People need to stop blaming fans for this mess

That was way past the point ME:A needed extra time.  They needed to be given the extra time, perhaps a year or more when they lost their creative director and totally changed tac.   ME:A's main problems were never the animations it was the story and writing being rushed to try to complete by deadline.  

That's not the next great American novel we're talking about. It takes time, but not as much as you might think with stuff like that.

I'd say your self delusion is so huge it could be seen from space. Even from Andromeda, maybe.

The fans didn't make the game would be the winner. 

How about that.

The fans aren't at fault and neither is EA; Bioware Montreal is. Once they decided to waste 3 years on turning Mass Effect into something it's not (a procedurally generated open world, ala No Man's Sky) they shot themselves and fans in the foot. They then spent the last 2 years (give or take) scrambling to put something together and hope brand recognition would carry it.

So give them a reason not to do it, and even then, every game always has that one group that trolls. I can find memes for any game out there that mocks it. 

i keep seeing how this "minority" ruins games, and I think people give them way to much credit cause that responsibility goes to the actual fanbase, and it's not so much ruining it as it is just not accepting mediocrity. I then see this talk about internet media spreading "rumors, or misinformation" so you then claim people can't think for themselves If that's the case. Maybe I should blame the fans for Medal of Honor getting shut down, or why halo has gone to shit, guess the devs aren't held accountable and fans should just be happy blowing money, it is their own fualt I guess for not liking something hmm? I've seen diehard ME fans talk about this game and how it's different than the originals in a mixedway.

ever heard of this game called infinite warfare? Nearly made the #1 spot for most disliked video ever and it was a game trailer. Guess how bad it did? Cause it did GREAT!!! Sold just like any other CoD game even with this "hate train" because in the end it was good enough to do so. That's an example of a game getting past the reception and simply doing its job. What would've happened if Andromeda surpassed ME3 or even became Biowares #1 game? Cause you wouldn't see this talk about it being the fanbases fualt cause the game would've been good to shut people up. Games speak for themselves good or bad, they don't need people making a case for it. It's mixed games that'll generate talk like this where as your great games have no drama to it and the bad ones will just be ignored.

It isn't. Nowhere near it, in fact.

I didn't say that the conversation really was mandatory, did I?

Welcome to the internet??? This is not something unique to BioWare or EA. 

well, some people want bland pedestrian hallway shooter after bland pedestrian hallway shooter I guess.

I don't think there were any plans for DLC if I'm being honest. When I got that arc tease in game I thought they were setting up the  sequel. Clearly they filled that arc with a lot of species they didn't have time to create for this game, due to the time crunch they were under at the end, and gave a quick 'oh btw that's why they're not here right now' explanation. The quarian ark DLC would have required so many new models, I just didn't see that happening, considering the low number of and lack of diversity in the alien races we get to see in me:a.

So what I'm saying is, I don't think you can blame the fans for the loss of the DLC because I don't feel the Quarian Ark was going to be DLC. I also wouldn't be surprised if they didn't completely tie up the story for the ark in the upcoming novel either, but kept that open just in case they decide to return to the franchise in general (actually a standalone DLC where you could be the Quarian pathfinder would have been pretty cool). Not that I expect that to happen within the next 10 years but still.

Isn't it more likely that if any reaction to the game tanked the DLC plans, it would be the metacritic score? Isn't that what publishers take more seriously? The game is considered okay and enjoyable. But it doesn't live up to the expectations of its brand name, its studio or its contemporaries. That seems to be the consensus. I guess some people believe the critics (and I mean the ones being counted) aren't being fair to the game either? Is there even a reason to believe that? I mean usually what I hear is that professional critics are too kind when judging games but now they're too harsh?

A lot of people have already pointed out that other much more hated games did get support from their studios, and even Bioware's own hated games got support. I'm pretty sure this was just a case of 'we've sunk a lot of money and wasted time into this game already, let's just cut our losses, release it and try to get back as much as we can.'