Don't you see what the problem there is though? The average gamer won't differentiate from BioWare Edmonton or BioWare Vancouver, or Bioware whatever because they all carry the BioWare name. What one of those companies does will affect the others, even if its only in the eye of the consumer
I didn't say they are the same studio though so what are you on about? I said technically Andromeda was their last game because it carried the BioWare name and the average gamer will only see that, they don't care if it was Edmonton, Vancouver or whatever, all they see is BioWare. If they don't inform themselves they would never know
Well a problem would be not every game benefits from that aggressive kind of monetization. Not every game can or should be monetized to the same degree or necessarily have the same expectations put on it, or at least the consequence is an homogenization of game design to the detriment of certain experiences. I believe the gaming space at a big publisher like EA needs variety as well, but they obviously disagree.
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Alright buddy, whatever you say. Go and ask the average gamer who made ME:A and see what replies you get. And stop being so pissy and aggressive for no reason, its not good for you
Definitely, but if you ask some people apparently BioWare's A studio had nothing to do with it...
Those are the covers for Mass Effect Andromeda, nowhere does it say BioWare Montreal, it just says BioWare. You don't tell the consumer this they'll never know the difference
Its fine dude, no worries. I understood your point the entire time, I was just pointing out that the average consumer would lump all the games together just because they carry the BioWare name. Its not right by all means, but it definitely happens a lot of times
Raids? What are you talking about? At launch there was no raid to do, all that much more content was doing strikes and events
That's entirely possible.
How do you possibly reason this? They haven't had a hit in half a decade. They keep dropping bombs and at this point its a kamikaze. Their sister studio got swallowed up for doing the precursor project to this game and had a better reception critically. Anthem is a GaaS these games are expensive as hell to make.. Respawn is KILLING it and has their Star Wars project, just like EA Motive did when they snatched up Bioware Montreal. Way I see it is, this game has until August to get its shit together or history will repeat itself.
I think you'll only have to worry about that if Anthem completely tanks, which we don't know yet. It might sell tons and if Bioware can pump out changes, fixes and additions fast enough and keep the players coming back they should be alright. The problem will come if 6 months from now the player base is dead because I'm not sure how much more leeway EA will be willing to give them after that
DAI sold "BioWare units" which are generally not enough for EA.
I can't see how I could change the terminology when it is your terminology? You said the game is shit which implies there is nothing positive at all and hard lines hyperbole but also you reinforced it by saying that only positive criticism can be had. That is true for echo chambers like Reddit and I agree, though realistically Reddit is just an OT here where most are there to enioy the game and most will ignore criticism in favour of playing the game. Doesn't excuse both sides of criticism but I just don't agree with blanketing a game as just "shit" but hey DLC is free so who cares right? 🙃
Yeah, think it's a given that Anthem will sell very well, but what's up in the air if it can keep up a huge number of concurrent player base.
That's a fiar point, but look at it this way. What incentive does EA have to make BioWare go back to their roots when their development cycles have been rocky for quite some time? Without any guarantees that BioWare is gonna make a certified hit EA just might say fuck it and downsize. Anyway, its all speculation and no-one knows where EA's head is at when it comes to BioWare. We'll find out soon enough I guess, but you can't say for certainty that Dragon Age wouldn't be affected by Andromeda and Anthem, we don't know that
And in the end this will be all that matters tbh, if Anthem can't maintain a player base, selling 5 million copies will probably be meaningless to EA
Interesting, so you think they'll be given a new project? Maybe not outright shuttered, but I think the odds of them becoming a stretch team for other EA studios is high.
you're not doing a good job of parsing the weasel words
was anything of note released by EA in their Q1 FY 2017 (spring 2016)? (i can't find anything.) otherwise, this is not impressive. earning more in a quarter where a big-budget game was released than in the same quarter the year previous when they didn't have any notable release is to be expected. nothing to brag aboutQ1 2018 Electronic Arts Inc Earnings Call said:
that corresponds to about one million digital copies sold. again, not impressive for a game of that budgetQ4 2017 Electronic Arts Inc Earnings Call said:
DA4 could be cancelled - being announced doesn't cement its future.
