They just don't make 'em like they used to. At least, that's according to Eidos Montreal founder (and former general manager) Stephane D'Astous, who recently chatted with Thunderpick about the way the direction of the games industry—and the people setting that direction—have changed in the past 15 years.
"The big players 15 years ago are not necessarily big players [now]," said D'Astoud. "There’s new players. 15 years ago Tencent existed but it wasn’t the 800-pound gorilla it is today… If you look at the sovereign fund of Saudi Arabia that has unlimited resources buying up EA, 15 years ago who would have said that EA was on the chopping block to be bought?"
