EA restructures Bioware

[JRPGfan]

Pemalite said:

People have been saying this -next game- is Biowares last chance since Dragon Age 2.

Since we have had Mass Effect 3, Anthem, Andromeda, Veilguard which have all been surrounded by criticism, politics and drama.

However this is the first movement we have had since 2011 where EA are taking proactive changes to "manage" the developer... The next Mass Effect is likely the make it or break it moment for Bioware, EA doesn't support developers who drop the ball, forever.

Not forever... just 16-17 years of it (from DA-inquistion, to new Mass Effect (~2031)).
I very much agree with your "EA doesn't support developers who drop the ball, forever" take.
Its why there is that PapEA meme... where he takes the studio out to a graveyard and shoots it dead.

And honestly.... most studios that lose money for that long, reguardless of who owns them, are at risk imo.