Because "Dragon Age 4: The Guardian of Shadow" failed, EA reorganized and laid off employees, and now there are less than a hundred people left in the studio.Larian distribution director Michael Douse tweeted accusing EA of the terrible layoffs.

Daws noted that instead of finding effective strategic directions for studios in these dilemmas, EA has adopted the practice of laying off employees before it is determined.This approach has a great impact on employees and cannot solve long-term problems.He stressed that it is very important to retain the core knowledge of the team, and laying off the team will only deepen the problem.

Daws takes "Dragon Age 4" as an example. More than a year before the game was released, EA laid off about 50 employees, including technical directors and screenwriters with more than 20 years of experience.He believes that this practice has hurt the studio's long-term development.

Regarding BioWare's future, EA recently stated that it will continue to support Mass Effect 5, but the adjustment of relevant personnel has begun.Daws expressed concern about this and pointed out in the metaphor of the pirate captain that when a company fails, the responsibilities of the senior management should be considered rather than just laying down the employees at the bottom.He hopes to see gaming companies adopt more reasonable and respectful management strategies.

Daws said: "Radical streamlining (retreatment) did not work. It was purely the cruelest cost reduction. What was wrong was the high-level strategy, but the people who suffered were always the lower-level people. If they were on the pirate ship, they wouldThe captain threw it into the sea. The game company should operate like a pirate ship. "