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there are many more risks that simply bad sales –
– risk of being critically panned & damaging the brand
– numerous development risks (technical, artistic & production)
– risk of losing the license
– risk of competitor features or production values outpacing yours
…and many more.
I do take your point, Omega’s Dust – but the risks are still there regardless of whether you are EA or not. They have investors to answer to like the rest of us.
I hate being the one defending EA so vigorously, but while I condemn them for their lack of risk-taking I envy their share of their market… They have inhabited a niche and exploited it to the full – it just so happens that their ‘niche’ is mainstream… ho hum