r/videogames • u/Dhenn004 • 8h ago

News / Trailers / Articles Bioware is dead

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u/TheSqueeman 8h ago

EA just made it very fucking easy to never buy one of their games again, no skin off of my nose, they ain’t gonna get a single penny from me again

Simplest gaming choice out there

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u/saxonturner 8h ago

BioWare enjoyed more freedom to make their games than any other EA studio, them closing is on BioWare, not EA. Just look at the last games they have released.

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u/Thestral84 8h ago

No, them closing is on the vultures in Saudi Arabia and the Kushners.

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u/na1led_1t 8h ago

If you owned EA wouldn't you close the studio whos last good game was DA:Inquisition in 2014? Especially after they were given the opportunity to follow it up 12 years later and fell short, I don't like EA anymore than the next guy but this was the correct thing to do.

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u/Thestral84 7h ago

No, it wasn't. Not because of any quality or lack thereof by Bioware specifically. EA was saddled with an absurd $18 billion debt that they never incurred, but was put on them by private equity scum. I've hated EA for 20 years now, but any decision as a result of this kind of absurd buyout clause should be opposed. It's one of the very worst parts of private venture capitalism and anything that comes out of it is wrong.

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u/ArdenWaterhoselicker 4h ago

You're arguing with emotionally and mentally stunted Redditors™. There's no winning, save your energy for something better.

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u/saxonturner 4h ago

BioWare haven’t delivered a passable game since Inquisition, that was 2014, 12 years of shit and you blame the people that have been in charge for only a year?

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u/UtkuOfficial 3h ago

Don't you know? Video game developers deserve infinite paydays even if they make pure shit for a decade.

Look at how much hate Xbox got for shutting down Ninja Theory when the devs made 1 game in a decade that sold like 10k copies.