I think a 5+ year Break for MEA2 is a good thing

:amirite:

If the game wasn't enough of a hit to make them go into ME:A2 development right away, why would EA/Bioware think that in five years it will have enough of a draw to bring people back to the franchise and make it worth their while.

They released the entire original trilogy in five years. Fives years is way too long to go in between games when you're trying to re-introduce a franchise and give it some traction. That may be why we're where we're at right now. EA may have said we'll give this a shot and try to bring the series back, and maybe it didn't get the traction they wanted so they're just letting it go. I figure they would want to build on ME:3, and if they game didn;t perform as well as ME:3 they may just let it go.

If Anthem does well then dont expect Edmonton to be moving away to another game for a handful of years due to its need for continued content creation. That leaves either Austin which is still in early development for another game and Montreal which has created a bad reputation with MEA. If Anthem is really great then it will further the divide in peoples trust of Montreal. I would not be surprised to be waiting for a decade for the next MassEffect if there is one.

...........Though I really hate, despise, loathe and did I mention I hate Origin.    
Best option is to open it and leave it running (crappy Origin) and ME:A running ... maybe at the started landing or maybe just before first jump area.
Via that way I just let those hours spent playing start to rise while I go to town and spend the day doing other things...
Oh sorry most probably don't leave their computers running 24/7... sorry that is a debate for another forum -nevermind.

It is common sense, really. Just like when I said Andromeda was in bad shape because of its lack of marketing.

Depends. The hate train, and by that I don't mean valid criticism but SJW, anti white racism, or simple trolling, is present since DAII. And yet DAI, released just three years after DAII was GOTY and by all accounts and indications an economic success. Otherwise it wouldn't have got as many story DLCs as it got.

It may be that some people are still pissed over the ME3 endings and did indeed expect some sort of spectacular apology for that. But going by what I read about MEA even before it was released it was a different tale. People rightfully criticized and mocked the animations and glitches at release, but there was a fair share of social hatred projected on that game. I can't imagine long term Bioware gamers to go down that road, since Bioware always told mildly controversial tales. I always loved them for that and didn't notice any of that vocal bigotry surfacing before DAII.

My own, and one and only criticism still is, that they lost their knack to draw me in with their story, their companions, the lead and their narrative, that for some reason turned out too "funny" in places. The game feels bland as compared to previous Bioware games, but I don't know if that even registered with the company bracing against a shitstorm of pure hatred based on social bigotry.

maybe if we all keep playing they'll get the hint.

no but as I keep saying while that is still happening there is always the chance it might.

Personally I think traditional Bioware games are in trouble,Andromeda demonstrates core problems with their development processes,writing,general design,core game play design and general creative direction,it's not a good place to be for any developer or any franchise.

I think "time" is irrelevant,Bioware desperately needs good talented people in the right places to go forward.....but from what I can see,Bioware seems to be shifting away from the traditional Bioware style of game.....making Dragon Age the last of it's kind.???

At least the EA brass made it very clear that the had indecent dreams over catching at least some of the COD audience. Especially Riccitiello was pretty vocal about that before the release of ME3, when he wasn't busy giving interviews where he downgraded COD. I think they managed, in part. In the wrong part, I would say, since with tacking on simple horde mode MP to all their games, they've attracted a lot of casuals, only interested in shooting up everything that moves, who may be partly responsible for the shitstorms their games are facing. As I said before, I've never seen that much of social hatred and bigotry before DAII in the reviews. And it got worse from there. From game to game.

I'll be honest, I wasn't ToB's biggest fan, but it was just an expansion pack anyway and SoA was fantastic.  And back then I don't really think anybody cared much for user reviews or forums anyway.   Thing is, there is just way too much trying to justify the poor reception of ME:A with what was said on fan forums prior to release of various bio-ware products.  It's much ado about nothing, like the SJW gibberish we saw on youtube with ME:A, nobody really cared, they tried the same thing with Star Wars TfA.  But non of this stuff significantly impacts sales, professional review scores, or how the games/films will be remembered in years to come.