Dragon Age & Mass Effect Series
For anyone who is a fan of the Dragon Age and or Mass Effect series. I myself hear a lot of complaints about Bioware now a days some say its going under. I am staying away from internal business stuf...
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Sadly BioWare repeats the same mistake these last 7 years :
- Sacrificing Mass Effect Andromeda (2017) to develop Anthem (2019) : Game updates and DLC cancelled only 6 months after the launch
- Sacrificing Anthem (2019) to develop Dragon Age The Veilguard (2024) : Anthem 2.0 cancelled in 2021
- Sacrificing Dragon Age The Veilguard (2024) to develop the next Mass Effect game : No DLC planned
Instead of fixing the games and taking responsibility (CD Projekt spent 3 years to fix Cyberpunk 2077), EA preferred to move on, abandoning the millions of loyal players who purchased and liked these games.
On one side they neglect the ones who support them all these years and on the other side they neglect the ones who like their franchises but didn't buy these games.
So I can understand why some players are very angry today.
“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.”
- Ian Fleming, Goldfinger (James Bond, 007)
THIS sums up the issues! Sweeping a game under the rug doesn't remedy the problem.
I wanted - really wanted - to love The Veilguard. I am still trying to do so, but the more I hear from BioWare, the angrier I get.
They have said that our expectations were so high they would never have been able to satisfy them. What a load of crap! That is just making excuses for not caring about what you put (or didn't put) in the game!
My advice to BioWare: Before you "move on to Mass Effect 5," as you stated, you better fix the bull crap you did to The Veilguard if you want your "loyal fans" to even consider buying ME5 when it comes out. I know that if you do not fix The Veilguard, I will not pre-order, nor will I purchase ME5 when released - unless I hear from other gamers later on that it justifies purchasing.
BioWare, you need to own your mistakes and fix them and stop making excuses and abandoning games. Either BioWare or EA, or both, wherever the issues lie.
Remember your written dialogue from Varric to Rook - A good leader isn't someone who never makes mistakes... It's someone who admits they made a mistake when they do!
A thought: If it wasn't for EA having The Sims 4 that keeps on rehashing cheesy expansion packs over and over, I'm curious if EA would even still be around.
The Sims 4 makes several millions of dollar of revenue with FIFA/FC, Madden NFL and Apex Legends.
Dec 20, 2024
2024: Year in Review
EA is unmatched with five of the top 25 HD experiences in the West. This includes EA SPORTS™ FC 25, EA SPORTS™ College Football 25, EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 25, The Sims™ 4 and Apex Legends™ on the Xbox, PlayStation, PC, and Switch platforms.
BioWare is a studio with 2 franchises smaller than games developed by Maxis, CD Projekt and Bethesda :
- DA franchise : over 20 million copies sold since 2009
- ME franchise : over 20 million copies sold since 2007
- The Sims 4 (2014) : over 35 million copies sold before being Free-to-enter in 2022
- Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) : over 30 million copies sold
- The Witcher 3 (2015) : over 50 million copies sold
- Fallout 4 (2015) : over 25 million copies sold
