Mass Effect hiatus speculation and reactions (consolidated thread)

I'll take Brandon Sanderson over George R R Martin in that case.  Martin's idea of "good things happening" to the decent figures that keep on fighting is a quick death.

And there were plenty of people who spoke quite eloquently about what happened, here and elsewhere.  I'm also probably not as young as you think 

I just saw the news on this and I was surprised by this. I actually saw it through this article. I had no idea that EA was expecting it to move 3 million copies in its first week, that seems a little crazy.

us.blastingnews.com/tech/2017/05/ea-put-mass-effect-series-on-hiatus-001691571.html

I also read IGN's article and a few others and they all say it is from Kotaku's sources. Does anyone know if they have a track record of being right on this kind of stuff? Also wonder what this means for ME:A DLC. It said the staff at Montreal work on patching and support multiplayer but nothing about DLC.

No.  I'm saying many people who've had positive influences on society in terms of race relations and equality, would likely labeled SJW's if they were around today.  I'm saying the whole SJW labeling thing is dumb and over-played.

I wish people would just get over it already and stop labeling everything and everyone a SJW.

It's like "SJW" is some kind of scapegoat boogeyman that people call out to whenever they disagree with something.  It's stupid.

Shoot it.

Bioware isn't going to come out and say "hiatus" because they want people to keep buying the game and sinking money into multiplayer.

Just read the Bioware quote in the Kotaku article - it's the definition of "hiatus" delivered by a corporate mouthpiece so as to not impact sales.

I just saw the news on this and I was surprised by this. I actually saw it through this article. I had no idea that EA was expecting it to move 3 million copies in its first week, that seems a little crazy.

us.blastingnews.com/tech/2017/05/ea-put-mass-effect-series-on-hiatus-001691571.html

I also read IGN's article and a few others and they all say it is from Kotaku's sources. Does anyone know if they have a track record of being right on this kind of stuff? Also wonder what this means for ME:A DLC. It said the staff at Montreal work on patching and support multiplayer but nothing about DLC.

So much this^

Anything someone doesn't agree with on the internet these days is labeled SJW propaganda. The irony is: I seldom see actual SJW's...but I see tons of people complaining about them.

I'll be happy when people find a new buzzword/target. Seeing SJW all over the place is annoying af.

And while we're on the subject...what's a SJW anyway? Is it anyone who pushes for inclusion and equality? If that's the case, then some of the best and most positively influential people in history have been SJW's (Ghandi, MLK, fucking Jesus, etc). The entire civil rights movement was based on social justice. So was women's lib and the emancipation proclamation.

Hating on social justice just makes a person look like an uneducated Neanderthal.

Back on topic: wtf does Peebee's design have to do with social justice anyway? I'm pretty sure her appearance and personality are results of her creator's preferences...not some kind of social justice propaganda.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice_warrior

"Social justice warrior" (commonly abbreviated SJW) is a pejorative term for an individual promoting socially progressive views, including feminism, civil rights, multiculturalism, and identity politics. The accusation of being an SJW carries implications of pursuing personal validation rather than any deep-seated conviction, and being engaged in disingenuous social justice arguments or activism to raise personal reputation, also known as virtue signalling."