A while back, I said that one of the first signs of imminent destruction of a company by EA was when quality of product started to decline after said company's acquisition by EA.
Here is another sign: when top people start leaving for greener(?) pastures. Granted, this isn't quite as big as, say, Richard Garriott leaving Origin or Will Wright leaving Maxis or Peter Molyneux leaving Bullfrog, but still... it's probably just the beginning. (BioWare's equivalent to Garriott, Wright or Molyneux leaving would be if/when Ray Muzyka or Greg Zeschuk leave the company. [EDIT] Hey, look, I can apparently predict the future. [/EDIT])
Also, totally unrelated to the above, but here is another reason EA sucks. I don't play multiplayer games (and if I did, it most likely wouldn't be the ones in that list), but I'd guess that this sucks for anyone who does and may have still wanted to play those.
Here is another sign: when top people start leaving for greener(?) pastures. Granted, this isn't quite as big as, say, Richard Garriott leaving Origin or Will Wright leaving Maxis or Peter Molyneux leaving Bullfrog, but still... it's probably just the beginning. (BioWare's equivalent to Garriott, Wright or Molyneux leaving would be if/when Ray Muzyka or Greg Zeschuk leave the company. [EDIT] Hey, look, I can apparently predict the future. [/EDIT])
Also, totally unrelated to the above, but here is another reason EA sucks. I don't play multiplayer games (and if I did, it most likely wouldn't be the ones in that list), but I'd guess that this sucks for anyone who does and may have still wanted to play those.