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Anyone who played both Ultima 7 BG and Ultima 7 SI remembers what EA did to Origin.

But why must this destruction take place? I mean, the signs are there for Blizzard. But Red Storm was aquired by Ubisoft and, apart from the release of "The Sum of All Fears", which seemed a little gimmiky and dumbed-down, the studio's still been doing fine work.

Whenever I see the conflict between the producer and the artist, I'm reminded of the beginning of Faust.

MANAGER

Chiefly, enough of incident prepare!
They come to look, and they prefer to stare.
Reel off a host of threads before their faces,
So that they gape in stupid wonder: then
By sheer diffuseness you have won their graces,
And are, at once, most popular of men.
Only by mass you touch the mass; for any
Will finally, himself, his bit select:
Who offers much, brings something unto many,
And each goes home content with the effect,
If you've a piece, why, just in pieces give it:
A hash, a stew, will bring success, believe it!
'Tis easily displayed, and easy to invent.
What use, a Whole compactly to present?
Your hearers pick and pluck, as soon as they receive it!

POET

You do not feel, how such a trade debases;
How ill it suits the Artist, proud and true!
The botching work each fine pretender traces
Is, I perceive, a principle with you.