Yes, that’s how EA makes its money, but EA is a publisher. They do own several development studios however, and yes, they force those studios to make sequels.

But what I said was it’s silly to think a studio — in this case Cryptic — would rehash their formula for one IP into another IP. It’s one thing making a Medal of Honor sequel where the fans *expect* a certain type of game play, otherwise it’s not really MoH is it? It’s another thing to assume Cryptic would take a “let’s just re-skin CoX with Starfleet uniforms and an LCARS UI and we’re good to go!” approach to STO or any other non-CoX IP they acquire.

Also:

“Darren and his commenters immediately implied Cryptic might make STO the same as CoX — a shallow and repetitive grind fest — which I think is unfair to assume any studio would simply rehash their exact same formula with every new IP under their belt.”

Dude…isn’t that how EA makes most of it’s money??