Fully expecting this post to get banned but definitely an interesting read. An interview with Christoph Hartmann right before the launch of the game. I think the quote at the end is most telling:
“Eventually, we’ll get judged by our successes,” he says. “I really strongly believe in – and this is similar to the way I built 2K – the holy grail is to have owned IP, internal studios, and you don’t ship things until they’re really ready. Some of the titles I worked on, like BioShock or Borderlands, the love you put into it and the pride you put in to get the titles as right as you can… It’s the same here at Amazon with our internal studios.”
Well, they’re definitely being judged by their success (or lack there of). Can you imagine what kind of game New World would be if they actually did put the kind of love and pride into it that BioShock and Borderlands received?