Kotaku - Sources: Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Not Get Single-Player DLC

Jul 2, 2017 2:56:23 GMT Monica21 said:

Instead of checking the prepared remarks from the shareholder meeting I checked the full transcript. The meeting was on May 9th, 2017. I'll post full quotes of what was said with regard to Andromeda and let you guys figure out what's important.

From the presentation:

SPOILER: Click to show

From the Q&A:
Question
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What jumped out at me is this statement, "BioWare has continued to support Mass Effect, and the new team is doing some amazing things and you'll hear more about that in the months to come."

I noticed that too!

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Kotaku - Sources: Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Not Get Single-Player DLC Jul 2, 2017 3:37:06 GMT smilesja and Monica21 like this

Post by Cyan_Griffonclaw on Jul 2, 2017 3:37:06 GMT

Jul 2, 2017 3:24:49 GMT alihou said:

Bioware are being idiots... Just flat out confirm or deny...so bloody cryptic all the time... More people are getting annoyed at their crap...the thing is, their reputation has taken a big hit, but they are still pissing people off more. I'm wondering if this kind of pr is good or bad for their business?

I TOTALLY AGREE... BUT...

It's not in the best interests of a publicly-traded company and NDAs and blah, blah, blah (nothing about gaming in those blahs.)...

This is a new hurdle. These forums have become sort of a community-built tool to overcome them. These last few days have been a fun distraction. I'm finally sitting at the big table.

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Kotaku - Sources: Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Not Get Single-Player DLC Jul 2, 2017 3:42:31 GMT smilesja, Monica21, and 3 more like this

Post by kino on Jul 2, 2017 3:42:31 GMT

Jul 2, 2017 3:33:59 GMT @gladiolusofaugust said:

What jumped out at me is this statement, "BioWare has continued to support Mass Effect, and the new team is doing some amazing things and you'll hear more about that in the months to come."

I noticed that too!

It's what has been driving me nuts about those articles. These statements are sitting out there, easy to find, and it just gets ignored by some...people, who I won't name cause I'm just sick of it. These aren't the developers talking about this shit, it's the suits and money men. I read that statement back in May while going through the financial reports when they were released.

Hell, the real news in the transcripts gets ignored and that's the sad fact that EA is going to move more and more of their properties to online interactivity. There's a very real chance that in 5 or 10 years or so they may not be in the business of making desktop games and that, sadly, would include their RPG IP's.

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Jul 2, 2017 3:42:31 GMT kino said:

Jul 2, 2017 3:33:59 GMT @gladiolusofaugust said:

I noticed that too!

It's what has been driving nuts about those articles. These statements are sitting out there, easy to find, and it just gets ignored by some...people, who I won't name cause I'm just sick of it. These aren't the developers talking about this shit, it's the suits and money men. I read that statement back in May while going through the financial reports when they were released.

Hell, the real news in the transcripts gets ignored and that's the sad fact that EA is going to move more and more of their properties to online interactivity. There's a very real chance that in 5 or 10 years or so they may not be in the business of making desktop games and that, sadly, would include their RPG IP's.

Real facts don't create drama.

I hope not, but I would not be surprised if that happens.

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Kotaku - Sources: Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Not Get Single-Player DLC Jul 2, 2017 3:47:48 GMT linksocarina, lucretia, and 3 more like this

Post by kino on Jul 2, 2017 3:47:48 GMT

Jul 2, 2017 3:44:32 GMT @gladiolusofaugust said:

Jul 2, 2017 3:42:31 GMT kino said:

It's what has been driving nuts about those articles. These statements are sitting out there, easy to find, and it just gets ignored by some...people, who I won't name cause I'm just sick of it. These aren't the developers talking about this shit, it's the suits and money men. I read that statement back in May while going through the financial reports when they were released.

Hell, the real news in the transcripts gets ignored and that's the sad fact that EA is going to move more and more of their properties to online interactivity. There's a very real chance that in 5 or 10 years or so they may not be in the business of making desktop games and that, sadly, would include their RPG IP's.

Real facts don't create drama.

I hope not, but I would not be surprised if that happens.

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Jul 2, 2017 3:44:32 GMT @gladiolusofaugust said:

Jul 2, 2017 3:42:31 GMT kino said:

It's what has been driving nuts about those articles. These statements are sitting out there, easy to find, and it just gets ignored by some...people, who I won't name cause I'm just sick of it. These aren't the developers talking about this shit, it's the suits and money men. I read that statement back in May while going through the financial reports when they were released.

Hell, the real news in the transcripts gets ignored and that's the sad fact that EA is going to move more and more of their properties to online interactivity. There's a very real chance that in 5 or 10 years or so they may not be in the business of making desktop games and that, sadly, would include their RPG IP's.

Real facts don't create drama.

I hope not, but I would not be surprised if that happens.

this post gives me Babylon 5 flashbacks.

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Post by Monica21 on Jul 2, 2017 3:50:26 GMT

Jul 2, 2017 2:56:23 GMT Monica21 said:

Instead of checking the prepared remarks from the shareholder meeting I checked the full transcript. The meeting was on May 9th, 2017. I'll post full quotes of what was said with regard to Andromeda and let you guys figure out what's important.

From the presentation:

SPOILER: Click to show

From the Q&A:
Question
Answer

What jumped out at me is this statement, "BioWare has continued to support Mass Effect, and the new team is doing some amazing things and you'll hear more about that in the months to come."

