EA doesn't get to waltz in and get the money, the only ones they consistently got money from was sports video gamers as they had a death grip on the licences. Everything else people are EXTREMELY wary of as they're known to keep fucking up even when they have an easy win in sight.

As for this game, past works don't matter as much anymore, assume so long as it goes through any established studio there is a risk of corruption due to the state of the video game dev scene.