Will EA and Bioware actually use MEA as a learning lesson?

They already decided before MEA's release, all the eggs go into the Anthem basket, and the only lessons they will learn are the ones that make them the most $$$s possible.

Probably not. Corporations are terrible at learning. They are not set up to be "learning organizations" as the current buzzword has it.

They have an advantage that they have two galaxies to choose from. Thus, they have a plethora of stories to choose from both galaxies. The problem: finding the right one. I think they will because this time it hurt their bottom line. That being said, I wonder if will get sequel (which I would prefer to Andromeda specifically) or a remaster. I think the latter is more likely at this point, because they expressed in doing so a while ago--before MEA was coming out

Yeah, I think a remaster of the MET including all DLC will be the best route they can take ar this point to restore the brand.

Imagine ME1 with ME3 style combat. And multiplayer for ME1/ME2.

I think there's a gross overestimation of how much good a remaster would really do for EA/BioWare's brand image. I mean, it's just the old games, all dug-up and spit-polished. Sure, new players who haven't played this and don't have an old system (and don't game on PC) can be introduced to it, but it's still 5+ years old. 

GM: replaced
Studio Montreal: dissolved

The corp might have "learned" in their own context.

They still carry mistakes from the OT and the previous DA games, they have to WANT to learn from them before they actually do. Animations have always been "so-so", Andromeda just took them to a new level, they've never been great story tellers to me, they're merely serviceable at best. They're bread and butter is the characters and has always been that and they're just distancing themselves from that with the open world push and action focus while dumbing down on the RPG elements. People say the old bioware pre ME/DA are no more, I'd say the bioware pre ME3 is no more. Their focus is nothing alike to what they used to do and it's slowly but surly killing off my interest in their games.

Drop open world for DA, I can understand it for ME with the exploration focus but ultimately they suck at making a good open world esq game so it's near 50/50 for me on whether they should drop it for ME too. Get away from the combat/action focus, they're just taking away the RPG focus I liked and putting in something gears of war does 50x better. Get back into good characters that don't contradict themselves or go vs their very own design..... 😑

Also bring back official forums, cause I won't believe they really care on feedback till that happens. Twitter is a very poor way to communicate and I WILL mock them for it. Waypoint has 50x the users slinging shit around yet 343 doesn't get upset over it, bioware had it very easy if fans yelling and screaming at them was why they closed shop.

People say fans are hating just to hate, but I'm sorry, they've built a track record from me. 1.the forums is the biggest. 2.ive never liked their change of direction since DA2 and ME2. 3.ever since ME3 everything has always been "the fans fault" they refuse to take accountability for themselves and they evaded various scenarios with the fans. 4. Granted I never cared about it since my interest was lost, but I'm pissed bioware never did give any DLC for Andromeda good or bad. You hinted it various times, you led people on and 5 months later you pull the plug and abandoned those who liked it and was expecting DLC. There was no loyalty to the fans from my perspective on this. So what happens with future titles? Should we expect the same from them? The trust between fanbase and developer is hanging ever so slightly by a thread.

I used to brag about how good these guys were, I can't do that anymore. This should say I doubt they'll learn from Andromeda cause they haven't even learned from mistakes before Andromeda was even a thing.

What EA says publicly and what they learned from MEA's disaster development and reception are two different things.

The lesson they learned is probably not at all what we think or hope. If Anthem is successful, they might decide to ditch single player RPGs because they are too expensive and risky, and Bioware will be turned into a full blown multiplayer developer. If Anthem fails, Bioware might get shut down. So I'm not sure what I wish to happen.

I guess I'll hope for DA4 to deliver something that a lot of people enjoy so that EA sees that story driven RPG can be profitable. After W3 this is going to be difficult though if they stick to open world without drastically improving it.

MEA by itself probably has little impact. They already dissolved the studio. Their A team is still there, unconnected to the drama. Anthem will decide the future of Bioware, I think. Especially since it's not being developed by Austin but by the storytellers at Edmonton.
I guess in a sense Anthem and DA4 will compete for the future. MP or SP. Which one will be more successful?

Im team DA4.

Is it wrong for me to hope Anthem fails?

First of all - I personally would not like to see a remaster. I played the OT to death, and I would like to see it stay it that way. I need some new horizons, and not an rehearsal of that old stuff. In other words, I am not going to buy a remaster and do that ancient stuff all over again for the umpteenth time. I guess I am far from the only one, so it would be a big financial risk to do such a remaster. I think it would not sell very well, and we know what happens then.

Anthem is nice and all, but it's most likely multiplayer with a tiny bit (maybe) single player (and probably tons of micro transactions). I do not really know if I want to see that successful, because chances are big that the whole MP stuff will be set in stone for all upcoming titles.

As far as I know DA4 is still in development, but I don't know if this game is going to be developed as MP game or SP game. If Anthem is successful as a MP game, I am afraid DA4 could very well turned out to be an MP (or even worse, an MMO). We have seen that happening with other titles as well (think Unreal, and more recent Skyrim). I really hope I am wrong here, but I have a nasty sinking feeling I am on the right track.

Yeah, DA4 is definitely the horse I'm rooting for. As for Anthem failing, I'm not sure how to feel. I don't want multiplayer to be BioWare's future, but I don't want them to make games that are largely considered bad either. In order for Anthem to fail, it'll probably have to be terrible. I want BioWare to be able to keep making a healthy profit in the faint hope that they'll still produce the SP-centric games I prefer alongside stuff like this. 

You have to keep in mind that audiences may overlap, but Anthem is basically geared at a different audience. They have to convince them, not the likes of me. I have zero interest in a glorified MMO. I have neither the time nor the inclination to do online gaming.