What was the major fault EA and Bioware made with Mass Effect Andromeda as I see it

Last quarter of their fiscal year, it ended 3/31/2017.  They had it in their budget for 2017, and pushed it back far enough to where they could still get the pre-order and first week's sales revenue in during the quarter.  But I figure hell or high water it was coming out during last fiscal year.

EA does that so they can get their microtransactions for people dumb enough to play multiplayer which is the only thing they seem to be supporting and adding to right now. because it makes them more money

You'll find I myself think the game severely under delivered, but the name is a non issue nor am I holding andromeda to the OTs standards. It's a new series so ME1-3 is irrelevant at this point.

Nah, this game was going to catch shit no matter what was done. If people weren't pissed off because of the ME3 ending they were going to be pissed off because there was no Shepard...and that's just hitting two of the highlights why people were going to be po'd no matter what. Same thing happened in DA:I.

This is why it's just as important for people who enjoyed the game to let the dev's know they, you know, enjoyed it.

That is dumb logic. People's expectations for this were low because of ME3. If this had been in anyway good it would have been considered a pleasant surprise that washed away much of the sourness left by ME3.

The bar was low and they failed to jump it.

Agreed. Constructive criticism is just as important, but not the incessant whinging that seems to be the go to for so many.

Yes you are correct. as the old saying goes you can not please all the people all the time. 

With that said, just because I think this game is a bug ridden, puke of a story, has crappy characters, with tons of graphics/audio glitches does not mean I am just saying it to be a troll or some crying bitch, it is what I believe and I have as much right to state my opinion as some one who sees it differently.  Just in case you haven't noticed, it is a LOT more than just "some people" 

And your opinion is valid. It just ain't the only one. There's also a LOT more than "some people" who love this game.

Sounds like a draw.

The lack of polish I thought was implied as it's so glaring you would have to be blind not to notice it and yes I know Bioware games always come at least a little unpolished. But this game shipped in an early Beta like state. still, works like a mid-beta game.   I also thought to redo all the Mass effect assets in Frostbite was what led to the time crunch. would have ben easier and much quicker to just upgrade to Unreal 4 and port assets from MA1-3. But that was brought on by EA's Mandate to have all game studios use Frostbite as they don't want to pay royalty fees to Epic and other game engine devs. Although they still use Hero Engine on SWTOR. I would not be surprised if the conversion to Frostbyte took up most of the development cycle.  More planets would help also going and looking back the main story arc was pretty short. Most of the time playing goes towards the rally stupid side stuff has no natural flow to it and you have to go out of your way to do some of those. Other MA games the side quests were at least in route with other quests. In this game, everything just stacks up on a to-do list and at some point, you just start to ignore it.  Lack of wildlife is also surprising. Not all the wildlife has to want to kill you aswell

There are a lot of people harping on about some shifting around of tasks and people. They are assuming this indicates it is the end of MEA series and even no future DLC. My gods, if people had the slightest clue about how businesses are run, they would probably understand that this falls more in line with:

1. The major push for the game is done and they are now in the DLC part of it which is usually reused assets. You don't need a huge staff for that.
2. They might have decided since the reception was more frosty than they wanted  that this team didn't do the job they hoped or expected so changing things up to recreate some of that superior magic is a smart move.  Would people rather they show no signs of change? People would bitch about that too. But in this case, it might be a sign that they consider the reviews, the sales, the feedback and with a critical eye they look at all that and decide to make some changes.
3. Or it could none of that. It could be what they do when a game is finally released. It could be anything. 

Point is, I would not take what some BW hater blogs as some kind of fact about what is really happening. 

This game is far from dead. This series is far from dead. Despite some of the negative reviews, it still didn't do as poorly as it could have. And for a business who  sees  potential cash cows everywhere, they aren't going to give up on this one if they have half a lick of sense. Certainly not  when the bulk of the work is done having moved  it to frostbite and redone it for newest consoles. It would have to have failed in an monumental way. It can always come back from where it is because where it is, despite some of the naysayers, is not that bad of a place. Ironically, the failings of this game create great potential for the next in terms of unexplored story lines and evolving characters. There is a lot of potential. I wouldn't write it off yet. I'm sure the haters want to but most of us that like the game want to see it do well and want to see improvements made. I think they will be. I sure wouldn't count andromeda as dead. 

They could punch out another game in 2-3 years if they follow the way they did with the MET series. I'm sure they will.

Not in any article I read.

Despite any issues people may have with the story itself, I get the feeling that it's the game's huge list of technical issues that did the most damage, aside from its questionable mission structure. It's those things that produced the massive amount of memes and fed the virulent echo chambers in YouTube comments and the like. Multiplayer was(is?) a horrible mess with frequent lagging and crashing, numerous quest bugs, games failing to start even after uninstalling/reinstalling. And with the internet taking laser focus to that sort of thing, anyone who might have liked it (perhaps as much as I do) would be deterred reading all this shit and are holding off until a patch that doesn't create a whole new laundry list of to-fix items finally solidifies the game.