feralsaarebas replied to your post “Did you guys read that article? Because holy shit “There are things...”
I'm hearing all about Bioware's shitty work practices which I already kind of had an inkling of, but now all of this extra stuff is coming out and I can't tell if it sounds like Bioware is essentially collapsing/at risk of being dissolved by EA or if they're being forced to work at an almost slave labor rate to keep Anthem up and being disallowed from making any changes the players ask for because EA doesn't want to lose money?
I don't have a definitive answer but Kotaku is in the habit of making articles like this and it doesn't always have to do with studios being dissolved but rather exposing work situations like this. From a cynical point of view, it's about popularity and clicks but I think part of the writer’s intent is making those issues public so a real change will come. That’s why I quoted the part about how devs believe that can only happen if it’s forced because there’s external pressure. And since they're moving on to DA4 and devs feel like the core issue hasn't improved, it's likely they're still working under poor conditions and history will repeat itself.
