Bioware doubles down on Anthem as pressure mounts [Kotaku]

[SuperNova]

vivster said:

SuperNova said:
Well, if EA stopped buying studios that make acclaimed games only to turn around and force them to make soulless trend-chasing cash grabs totaly opposite of what they used to make, riddled with microtransactions, lootboxes and p2w elements, they might actually be able to sell some games.

As it is, Bioware will be the next victim of EAs incompetence.

Maybe it'll also help if studios didn't sell themselves away to 3rd party firms.

Absolutely agree. I don't really get it most of the time, but then you hear stories like the one about the demise of factor 5 and realise, you usually don't know the full extent of whats going on until after the fact. Even with several very successfull games under their belt an indie studio usually can't survive more than three consecutive projects that fall through for one reason or another. Just like Platnuim games has been skirting the edge of bankcrupcy for a while now and trying to stay afloat with bad, rushed licensed games for some cash flow before NIer blew up and Nintendo ordered another Bayo sequel.

You never know what went on behind the scenes, they might be utterly desperate and see selling as the only option to keep the studio afloat at all. Or they might want the relative stability and securuty of working under a publisher. In wich case.....I fail to see why anyone yould go with EA.