| ▲ | everdrive 7 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's the new hot business model. Buy a very successful studio then liquidate it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | IAmNotACellist 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
>Buy a very successful studio then liquidate it. A what now? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | mosura 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bioware have not been very successful for a very long time. Even in the good times their ability to create (and hide) black holes was prodigious. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Crusoe123 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For EA this is modus operandi for a long time. I remember them buying the likes of Bullfrog, Westwood back in the 90s and then shutting them down a few years later. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | HelloMcFly 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bioware hasn't been very successful - creatively or economically - in some time. I loved their heyday more than most, but they're far from what they once were. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | angrydev 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EA bought Bioware 19 years ago. Are you saying this was their strategy for two decades? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | ex-aws-dude 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You could not be more wrong They were purchased decades ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jbmchuck 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nothing new under the sun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||