Both sides claim victory as a settlement is reached. The consumer class action lawsuit brought by Ultima Online customers and attorney George Schultz against Origin Systems and its parent company Electronic Arts has been settled. George Schultz, the attorney for the plaintiffs and the primary mover in the case, says differently.
Any developer has a right to make a good game or bad game.
We're not getting into whether there should be player killing or not player-killing. What it's about is holding Origin and EA to the promises they made on the box, in their advertising, and the manual. It's about the misrepresentations they've made. Since the resolution of this suit, Schultz has said that the case has improved the game industry and made it more aware of bugs. EA disagreed with that assessment.