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Originally Posted by Shauk
how to sell out in 2008
start game company, make a good game, watch EA and Activision buy you out.
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Who are you referring to selling out?
If it's Bioware or Pandemic they had no say so in this acquisition.
Anyway, back to the OP, after looking at what EA has done to Westwood Studios, Bullfrog, DICE, Origin Systems and their own line of sports games - I am honestly concerned about the future of these two studios.
I can only think of two studios off hand that EA has bought and not seriously hurt, Mythic and Criterion Games. However, I think Mythic has yet to release a game under EA, with Warhammer Online being their first(Anyone know for sure?).
One other thing I'm curious about is how employees will be treated, thanks to the wonders of the interweb, EA has been documented as one of the worst companies in video games to work for while Bioware is considered one of the best. Polar opposites in how they see working on video games.
Ah, well in closing to my rant let's hope France keeps EA's dirty paws off of Ubisoft or we might be seeing EA Bioware, EA Pandemic and EA Ubisoft.
Edit: Interesting article on the purchase.
EA Buys BioWare: Insider Views