BioWare Loses Another Key Player
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Its sad, the reaction on this thread. And kind of boneheadedly hypocritical. People who are calling/wanting Bioware to die are most likely to have bitched at EA for closing down their favourite studios.
I now see how the EA hate machine works.
I now see how the EA hate machine works.
rather they 'die' then watch them rape a much loved franchise. That's how it works.AzrealMaximillion said:
Oh you bought into the 'people just love hating us because we are so awesome' EA statement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfMkvnyLYU4&feature=related
Never said EA was awesome, just think that the hate they get is kind of sad. Or at least the way people hate on EA. It looks childish the way people take digs at EA every chance they get, yet when other companies pull the same thing (sometimes more often) EA is still the only company besides Activision that can do any wrong.IronMit said:
To be honest, I'm more interested to see Dragon Age III now than I was before. I'm curious if that was the last straw for these people.
So he's not an old hand from Bioware or really from Bioware at all, but one of the people EA brought in, presumably to work on TOR?
Well if that is the case, as it seems to be, I'm not surprised he's moving on.
Well if that is the case, as it seems to be, I'm not surprised he's moving on.
It's because other companies are far easier to trust. We haven't seen say CD project red's or bethesdas brutal history of killing devs and it can be inferred from their more unique and quality games that they care to some degree about game making and not 100% about making money. If they do something wrong people think that it's an honest mistake, or they know what they're doing.AzrealMaximillion said:
EA on the other hand has been pretty much cartoonishly evil for years. When they do something wrong it's hard not to think that they're trying to increase profit at the cost of game quality.
Also you missed out another company. Capcom is pretty easily hateable too.
Fun fact, considering that a sequel for Mirror's Edge is basically on ice right now (EA "confirmed" it at E3 2011, but there hasn't been any information about it in any form except that it might use the Frostbite 2 Engine), DICE is really only being sustained by Battlefield right now. But, you also have to consider Visceral Games, who made Dante's Inferno and are on their current last leg with Dead Space, because EA is looking like they'll axe the entire franchise if the third one doesn't sell more copies than the first two combined.NuclearShadow said:
OT: Well, that sucks. It seems all of the memes about EA killing Bioware are rapidly becoming more and more relevant (as if anyone except Bioware themselves were really questioning the validity of them).
Meh I think it's going to be closed one day like Westwood, Bullfrog etc.Tiger Sora said:I like to think of this as a special case. Keep thinking it as a ship, but more like this.Akisa said:
Washed up, beached, unable to slip into the depths to be lost forever. It's broken and battered for all to see, and it can not die. (EA slaver will not let the waves take it).
It's a tragic sight isn't it?
Ouch
Very much Ouch
Bioware might indeed become "that company" that once had big ideas and was able to put it on the table but now "has lost it"
The drunken uncle so to say. A shame... all those lovely IP's
But hey people leaving company A to go to B or to begin their own has made many new games. It is normal for a big game company to slide into EA hood. So EA how is the new... oh you are still busy with Part 5 of the insipid series I see.. lovely
As I said every company that doesn't explodes in a bang probably ends up like one of the old big dogs, gone their teeth. But they got stories of their past.
EA what is that you are saying.. oh yes I remember that time to 8 years ago that was.
Very much Ouch
Bioware might indeed become "that company" that once had big ideas and was able to put it on the table but now "has lost it"
The drunken uncle so to say. A shame... all those lovely IP's
But hey people leaving company A to go to B or to begin their own has made many new games. It is normal for a big game company to slide into EA hood. So EA how is the new... oh you are still busy with Part 5 of the insipid series I see.. lovely
As I said every company that doesn't explodes in a bang probably ends up like one of the old big dogs, gone their teeth. But they got stories of their past.
EA what is that you are saying.. oh yes I remember that time to 8 years ago that was.
What i meant was that Avellone and Co. are still there. even if they face tough times, they maintain their core together.Combine Rustler said:
Article sounds like F2p monetization was not the vision the makers had for the game. Also sounds like erickson doesn't believe going f2p will turn things around in the saturated f2p market.
I wonder if EA will pull the trigger and let the game die, or if it will become another undead mmo like warhammer
I wonder if EA will pull the trigger and let the game die, or if it will become another undead mmo like warhammer
