So no DLC for Andromeda?

I bought it on Xbox and so did many others on this site

Except it's not buried. It did decent enough. It's DA2 again.

Using metacritic as an example is laughable in both cases. It is very close to the same and there was pretty much silence for a bit then too.

You do not need to use Metacritic. Just look at the review scores from the major media outlets of DA2 and MEA and compare them. You will see that across the board DA2 got better review scores than MEA.

THAT is fact.

When it comes to Bioware's strengths, DAII was better than MEA. MEA improved on the gameplay elements, but it regressed on the story and character elements. DAII had a combat system that wasn't to everyone's liking and reused environments. But the storytelling was still above average.

(sigh)

I'm struggling to see any 'point' here. 

HZD has announced DLC for 'sometime in 2017'
BoTW has announced DLC for June 30th, so 4 months post-launch.

In recent times BioWare has shipped DLC around 5 months post-launch and rarely announces it earlier than 10 days beforehand.
Under normal circumstances, DLC#1 would drop end of July, but with all the patching it might push back to September.

We have no indication of atypical behavior as yet.

PC Gamer:

DA2 94
MEA 80

IGN:

DA2 8.5
MEA 7.7

GameSpot:

DA2 8
MEA 6

Destructoid:

DA2 7.0
MEA 6.5


Should I keep going?

I sitll say they brought that onto themselves. The whole pushing of Origins Access was what turned MEA into a meme generator. I never judge a game based on something like that, since the technical issues will be patches sooner rather than later. But for some little known youtubers it was an excellent chance to finally get some attention. You could also notice that Angry Joe or other more serious youtubers didn't jump that train but waited for playing the whole and patched game.

They could have easily avoided the original shitstorm by EA not getting greedy and begging for Access subscriptions.

Indeed. Unfortunately they're just as prone to hysteria as user reviews. As I say, DA2 is not a 94% game, but it got the score regardless.

As for patching, there's no way Bioware/Montreal are getting a fair viewing here. Skyrim managed to get a million GOTYs with backwards flying dragons and a main quest that was literally impossible to accomplish if the player elected to follow the Blade woman rather than fast travel. Meanwhile MEA comes out with some flickering textures and vacant expressions and suddenly it gets the same scores as Aliens: Colonial Marines.

Bugs are one thing, and first impressions do matter, but lets not pretend that a game is made or ended based on it.

As someona having worked in the media. The sponsorship issue is an urban legend. It's more along the lines of getting invited to test some new product, getting early access and inside news if you play ball. You're less likely to get all of that if you don't play along and can only watch from the sidelines while others are getting what you no longer get.

It’s still relevant, because that alone probably put a lot of people off from buying the game - and those people will never revisit the patched game.  It doesn’t matter how much better this meme-machine of a game has become - initial impressions are often all that matters.