I noticed that, and, "New multiplayer content is continued to be released, and new content kind of arriving overall more regularly."
I hadn't heard that from anyone until I read the transcript.

"I am Pathfinder. Blah blah blah."

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Post by smilesja on Jul 2, 2017 3:52:16 GMT

What jumped out at me is this statement, "BioWare has continued to support Mass Effect, and the new team is doing some amazing things and you'll hear more about that in the months to come."

I noticed that, and, "New multiplayer content is continued to be released, and new content kind of arriving overall more regularly."
I hadn't heard that from anyone until I read the transcript.

It's sad that forum users do more research than games "journalists". It's a little wonder why gamers dont trust them.

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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2017 3:52:40 GMT

What jumped out at me is this statement, "BioWare has continued to support Mass Effect, and the new team is doing some amazing things and you'll hear more about that in the months to come."

I noticed that, and, "New multiplayer content is continued to be released, and new content kind of arriving overall more regularly."
I hadn't heard that from anyone until I read the transcript.

What they didn't know was they would have to fix the game first before the rest would happen.

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Post by malgus on Jul 2, 2017 3:56:53 GMT

I noticed that, and, "New multiplayer content is continued to be released, and new content kind of arriving overall more regularly."
I hadn't heard that from anyone until I read the transcript.

It's sad that forum users do more research than games "journalists". It's a little wonder why gamers dont trust them.

Well, we shall all remember that before some people here made investigation about the sinclair network, ALOT of huge internet sites with tons of ressources believed that fake account without checking if it was true, the point is no more to inform people but to obtain whatever gets click.

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Kotaku - Sources: Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Not Get Single-Player DLC Jul 2, 2017 3:59:33 GMT

Post by Cyan_Griffonclaw on Jul 2, 2017 3:59:33 GMT

What jumped out at me is this statement, "BioWare has continued to support Mass Effect, and the new team is doing some amazing things and you'll hear more about that in the months to come."

I noticed that, and, "New multiplayer content is continued to be released, and new content kind of arriving overall more regularly."
I hadn't heard that from anyone until I read the transcript.

I felt bashful for asking, but thank you. I had that exact same question. What is new content kind?

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Kotaku - Sources: Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Not Get Single-Player DLC Jul 2, 2017 3:59:49 GMT smilesja, Croatsky, and 2 more like this

Post by kino on Jul 2, 2017 3:59:49 GMT

I noticed that, and, "New multiplayer content is continued to be released, and new content kind of arriving overall more regularly."
I hadn't heard that from anyone until I read the transcript.

It's sad that forum users do more research than games "journalists". It's a little wonder why gamers dont trust them.

Some of this doesn't even require research, just common sense. Case in point, back in January when the EA exec made the statement that they expected to sell 3 million copies during the first week? Executives make statements like that because they already know what their figures are going to be. They're looking at the number of pre-orders from the Xbox store, PSN and Origin, and if they're not sitting right at that target, and I think they were, then they're so damn close they expect to easily make up the difference after release.

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Post by Cyan_Griffonclaw on Jul 2, 2017 4:00:37 GMT

Jul 2, 2017 3:56:53 GMT malgus said:

It's sad that forum users do more research than games "journalists". It's a little wonder why gamers dont trust them.

Well, we shall all remember that before some people here made investigation about the sinclair network, ALOT of huge internet sites with tons of ressources believed that fake account without checking if it was true, the point is no more to inform people but to obtain whatever gets click.

AND OMG... three places just copied and paste. Retraction, retraction, retraction. Sorry. Not-sorry. Two clicks instead of one.

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Post by cypherj on Jul 2, 2017 4:01:41 GMT

They'd never confirm this, even if it true. If they came out and said, the game is getting no SP DLC, and the IP has been but on hiatus while we figure out where to go next, why would anyone keep playing the game. They're still making money on the MP, and since none of these articles mention the MP, it seems that the MP will get DLC regardless of the SP game/

Why they wouldn't even say something is in the works we'll have more details soon, I don't know. Saying we can't speak on the future yet, to me points more towards the franchise in general, not DLC. They've been tight lipped about the game since release. They really haven't done anything to generate any type of hype around the game. Nothing like Mass Effect 3 had the best launch of an ME game, sold 900K in the first 24 hours or whatever it was, or how DA:I had the best launch of a Bioware game ever.

They've had no problem is the past patting themselves on the back, so the lack of anything said about this game's launch just stands out to me.

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Post by goishen on Jul 2, 2017 4:01:44 GMT

How badly does Andromeda suck?

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Which puts Lex Steele to shame.

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Post by Cyan_Griffonclaw on Jul 2, 2017 4:02:16 GMT

I noticed that, and, "New multiplayer content is continued to be released, and new content kind of arriving overall more regularly."
I hadn't heard that from anyone until I read the transcript.

It's sad that forum users do more research than games "journalists". It's a little wonder why gamers dont trust them.

It's freakin' deja vu. Or I'm really high.

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Post by Monica21 on Jul 2, 2017 4:04:42 GMT

Jul 2, 2017 4:01:44 GMT goishen said:

How badly does Andromeda suck?

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Kotaku - Sources: Mass Effect: Andromeda Will Not Get Single-Player DLC Jul 2, 2017 4:07:49 GMT

Post by cypherj on Jul 2, 2017 4:07:49 GMT

Jul 2, 2017 3:59:49 GMT kino said: