EA - Why They're Eating Up Studios and Killing Games

Опубликовано: 10 Май 2026
на канале: Mark Darrah on Games
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EA has quite a reputation of acquiring studios and then subsequently that studio disappearing.
Is this reputation deserved?
Why is it happening?
How can we stop it?

The reality is that EA doesn't want this to happen anymore than the studio does. So: Dear Exec, I have some thoughts.

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Chapters:
0:00 A Deserved Reputation?
0:55 1 - Organizational Momentum
2:38 One Day...
4:06 A Constant Force
5:17 Exhausting to Resist
6:52 2 - Cultural Infection
9:11 EA Doesn't WANT This
10:57 What to DO (EA Side)
14:26 What to DO (Studio Level)
17:02 The Nuclear Option - Electronic Arts
21:29 We ALL Want the SAME Thing

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