BioWare Montreal absorbed by EA Motive. Mass Effect IP returns to Edmonton

Yes it did.

I don't delve into corporate shit. So it's outside my area of expertise. Regardless, if they were working on DLC, this shouldn't stop them. Hopefully.

EA Motive's a big team, right? That could probably provide cover for a DLC or two.

The more I read about mergers and moves like we're discussing here, the more it seems that this has absolutely nothing to do with Andromeda.

Five years? I've been on the BioWare forums back in the hella old days of ME1 around 2007. Trust me, the discourse has not evolved much since.

Yeah. Anyone who thinks the BSN is upset with ME:A should have seen it on March 6th 2012. Dozens of threads about the endings were created every second. I don't think I have ever seen a forum move that fast or that angrily.

or RPG Codex, or really anywhere that isn't a BioWare forum

I'm pretty sure devs moving between teams after release and helping each other out is normal. No malice intended.

Their loss for getting worked up on something like that.

Unfortunately....

"So it represents a fan base that's very passionate, looking for very particular things and many players found exactly what they're looking for and some players did not. With that said, we believe Mass Effect: Andromeda delivers a rich, deep experience, which celebrate what makes the franchise great: wonderful, beautiful, deep, rich world, amazing combat and engaging fast-paced multiplayer."

"We're very happy with how Bioware is doing, how Bioware is treating Mass Effect. And our expectations for Mass Effect are still strong for the future and the franchise overall.”

"And our expectations for Mass Effect are still strong for the future and the franchise overall."

"We’re very happy with Bioware. 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.”

"We expect Q1 net sales to be $750million, up 10% year on year, driven by Mass Effect Andromeda, Battlefield 1 and Ultimate Team."

"Net sales for the quarter were $ 775 million, up $ 93 million on the prior year, and $ 25 million above our guidance. ... Year on year growth was driven by the Mass Effect: Andromeda sales captured in the quarter and by FIFA."

"Digital net sales were $ 681 million, a new record for the first quarter, and up $ 113 million on the year ago period. The increase reflects strength in live services, together with our Mobile business. In addition, Mass Effect: Andromeda was a significant contributor. Digital sales now represent 63% of our business on a trailing twelve month basis compared to 56% in the prior year."

"Full game PC and console downloads generated net sales of $111 million, 32% higher than last year. This was driven by Mass Effect: Andromeda sales captured in the quarter."

Clearly voices of disappointment and mutism. Now as far as how many units were actually sold we don't know since EA isn't telling. You did however refer to a poster using above mentioned sources as proof of MEA bombing. I'm merely looking at those sources and what they actually tell us is that MEA did do as good or bad as all other Bioware games have done from ME2 and forward at least. The quotes above are all Andrew Wilson and Blake Jorgensen. Especially note the bolded wherein they got 25 million dollars more than expected - driven by MEA. But I'm sure you will ignore all this and in five minutes post again how all "proof" points to MEA bombing.