After BioWare shutdown, co-founder Greg Zeschuk faults executives and the AI approach to making games
What happened
A November 2 report says that after EA shut down BioWare, co-founder Greg Zeschuk criticized game industry executives who have "never made a game from start to finish." He said hiring at random and using AI to replicate great games won't work. Zeschuk does not regret EA's acquisition of BioWare, but he expected a bad outcome once Saudi PIF took over EA, since BioWare's complex, long-cycle games don't fit the "guns, cars, sports" business model. He has no plans to return to games and is most worried about laid-off developers.
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- Hacker News front pageBioWare co-founder: game execs "have never made a game" and don't get it
BioWare 联合创始人 Greg Zeschuk 在 EA 关闭 BioWare 后批评游戏业高管“从没从头到尾做过一款游戏”，认为靠随机招人和 AI 复刻伟大作品行不通。他表示对 EA 收购本身不后悔，但早预感沙特 PIF 入主 EA 后 BioWare 难有好结果，因为其复杂长周期作品不符合“枪车球”商业模式。Zeschuk 称自己无意重返游戏业，最担心的是失业的开发者。
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