"What if Larian had shut down after Divine Divinity?": Star Trek Online exec scorns publishers who close teams like BioWare in favour of "AAA veteran" start-ups and AI "magic beans"
Breaking up established game development teams in favour of "AAA veteran" start-ups and "magic bean" technologies is like "setting fire to millions of dollars of property and equipment", in the words of Star Trek Online executive producer Thomas Marrone. He thinks it's "wildly irresponsible and self-sabotaging", and that videogame company shareholders should be absolutely furious about it.…
Star Trek Online executive producer Thomas Marrone has expressed outrage at publishers who close established game development teams in favour of AAA veteran start-ups and AI technologies, likening it to "wildly irresponsible and self-sabotaging" behavior. Marrone's comments come in response to EA's recent closure of BioWare, and he calls on shareholders to be "absolutely furious" about the practice.
He argues that successful teams often learn from their mistakes, and that publishers should either exit the game-making industry or invest their money in funds, rather than destroying established teams.
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