I can’t say for sure, but this sounds like maybe they are starting to get the idea that running developers liked crazed gerbils on crack isn’t the best way:
"We were torturing a very talented group of people up in Vancouver, which makes it harder to be as innovative every year. So, I think we are going to get better from here.
"I’m confident that Undercover is a much better game than Pro Street, and I expect that from this point forward they will do a lot better."
So they split up the team, added more people and made the development cycle longer. EA who? Were I an EA developer though I might be a bit worried about the second statement, but hopefully all goes well.
What Would Matt Do: If this keeps up, I’m going to have to cross them off my Idiots Forever™ list. That will just leave Sony on there. We wouldn’t want them to get lonely, right?