@boilingsteam I get what you mean, to be honest I should have said "many" rather than "most".

I still remember when EA published Deluxe Paint on the Amiga.

Microprose was another "large" dev house for comparison with Origin, and so were Lucas Arts and Sierra.

Most of Doom and Doom clones of the 90's were indies, and so were many revolutionary titles from that era including early Maxis titles. Also most games from the 8 bit era were made by one or two guys in their bedrooms but published by a large publisher who sometimes provided support with better music and art to try to increase sales.