Talk:Electronic Arts

Isn't it a tad too biased ?
Not that I have some long lost love for EA, but the article does paint a very black&white picture, where EA just appears to the big evil Guardian which ruined the all goody Origin - while the actual situation was more complicated than that and some of the issues at Origins were just as much the fault of Origin's own mismanagment as it was the fault of EA's interference.

Ultima IX actually IS a prime exemple of this - EA didn't forced Origin to start from scratch after UO's release and craft a new 3D engine and game, and from a corporate standpoint I can certainly understand that they wanted Ultima IX out of the door after it had been in development for so long. Basically there are more shades of grey there than the article make it sound, and the relationship between Origin and EA was actually quite fruitful for some years before it totally went to hell when they shifted the focus to online after UO's unexpected success (while Ultima fans have a grudge because of U8&9 and for good reasons, you just have to look at the list of quality games Origin released while under EA).

Also it should probably be pointed in the article that had Origin not be sold, to company would most likely have closed after the release of Ultima VII.

I also suggest reading this article from a few years back at the Escapist which summs up the situation and how it evolved pretty well http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_14/87-The-Conquest-of-Origin --Sergorn 19:06, July 28, 2010 (UTC)