Forum:Development studio notability

Looking at the Maxis article, I've noticed that every studio that's developed a release for the series has been listed there, two of which aren't even subsidiaries of Maxis - Playfish and EA Black Box, the latter of whom were closed down earlier this year and were never a subsidiary of Maxis, so I'm not sure where that theory is coming from.

Also, I've noticed that titles developed by The Sims Studio have had their studio renamed to "Maxis Redwood" on the game articles. While it's known that The Sims Studio is part of the EA Maxis label, I can't find any source to give an actual new name for the studio (aside from a Maxis studio being based in Redwood Shores).

What I'd like to discuss is how we should treat development studios involved with the series outside of the Maxis brand in terms of notability, as in whether external studios like Playfish and Black Box should be given their own independent articles or not, and how we should handle the developer listing on the game articles, as in should they keep their initial developer name of The Sims Studio or not.

The Maxis article is currently in a bit of a mess and gives off some misinformation regarding this issue, so hopefully the outcome of this forum would allow us to remedy that. 23:40, August 5, 2013 (UTC)