YoVG # 403 Doomed Genres (For 3rd Parties)
Bioware is on the chopping block if Dragon Age doesn't do well. It seems like a lot of third parties face oblivion when a single game isn't an over the top success, much less a failure. Are there certain genres that have become doomed for third party devs? A first party can pump out a triple AAA block buster single player game and if it is middling at best, that developer will probably get another shot. But if you're owned by EA? You might be in a soup line the next quarter.
*** I realize I misspoke later in the episode, when talking about THQ Nordic games I'd like to see - I say I'd like to…
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