From all I've read, here and elsewhere, 3DO had a damned good development team. It was the management that made some decisions that turned out to be - suboptimal, shall we say. I started to worry about 3DO when I first heard that JvC had been in effect sidelined. Generally speaking, I think it's a bad idea to put single-minded bean-counters in charge of a company which depends on innovation, especially when that innovation relies on scientific research. Their advice is critical, but that's all it should be, advice.