Re: Welp - I'm out
EA has a long history of spreading itself across the game industry, gorging itself on smaller companies, like some angry binging octopus. Most of those companies were bought up because they had developed a successful game series, with a strong loyal fanbase. Once EA is at the helm, changes are made to the series, in efforts to appeal to "broader audiences". This results in bad sales, which often results in EA closing the company that they bought and then sitting on the IP, preventing anyone else from continuing the series.
This pissed off all fans of said studios/game series and has given EA a reputation of being money making grubholders that destroy smaller successful companies and stifle creativity in an otherwise creative business.
Examples of game studios that were bought up and some of them closed by EA (and list of famous games made by them):
Bullfrog Productions - Known for Populous, Theme Park, Theme Hospital, Syndicate Wars and Dungeon Keeper.
Origin Systems - Known for Wing Commander and the Ultima series.
Westwood Studios - Known for the Command & Conquer series.
Maxis - Known for SimCity and The Sims.
Pandemic Studios - Known for StarWars Battlefront.
And offcourse…
DICE - Known for the Battlefield series.
And this is exactly what is happening now with our beloved franchise battlefield. 2042 is the low point of the series!
This is what makes EA the grinch of gaming…
(source: quora.com)
