Guys...don't even bother comparing independent Bioware of the good olden days and Eaware. I was so pissed by the aggressiveness I saw between peers on this forum that I took the time to seriously research the 10K-A of EA last night.
For those of you in the small majority of people who haven't been enlightened polluted by a legal education
, a 10K-A is the mandatory annual fillings, to put it simply, that have to be filed by every listed company falling under the 'jurisdiction' of the Securities and Exchange Commission, when there is a significant change within the company (or it's annual, I can't remember and can't be bothered to check).
And it's ****** depressing.
Every problem - and every 'conspiracy theory' on this forum (I love this concept, soooooo convenient for corporations and other big entities) - can - and should, imho- be explained by, for instance, the legal binding agreements existing between EA and Microsoft, and other things that are too complicated to explain here.
I won't depress you further by translating legalese for you guys. But if any other legal minds is young enough or passionate enough to do so, be my guest.