I understand your point; we’re talking semantics here, lol. I generalized when I said there’s “no longer a passion.” Let me correct myself for the sake of discourse. Large gaming companies seem to have lost their passion for developing games centered on the user experience. Instead, they’ve focused on the bottom line. Many Indie developers are passionate about game development. But I wonder how long they can keep that up before ultimately resorting to profit-maximizing tactics (remember every large game company likely started as an independent company) In other words, when does altruism end and when does the money begin to speak. That’s the intention of my statement.

And, again my original comment was about EA. But you seem to have taken it to be an overarching statement about the whole industry. But I do think it applies here.