EA buys Bioware and Pandemic Studios

Peanut · 10-11-2007, 04:39 PM

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ea-grabs-tw...mic-309937.php

Yeah, this is really really terrific news. And by terrific, I mean not that great.

EA was starting to work harder with what it had to try and redeem itself and fix it's horrible reputation, following Ubisoft kicking them from the #1 spot in the industry. They were actually trying new things and making their old franchises turn in new directions. Looks like they still couldn't make a decent RPG, though. So now they go and buy up what are arguably two of the very best Western RPG developers?

It'll be interesting to see what they put out with all that EA $$$ behind them, but Jesus. Why do they have to keep doing this? Why can't they just try and do stuff with the internal studios they have? Do they have to keep throwing money at everyone who makes a successful game in order to try and keep up?

I'm sure the Doctors at Bioware aren't too pleased about this.

10-11-2007, 04:39 PM	#1
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	EA buys Bioware and Pandemic Studios http://kotaku.com/gaming/ea-grabs-tw...mic-309937.php Yeah, this is really really terrific news. And by terrific, I mean not that great. EA was starting to work harder with what it had to try and redeem itself and fix it's horrible reputation, following Ubisoft kicking them from the #1 spot in the industry. They were actually trying new things and making their old franchises turn in new directions. Looks like they still couldn't make a decent RPG, though. So now they go and buy up what are arguably two of the very best Western RPG developers? It'll be interesting to see what they put out with all that EA $$$ behind them, but Jesus. Why do they have to keep doing this? Why can't they just try and do stuff with the internal studios they have? Do they have to keep throwing money at everyone who makes a successful game in order to try and keep up? I'm sure the Doctors at Bioware aren't too pleased about this.