Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-25546049-20150620230906/@comment-24275721-20150622051827

Ballistic Planet wrote: Uh, I'm pretty sure EA just publishes it, PopCap is in charge of most if not all ingame design.

EDIT: And for anyone saying that Popcap is still the holy game design company it once was, or was corrupted by EA, you need to open your blind eyes.

Since EA publishes it, they hold bout 90% of PopCap's IP as their own. Whatever PopCap does in the game, they have to agree to the policies of EA that the game will in no way, undergo any changes without their consent. If a company publishes a game, they have more control over that game (even more than that of the developing studio).

Also, the main reason for everybody's hate against EA develops from the fact that EA had purchased a lot of game companies and their games in the past but had ruined them by coming with bad ideas which in turn resulted in the game franchise to die out.