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[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children) Wasn't that BioWare? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA owns BioWare, and has since 2007. Dragon Age came out in 2009. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Jarix@lemmy.world -8 points 2 days ago (3 children) Still was developed by BioWare and not EA. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 child) That's how these big companies work, they have multiple studios working on multiple games. You still expect the subsidiaries to mostly mirror the top end. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago EA will just shut down a studio if they don't like what they are doing. BioWare is mostly responsible for dragon age. EA helped but not with the original game. My brother worked on that game for months, EA was basically the distributor permalink fedilink source parent [–] forbiddencherry@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA hasn't written its games even going back to the MS-DOS era. It's just a publisher. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago Yes they do, they also own a bajiliiian franchises going back decades that are sitting in the scrap heap. But don't pretend they don't do their own products ever or never have. I've actually been inside one the studios on multiple occasions m permalink fedilink source parent [–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA has always employed warming kettle strategy. Buy an awesome and beloved independent studio, let them just keep doing awesome stuff, and then go "well, looks like you're not keeping up with our growth targets, guys, guess we need to keep a closer eye on how you're doing." And again. And again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago Sounds accurate permalink fedilink source parent [–] kugmo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago Published by EA, they'll allow anything that makes their investors happy and they push for that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA owns BioWare, and has since 2007. Dragon Age came out in 2009. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Jarix@lemmy.world -8 points 2 days ago (3 children) Still was developed by BioWare and not EA. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 child) That's how these big companies work, they have multiple studios working on multiple games. You still expect the subsidiaries to mostly mirror the top end. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago EA will just shut down a studio if they don't like what they are doing. BioWare is mostly responsible for dragon age. EA helped but not with the original game. My brother worked on that game for months, EA was basically the distributor permalink fedilink source parent [–] forbiddencherry@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA hasn't written its games even going back to the MS-DOS era. It's just a publisher. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago Yes they do, they also own a bajiliiian franchises going back decades that are sitting in the scrap heap. But don't pretend they don't do their own products ever or never have. I've actually been inside one the studios on multiple occasions m permalink fedilink source parent [–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA has always employed warming kettle strategy. Buy an awesome and beloved independent studio, let them just keep doing awesome stuff, and then go "well, looks like you're not keeping up with our growth targets, guys, guess we need to keep a closer eye on how you're doing." And again. And again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago Sounds accurate permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Jarix@lemmy.world -8 points 2 days ago (3 children) Still was developed by BioWare and not EA. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 child) That's how these big companies work, they have multiple studios working on multiple games. You still expect the subsidiaries to mostly mirror the top end. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago EA will just shut down a studio if they don't like what they are doing. BioWare is mostly responsible for dragon age. EA helped but not with the original game. My brother worked on that game for months, EA was basically the distributor permalink fedilink source parent [–] forbiddencherry@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA hasn't written its games even going back to the MS-DOS era. It's just a publisher. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago Yes they do, they also own a bajiliiian franchises going back decades that are sitting in the scrap heap. But don't pretend they don't do their own products ever or never have. I've actually been inside one the studios on multiple occasions m permalink fedilink source parent [–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA has always employed warming kettle strategy. Buy an awesome and beloved independent studio, let them just keep doing awesome stuff, and then go "well, looks like you're not keeping up with our growth targets, guys, guess we need to keep a closer eye on how you're doing." And again. And again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago Sounds accurate permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago (1 child) That's how these big companies work, they have multiple studios working on multiple games. You still expect the subsidiaries to mostly mirror the top end. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago EA will just shut down a studio if they don't like what they are doing. BioWare is mostly responsible for dragon age. EA helped but not with the original game. My brother worked on that game for months, EA was basically the distributor permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago EA will just shut down a studio if they don't like what they are doing. BioWare is mostly responsible for dragon age. EA helped but not with the original game. My brother worked on that game for months, EA was basically the distributor permalink fedilink source parent
[–] forbiddencherry@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA hasn't written its games even going back to the MS-DOS era. It's just a publisher. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago Yes they do, they also own a bajiliiian franchises going back decades that are sitting in the scrap heap. But don't pretend they don't do their own products ever or never have. I've actually been inside one the studios on multiple occasions m permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago Yes they do, they also own a bajiliiian franchises going back decades that are sitting in the scrap heap. But don't pretend they don't do their own products ever or never have. I've actually been inside one the studios on multiple occasions m permalink fedilink source parent
[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 child) EA has always employed warming kettle strategy. Buy an awesome and beloved independent studio, let them just keep doing awesome stuff, and then go "well, looks like you're not keeping up with our growth targets, guys, guess we need to keep a closer eye on how you're doing." And again. And again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago Sounds accurate permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kugmo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago Published by EA, they'll allow anything that makes their investors happy and they push for that. permalink fedilink source parent