Kamis, 20 September 2012

Analysts Unsure of EAs Situation After the Departure of BioWare Founders


Electronic Arts is going to have a hard time recovering after the departure of Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka, the founders of its most prestigious internal studio, BioWare, at least according to a few games industry analysts that shared their views on the recent change in management.

BioWare founders Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka announced yesterday that they were resigning from the massively successful studio and retiring from the games industry as a whole.

As you can imagine, given BioWare’s successful history and its important role inside of Electronic Arts, this generated a huge amount of rumors.

GamesIndustry has talked with a few analysts who shared their thoughts on the departure of the two veterans and how EA will go on without their leadership.

"Yes, it's a blow to EA," Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said. "The company hasn't created many hugely successful new IPs outside of what we've seen from BioWare and DICE, with Dead Space probably the sole exception. These two were instrumental in creating Mass Effect, Dragon Age and SWTOR, and I think that talent like theirs is hard to find."

RW Baird analyst Colin Sebastian begs to differ and believes that, while their departure will be felt inside BioWare and EA, the two groups have more than enough leaders to take their place.

"It's clearly a loss to EA for these highly respected leaders to retire, but at the same time, BioWare is a large organization now and under the control of EA," he remarked. "As such, don't expect any noticeable impact on projects near-term. That said, EA will need to be proactive in keeping developers happy at BioWare so they resist any temptation to follow Ray and Greg out the door."

BioWare has already revealed some of its future plans alongside the departure of its founders, confirming that it’s working on the recently announced Dragon Age 3: Inquisition, as well as on a new Mass Effect game and a new experience in a whole different universe.

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