Godt nok lukkede EA Visceral Games for ikke så lang tid siden, men kort efter overraskede de ved at købe et nyt studie, nemlig Respawn Entertainment, der har stået bag Titanfall-serien. Aftalen skulle eftersigende være mere end $400 millioner værd, men mange fans har alligevel taget sig til hovedet over at sælge til EA, en udgiver der har det med at lukke studier på stribe.
Men, medstifter, Vince Zampella, mener stadig at handlen er en stor succes for begge parter. Han har sagt følgende til VentureBeat:
"We have worked together a long time from the inception of the studio. It has come up from time to time. I feel like now, where we are in the industry and what we can do. How do we take a next step in making bigger better games? From the Respawn side, it is a no brainer that this will allow us to do something greater."
Desuden lader det til, at Zampella og EA er enige om hele "Games as Service"-modellen:
"We see the need for bigger resources to make bigger games that are at the right level of competitiveness. EA has great knowledge for live services stuff that we are looking at and the game industry is transitioning to that. We can learn a lot from."
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