My speculation just went SuperNova. The Quarians are Saved?

"Working on MEA" could mean fixing bugs or MP, and "when we can talk about it (single player content), we will" could mean another disappointing outfit for Ryder or even "we'll never be able to talk about it, but I'm not supposed admit that."

I like your brand of crazy. It goes well with mine.


Sooo... Do you mean to say they'd want to release it this quarter because revenue?

Hmm...


Remember!

Rolenka, you have a strong case right there. In the past, like just five months ago, I agreed with a lot of my Patreon recipients. Without ever hearing a word from the developers, I saw the game polished to the point that it was an excellent platform for DLC deployment. As a matter of fact, I don't expect ONE DLC... My internal gut and logic voices are screaming, "Two major DLC and a bunch of little goodies." While my optimistic side is screaming this... the negative side is saying, "And yes... it's going to cost you $14.99 for a reskinned armor and a sniper rifle." 

EA has changed it's image over the years. At first it was a "Desire Demon" cajoling the doctors. Then it became some sort of "Mother" of the new studio. Then it evolved into some sort of "Archdemon" without talking to the fandom. It just calls out to us to spend money. Now... I think it's changed again... 

(Just got an idea for a thread... SofaJockey and the rest of the mods: Here I come with another question!)

Oh dear watch out everybody.

Whoa... I'm not there yet... 

Am I?

No... but on my way.

Okay... almost there.

Yes, I'm Walter with more hair and less wrinkles, but you nailed it. 

I really want to keep believing but some of the news makes me seriously depressed about the whole mess again

Thank you. 😀 The film is one of my guilty pleasures. As is ice cold cider, which is what I'd bring to a BSN piss-up.

I get that. Too bad EA's marketing doesn't care enough. I bet their mantra is to look at the big picture. What exactly are they picturing? It's not rooted in reality. It's rooted in broken surveys, sales data and marketing buzz words without actually knowing what the brick and mortar stores are saying. They don't even have their own forums to gauge fan's responses. Twitter... so what? They censor who they don't want to hear from. I'm hopeful that there is some changes, but I'm telling you from my perspective:

Out of the 14 guys and ladies that I pen-and-paper with (half are D&D Forgotten Realms, the other half are table-toppers) NOT ONE likes BioWare anymore. They're all saying the same thing: "It's not BioWare anymore. It's EA with the BioWare logo. EA is (fill in your favorite derogatory remark)."

When I USED to go into GameStop, the CSRs would roll their eyes when I mentioned BioWare. It's like they died and they're all saying, "... it's a shame."

I'm going to the gaming shop this morning. I don't expect anyone to change their opinion on EA. They did finally admit that Andromeda is a good or great game, but EA's reputation and BioWare's most recent spectacular train wreck at launch hasn't helped one bit. Someone with a professional background told me that the IPs are still valuable and you can bet one of them is going up for sale in the next three or four years when EA decides that three or four year long investment cycles are too long. That's the big picture and I wonder how far off from reality as compared to EA's.

I'm not stating fact. I'm stating personal perception and echoing what my social circle has been telling me. And the above is my own speculation and my speculation has been running hot lately.

I'd be surprised if they sold an IP, even in the near future. What happens after DA4 when they start wrapping up Solas' storyline? It's looks like definite bookend of that IPs main narrative. After that you have Anthem, with supposedly a 10 year commitment, and dangling narrative threads of Andromeda. They have some room to maneuver here without selling off IPs.

Yeah, absolutely. The wording they used was very careful. I think MEA made a lot of money, but made a lot less money very quickly (eg suffered a huge sales dropoff after initial backlash) and didn't make the numbers they were privately aiming for. That doesn't mean it was a financial failure as they would have to admit that, but the downward curve of sales might be so drastic that their understanding is dlc would be unlikely to recoup the money it would cost to make.

Only it didn't suffer a huge drop off in sales compared to relevant games like ME1-2-3, DAI etc. They made 25 million more in revenue than they expected and "blamed" it primarily on MEA.