EA closes Bioware, 400 laid off across EA

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Mummelmann said:

I'm sad for everyone who lost their job, but the brand and studio itself died a long time ago. Bioware was Bioware in name alone for many years now, I haven't been excited about a release from them for a decade or so. I think a lot of us older gamers give them too much benefit of the doubt due to their impressive pedigree and run of amazing titles in late 90s and early 2000s to 2010s. 

I'm not surprised, nor am I sad to the studio go; only the employees. I hope they find better work elsewhere. Then again; with the majority now being people who worked under EAs thumb for the entirety of the stint at Bioware, this is perhaps the best they'll ever be. If you grow up in the sewers, the smell of feces might feel like home to you. 

On a somewhat different note - shout-out to everyone who rooted for mergers, acquisitions and the expansion of already massive gaming companies, these past few years has shown what an amazing idea this market structure really is.  

Now we've gotten to the point where game companies are being bought out by corrupt heads of state (like Prince Bonesaw) and/or oligarchs (like Larry Ellison, who now owns WB and associated properties like Mortal Kombat and Harry Potter, alongside Prince Bonesaw) by leveraging huge amounds of debt. EA has to make payments of $1.8bn a year to service the $18bn debt that was imposed on them by the PIF after they got bought out.