>>16720456
>Westwood's sudden buyout
Westwood was put up for sale by their publisher Virgin Interactive (who was going bankrupt) and nobody was buying them after the fiasco that was Sole Survivor. They weren't "suddenly" bought by EA, you fucking retard.
>led to an exodus of talent and pushing back projects from 3-4 years
The "exodus" only happened after C&C Renegade failed miserably IN 2002. Westwood was owned by EA since 1998.
Most of the projects Westwood cancelled were failed expensive ideas they came up with on their own.
>EA doesn't give them the manpower
When EA bought them, they gave Westwood a massive fucking studio in Las Vegas AND the ownership of a secondary team in LA, who were the makers of Red Alert 2, so that's false.
>resulted in Bladerunner source code to be lost forever
Westwood shelved that game forever back when they were still owned by Virgin Interactive due to marginal profits anyway.