Hopefully this serves as a wake-up call to small and mid-sized studios to stop letting themselves be acquired. I get that it must be grueling to be an independ

Hopefully this serves as a wake-up call to small and mid-sized studios to stop letting themselves be acquired. I get that it must be grueling to be an independent studio constantly jumping from one project to the next, worrying that a single misstep could mean people don't get paid. I've read the history of Obsidian studios. But the alternative of not being under someone else's thumb is that it is less likely you are told, "Your team delivered everything we asked for--a stellar game, well-received, and it hit sales targets; but someone upstairs wanted more, so you're all fired."