Westwood (a little more self inflicted but still), Viceral, and Mythic. Honestly Bioware outlived several failures more than most. Mythic got 1 chance. Viceral was making games that sold even if they weren't world beaters and had mostly been critical successes. I wanted a new ME game so bad, but really I am not sure they even should have gotten the chance to announce it.
EAs problem is it needs all the money and they are never ok with smaller budget productions. And seeing how many ips from companies they closed wouldnt make all the money to them closing them is just another day in business.
I am for example thankful to fate that Arenanet that makes guildwars had deal with company who doesnt have such attitude, guildwars makes 100 times less money than lineage and aion yet its still pumping out new expansions. Its because company behind it is fine with lower profits. EA is never fine with lower profits and smaller investments.
Holy shit EA single-handedly killed off all my favourite studios (in the West). BioWare, Maxis, Bullfrog, Origin, and Mythic, those guys made some of the most defining games I ever played.
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u/LostSoulNo1981 8h ago
Fuck EA!