Who's accountable for the Mass Effect series being put on Hiatus?

I thought everything we don't agree with is because of GamerGaters? 

Can I blame Mac Walters?

I'm gonna blame Mac Walters.

🤦‍♂️ Every game since early 2000 has similar issues. It is very common that patches will fix issues but also create or bring others to light and it is not a simple thing to test as it would require playing through the entire game for each patch.

But 50 years ago you didn't have mega-corportations focus testing the shit out of stories or art. Well...not as much.

I say tough vocal fans are a result of corporations trying too hard for that extra buck. Instead of doing a few things great, products(games) try to do too many things, resulting in too many things that are just mediocre. That's Andromeda. Mediocre. 

It's a sawed-off.  What's the bid deal?

I mean seriously, why is "Test all default keybindings on new and existing games" not on their regression list?

🤦‍♂️ My point is that since games went online and patchable this is common.
Patches can cause other issues then and now.

I know exactly what your point is and I'm well aware bugs are normal and unavoidable, I even know patching can cause coding to break and result in more bugs.

my point was bugs from 17+ years(doesn't even need to be 17 years, I'd make the case for previous games in just a few years time) ago shouldn't be cropping up when devs have better technology and previous experience with said bugs (such as the banter bug, kudos for them fixing it in a much faster manner this time). My other point was what was an issue then still shouldn't be acceptable now, it being an issue with other games means nothing to me as this game isn't those other games people reference to. Kind of why I repeat myself on saying "will 2025 games be given a pass just cause 2010 game has the same issue?" Devs won't be actively trying to remove bugs or even prevent them if that's the mindset people will carry with them, instead the trend of launching buggy games will just continue. Honestly, those early 2000s games play much nicer than these newer ones when it comes to bugs, probably because people didn't have to rely on patches at the time cuz devs tried launching games in a fit state

I agree with you as I've played games like that I just don't think this is one of them.

In an ideal world yes. In reality we have WannaCry.

Well it's a "Get what was advertised" thing. If you pay money knowing ahead of time, that it's a beta and is going to be bug riddled, and are okay with it anyway, that's good on you. But paying for what's supposed to be a finished game, but is really a late-beta, stinks of bait-and-switch.

Beta testers also generally get extras for beta testing the game (other than getting to play early), such as extra items or extra story or a character named after them, or some such.

I actually did that for GalCiv 3.  I paid a bit extra, got early access, all future dlc and a star named whatever I want (within reason).