EA Admits Ruining Talented Developers
Here’s something you didn’t expect to happen: EA admits to buying up talented developers and ruining them afterwards. EA’s CEO John Riccitello spoke to GameLife, to whom he said that EA has made mistakes in the past, mistakes when acquiring Westwood Studios (Command & Conquer), and a whole bunch of other game developers.
“The command and conquer model, doesn’t work. If you think you’re going to buy a developer and put your name on the label… you’re making a profound mistake”
“Creative teams can be thought of as flowers in a hothouse — you move the temperature up or down a few degrees and the flowers will die,”
Let’s see what happens with EA’s $860 million acquisition of BioWare Pandemic.