This is why there's no DLC

How sad is that then?

I wish you were taller, so my point wouldn't go over your head so much.

First off, I already proved Andromeda sold as projected. There was math, data from sources, etc. I showed how EA discussed a game that actually didn't meet sales expectations (Titanfall 2) during investor meetings, and how that language was drastically different than the language used for Andromeda. There was a whole thing about it. I don't need to rehash it just because you have some allergy to facts and the memory of a goldfish with Alzheimer's.

Yes, my second point addresses your point, because people weren't asking why there wasn't DLC if Andromeda sold well. "Haterz" said there wouldn't be DLC due to low sales numbers. Since sales numbers were apparently not the metric used for determining if DLC was viable or not, that argument is moot. Thus when people in the know said that sales were enough to justify DLC, they were correct, except that sales were not the metric used.

I'd like to see where you stated "Customer perception will be used to determine viability of DLC release over sales numbers." Since you've always said it didn't sell well, it would seem an odd thing for you to say, yes? Why say "Andromeda sold terribly, but good sales won't matter because of perception!"? Seems....odd.

EA is publicly traded stock. If that stock fails to deliver interest, it will fall. Hence, every publicly traded company is about money and shareholder value.

How can you prove how Andromeda sold if the sales figures were never released?  Sounds like to me you're talking out of your ass.

There are metrics for gauging sales numbers, looking at the ratio of physical copies sold to digital, earnings based off of deluxe editions, etc.  For the diligent, there are ways.  You only need to follow the clues, dear Watson.  

What a laugh. They give Bioware's flagship franchise to a B-team and get the A-team to work on a game that isn't even in Bioware's expertise to rival Destiny, an online-only looter shooter with paid expansions forecasted but it's not about the money. And now they want to shift the blame because this didn't work and they want to pretend that they didn't see this coming?

I guess player sentiment shut down all these companies too:



Poor EA can't catch a break I guess.

Yeah.. sorry about that.  Maybe I do need some valium. 

I'm not so sure. If a game is poorly received then chances are the sales of any DLC will be lower, so it would make sense to funnel resources into alternate projects. So paying attention to player sentiment could (funnily enough) be EA being pretty cold hearted . And by cold-hearted I mean chasing the possibility of more money rather than satisfying the existing fans of their poorly received game (like Bioware did with DA:2)

There are no released numbers - you're just doing a bunch of hand-waving with magical space math.  So no, please don't rehash it.

People we're definitely asking why there was no DLC if the game sold well.  Not sure how you're oblivious to this. "Haters" said there would be no DLC because a) The hit to EA/Bioware's reputation, and/or poor sales.  Sometimes both.

I always said both.  I was probably the most vehement poster on this forum that stated EA wouldn't release DLC because the hit to their reputation via customer reception to a shitty product would outweigh the $$$ it brings in.

I posted this on July 12th:

Two possible scenarios:

1) The cost to make single player DLC might be too high to warrant its release based on active player numbers only they have. Seeing the incomplete state Andromeda was in at release, I doubt they had much of any DLC in production or ready to go.

2) The revisitation of online ridicule and mockery when they've just introduced Anthem might sway them to sweep Andromeda under the rug and focus on looking forward towards the positives.


- I've mentioned the hit DLC would take to their reputation dozens of times.  However, that has nothing to do with me paying full price for a 4/10 game when I got my fill for $5.

In the case of several of those companies, they did it to themselves.

Plus BioWare, Visceral, Criterion, DICE and Maxis are not dead...they still make games. 

I also like the leaps of logic in that graphic there...god I hate people sometimes.