{"id":1614061,"date":"2026-06-22T17:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6gXkoDMYKd6Nm2qJT5Qidk"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:46:25","slug":"eidos-montreal-founder-says-modern-execs-are-driven-more-by-spreadsheets-than-passion-for-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/eidos-montreal-founder-says-modern-execs-are-driven-more-by-spreadsheets-than-passion-for-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Eidos Montreal founder says modern execs are driven more by spreadsheets than passion for games"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>They just don&#8217;t make &#8217;em like they used to. At least, that&#8217;s according to Eidos Montreal founder (and former general manager) Stephane D&#8217;Astous, who recently chatted with <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderpick.io\/blog\/stephane-dastous-exclusive-with-thunderpick\" target=\"_blank\">Thunderpick<\/a> about the way the direction of the games industry\u2014and the people setting that direction\u2014have changed in the past 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The big players 15 years ago are not necessarily big players [now],&#8221; said D&#8217;Astoud. &#8220;There\u2019s new players. 15 years ago Tencent existed but it wasn\u2019t the 800-pound gorilla it is today\u2026 If you look at the sovereign fund of Saudi Arabia that has unlimited resources buying up EA, 15 years ago who would have said that EA was on the chopping block to be bought?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The scale of the companies involved in gaming in 2026\u2014and the size of their pocketbooks\u2014means the vibe has shifted decisively. &#8220;The people with the money and the decision power are much fewer, and their pockets are much deeper\u2026 they don\u2019t have the same DNA of the decision maker 15 years ago; it\u2019s much more Excel than passion-driven.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which might sound a little rosey-hued\u2014it&#8217;s not like there was a time where videogame development was some sort of commune\u2014but as we look back on too-many years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/epic-devs-discuss-the-shock-of-mass-layoffs-we-only-had-a-slight-hint-that-the-company-revenue-wasnt-doing-well\/\">swingeing layoffs<\/a>, ruthless and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/bluepoint-games-sonys-famed-remaster-studio-is-being-closed-as-the-fallout-from-playstations-disastrous-pivot-to-live-service-continues\/\">boneheaded corporate decisions<\/a>, and various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/embracer-ceo-who-oversaw-the-staggering-usd2b-blunder-that-led-to-studio-closures-and-layoffs-is-now-set-to-become-its-executive-chair-focusing-on-mergers-and-acquisitions-and-capital-allocation\/\">golden parachutes<\/a>, it&#8217;s hard to deny that things do feel markedly <em>worse<\/em> than they did back in D&#8217;Astous&#8217; heyday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"kwizly-quiz kwizly-ORV41O\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/kwizly.com\/embed\/ORV41O.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>D&#8217;Astous puts some of the blame for it on the Covid-19 money spigot: &#8220;Thousands of projects were given money during Covid,&#8221; said D&#8217;Astous. &#8220;When I saw some of those\u2026 I said, &#8216;That idea was funded? Oh my god, this is bad news&#8217;&#8230; We\u2019ll see the end results of that bad decision of this investment [a few years from now].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As company scale has increased, so have executive expectations. D&#8217;Astous says he&#8217;s been asked to make a &#8220;Witcher 3-like game with a limited budget in less than four years with a new team&#8221; multiple times, such are the baffling and unrealistic expectations of the people at the purse-strings.<\/p>\n<p>Does that look set to change any time soon? It doesn&#8217;t feel like it. Videogame companies are more desperate to amp up their revenues than they have been for some time. That&#8217;s not the kind of atmosphere that&#8217;s conducive to risk-taking and &#8220;passion-driven&#8221; game development, or at least certainly not in the traditional studio system where D&#8217;Astous cut his teeth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"bcbc3276-36a8-4551-822a-23faac7ed3a6\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eidos-montreal-founder-says-modern-execs-are-driven-more-by-spreadsheets-than-passion-for-games.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"bcbc3276-36a8-4551-822a-23faac7ed3a6\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/eidos-montreal-founder-says-modern-execs-are-driven-more-by-spreadsheets-than-passion-for-games\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They just don&#8217;t make &#8217;em like they used to. At least, that&#8217;s according to Eidos Montreal founder (and former general manager) Stephane D&#8217;Astous, who recently chatted with Thunderpick about the way the direction of the games industry\u2014and the people setting that direction\u2014have changed in the past 15 years. &#8220;The big players 15 years ago are not necessarily big players [now],&#8221; said D&#8217;Astoud. &#8220;There\u2019s new players. 15 years ago Tencent existed but it wasn\u2019t the 800-pound gorilla it is today\u2026 If you look at the sovereign fund of Saudi Arabia that has unlimited resources buying up EA, 15 years ago who would have said that EA was on the chopping block to be bought?&#8221; The scale of the companies involved in gaming in 2026\u2014and the size&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/eidos-montreal-founder-says-modern-execs-are-driven-more-by-spreadsheets-than-passion-for-games\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1614062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1614061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eidos Montreal founder says modern execs are driven more by spreadsheets than passion for games | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"They just don&#039;t make &#039;em like they used to. 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