Bioware have not been very successful for a very long time.

Even in the good times their ability to create (and hide) black holes was prodigious.

For EA this is modus operandi for a long time. I remember them buying the likes of Bullfrog, Westwood back in the 90s and then shutting them down a few years later.

Bioware hasn't been very successful - creatively or economically - in some time. I loved their heyday more than most, but they're far from what they once were.

EA bought Bioware 19 years ago. Are you saying this was their strategy for two decades?

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