Mass Effect SP DLC (timing and speculation) thread

 The only reason is why I think San Diego is that Mac Walters, Mike Gamble and Fabrice Condominas will be there. I could be wrong (and probably am) but they have nothing to do with the comics. I remember Trespasser being announced at Pax.   

What does being sympathetic have to do with anything? I don't see the relevance.

I'm also not clear how EA owning Bio changes anything. A hypothetical independent Bio would still be looking at the same financial realities as "EA Canada." They could theoretically make risky or even crazy decisions which EA wouldn't approve under the current setup, but being able to make bad decisions doesn't improve your position.

yeah if nothing happens within the next couple of months it's unlikely it will. But yeah I'm stil hopeful but if nothing shows up by the end of August it unlikely never will.

I kind of don't really care if we don't get it. I love the game and I want DLCs for it, but I'm okay if we don't get it. I got my money's worth from the game. I still play it but less now than after release. I wonder if more people are getting to this point where it's not a big deal if we don't get it but will be happy if we do.

I'm OK if they don't give us DLC, but it's not because I'm losing interest.  I'm still working on my first playthrough and I'm very interested in the story and likely have many hundreds of hours of enjoyable playing time left in it.  I will likely buy a DLC for this game if they EVER release one... a month from now or a year from now or even longer won't matter to me.  I'll go back and play through this game again whenever they release a DLC for it.

Sure, it's false. An independent Bio would have to be even more concerned with profitability. I thought we were talking about the standard version of this debate, but it looks like your argument here is the opposite of how people generally talk about EA; it's usually deployed as "EA is only concerned about money rather than about making great games," but your formulation seems to be that this is a false dichotomy, and the problem is that current Bio isn't scared enough. Or greedy enough, which would work the same way.

And that wasn't an attack -- I genuinely had no idea what you two were getting at. 

I expressed that the idea that Indy games are getting popular because developers have more motivation to create better products was simply an opinion.  You can attempt dispute my opinion, but chances are it will remain.  I don't believe that stress and risk are the entire package in terms of motivation, but they are a piece of it.  This doesn't just apply to the gaming industry.  It applies to people on a very basic level.  
It's the difference between a starving artist who creates a uniquely beautiful painting and sells it at a lower price than mainstream artists because he/she needs to eat and the mainstream artist who creates a painting because his/her investors want x amount of paintings to display in their gallery.

An old article (2011) from gamespot:
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It is, but it isn't. (my point).

I guess I'm trying to point out something like the difference between Walmart and locally owned business.

It's not a great example, but it should be fairly easy to illustrate my point with it.

If you have a job at Walmart, you have a level of security. A comfort insofar as this is a job where all you have to worry about is doing it. You get a better pay and benefits package and you don't even have to be great at customer service to keep your job. You just have to do it.

A small business job, however, will not only pay less than Walmart, but have a lower quality benefits package. If the business doesn't do well, there's a possibility that you lose your job because the owner can't afford to pay you. It's in YOUR best interest to be exceptional at your job so that the company can continue to grow.

*DISCLAIMER*This is not to be representative of all small business, it is simply an example.

Now, regardless of local business/Walmart, the bottom line IS STILL MONEY. It's just easier to vilify the faceless corporate overlords than it is Jim and Linda from down the street.

I think they will it's just a matter of when but twe are getting to the end of the 5 month window now between the releas eof the game and the games first DLC in which Biowaer normally operates in so O'd imagine we'#ll find the situation out soon

Late September's my "lose hope" point. Given their track record I'd typically expect something in late Aug., but with all the patches my expectation is late Sept. Anything before that and after that is gravy.

In less than 24 hours after Schreier posted his BS, he:

a.) insulted Mass Effect fans for being skeptical of a claim that had been made and disproven literally the day before;
b.) wrote a delusional screed on Twitter claiming to be sympathetic to the devs while blatantly insulting them and their work, flat-out lying in claiming the game was a "failure".

Schreier's also completely ignored DLC teases in the past, and when people were skeptical of his claims, went directly into the fandom on Reddit just to stir shit and attack people who dared to question his claims about the game.

So if it looks like an insecure pandering clickbait peddler and sounds like an insecure pandering clickbait peddler...

Oh, I certainly would as well.

Hint: It's the people who'll shove their heads in the sand over evidence from official sources that gives every indication that DLC is coming, but will unquestioningly swallow any bullshit spouted by a wannabe-journalist who makes no secret that he's kissing the backsides of people who want to make life hell for the developers and fans.

Have there been any hints from Bioware about a DLC? That would be encouraging.....