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[–] 39 points 1 year ago (1 child)

To be fair, Bioware has been on the chopping block for some time. I imagine even without going private EA would've gutted Bioware if Mass Effect 4 wasn't a massive success. In my mind the possibility of Bioware getting shuttered has risen only marginally because that possibility was already high to begin with.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Yeah BioWare has felt like a kind of zombie studio to me for a while. They managed to coast along on Mass Effect/Dragon Age momentum for like a decade or so, but I can't remember the last time they had a big hit game.

    Plus those type of games are the ones that take quite a lot of time and resources to do well, so I can't see that fitting in well with EA's new "generate endless AI slop until we pay off our debts" business model.

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