Re: Why was the UI such a big issue for the devs? UI over budget?
@RayD_O1 Sunk-cost fallacy. EA has invested too much into the engine to admit that maybe further investment isn't a good idea.
I think it's no mistake that their most successful games outside of sports titles (carried by brands and the genre itself) and Sims are all largely coming out of Respawn...who are specifically not using Frostbite for any of their games, but instead Source and Unreal Engine. That or maybe Respawn are just a better run studio with more competent developers, but I don't think that's a comparison that's fair to the in-the-trenches devs at DICE.
I think it's no mistake that their most successful games outside of sports titles (carried by brands and the genre itself) and Sims are all largely coming out of Respawn...who are specifically not using Frostbite for any of their games, but instead Source and Unreal Engine. That or maybe Respawn are just a better run studio with more competent developers, but I don't think that's a comparison that's fair to the in-the-trenches devs at DICE.
