You make a point...
...but really, this has become only a more recent trend. The effects of EA's purchase on Maxis has been minimal since, it seems, EA knows to leave Maxis well enough alone. However, over time they have dissolved every other studio they have purchased, from Origin to Westwood to Bullfrog.
I love BioWare. Mass Effect was my personal GotY. But odds are that both BioWare and Pandemic are on borrowed time now.
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