badgenome said:
It would appear you don't know what publishing is, because that's not unique to EA Partners at all. That's how most publishing deals work. The publisher typically makes all of their money back before the developer starts seeing any royalties. The difference is that EA Partners is a program for external developers that allows those developers to retain ownership of the IP. But in the event that EA is funding the actual development of the game (as they are in this case) odds are that they have ownership of the games created under the contract. As opposed to, say, Valve's games for EA Partners which really were just a retail distribution deal and left EA with no ownership of anything. |
Never said it was unique to EA, just stating what the deal is. Its you that is making some wild guess as to what happen. You are the one saying that EA would not do this or that but you act as if Respawn does not have a say, role or direction for their game. You nor I know the full details of EA deal with Respawn. EA gave them money but thats as far as we know. At the time when Vince and company left, they were a very hot commodity. Its like an NFL player that is a free agent. If you are RGB 3rd, your contract going to be damn good because teams will want you more than trying to control you.
Anyway we can argue this point forever. The only thing I am saying is that you are stating your opinion as fact which they are not. Its a wild guess on something you really have no clue about besides money changed hands. All the pieces inbetween could be anything. Most of what I have stated is based on what the developer has said. I have no reason to believe they are lying because I have no opinion about the deal to support.
