BioWare should have delayed MEA till N7 Day 2017

1) Yes, I agree, there will be loads of people who will pick MEA today and for them, this version will be the first impression, not the March version and in that case, that is good news for Bioware. The bad news, is that these people will be far and few as like I said before, it is only natural that a large percentage of sales/money is made during the first few days and weeks after launch, after that, sales always fall off. With MEA, we are ~16+ post launch which is a spot where new sales will be very modest and probably would not be mentioned too much in the next earnings call unless EA doesn't have any other major products that were released. If the content of this 1.09 patch was the first patch released for the game, then yeah, EA would have been able to stop the bleeding but it dragged on too far and for too long.

2) I would suspect that EA was very bullish on MEA and felt confident that it could compete with those games. I mean, afterall, they were exclusive to just one console whereas MEA released on 3 platforms. However what they didn't predict was the overwhelming positive reception those games would get in addition to the overwhelming negative reception MEA got. Not to change the subject, but I said the same thing about DAI. If CDPR stuck to the original November 2014 release for Witcher 3, I doubt DAI would have gotten GOTY and sold so well. Considering how both Cyberpunk 2077 and DA4 are looking to be 2019 releases, it would be bad news moreso for Bioware if DA4 releases near Cyberpunk 2077. But that is for another discussion for another time. 

I find it peculiar and nearly unheard of that any company offers a free trial four months after release. I have my own thoughts about that, but they obviously are pure speculation.

If they are planning DLC they could time it's release to coincide with the holidays and bundle it with an Ultimate Edition 4k re-release for the Xbox One: X and PS4 Pro.

With some exciting new content to showcase and a new 4k marketing push perhaps the game could find a second wind and renewed sales might bring the series back from the brink of death.

Keep on deluding yourself into thinking that the series is on the brink of death. If you keep on repeating it, it'll never come anyway!

I tend to think that it's an admission of original sales not meeting expectations.

Because that's what you desperately want to believe about the game, in spite of all available evidence.

How about you fucking losers find a forum for games you LIKE, instead of trying to be a fucking shitstain on the fandom of a game you want the developers of to die?

It's just an example, but was something that permeated throughout the game. I can name numerous instances where the facial expressions can be janked enough to take me out of the scene in the game's original version. Even as one who loves MEA and will defend it to the death, my eyes still work.

Nah, all you could tell was that you and your ilk would never shut up and quit harassing fans and the developers for the game not being exactly what you losers wanted.

Millions of Mass Effect fans loved Andromeda. And no one gives a crap if you can't stand that.

Now, higher scores from the gaming media could have helped with that, but there was never going to be a strongly favorable fan response to Andromeda.

Millions?  Millions of fans loved Andromeda.  Mmkkay.  I'd say millions may have liked it and enjoyed it but loved it?  Nope.