I wonder..
Does HB have the talent and know how (or perhaps they could hire for it) to take over the source code of Rory and work on building the next version of an EA game, perhaps for next gen consoles, which are due at the end of this year I believe, right?
I wonder..
Does HB have the talent and know how (or perhaps they could hire for it) to take over the source code of Rory and work on building the next version of an EA game, perhaps for next gen consoles, which are due at the end of this year I believe, right?
I'm not sure HB Studios could take over the source code of Rory and go from there. I think the reason they went with Unity for TGC was because it's cheap, and they didn't have a big development budget initially (not that they have one now). An EA contract with HBS would likely mean the end to user developed courses, I would image. I'm not sure how that would go over with the golf gaming public, who've now come to expect that.
I don't have anything to hang my hat on with this though, as a venture like this is out of my experience. It'll be fascinating to watch if something like this develops between EA and HBS.