Please read the quote in the OP carefully:Dare I risk the ire of the anti-EA brigade, but am I missing something?.
They signed the team with 1.5 million, then cancelled the game, and this nearly killed the company?, how does that work?, was it that he spunked the 1.5 million before they started on the game leaving the team in financial stress?
Not that EA aren't a corporate monster, I am just curious if there is more to this.
This effectively means that they took the 1.5 million in good faith because EA wanted them to make Shift 3. But EA also bared them from any other financial security that is not from EA themselves, which means that they now relied on EA for their future. Then EA just refused to actually fund the development of Shift 3, leaving Slightly Mad floating around because they agreed beforehand to not take any other contracts. Scummy as fuck.Well give you 1.5 million if you agree not to talk to any other publisher, to agree any other games or work on any other arrangement with any other publisher. And well give you 1.5 million and well sign Shift 3
These scummy business tactics apply to all major and even minor companies. They are not you friend.