boss Bonnie Ross wrote in a post on Xbox Wire.
Small correction:
only -> in part. The end result is the same. If their incent was to say "sorry", making it free only for the early adopters who don't bother reading reviews, is morally wrong.
But as I said, and I see you agree, they are a corporation. Ultimately, they don't care, and alot of it is just devious PR.