MASS EFFECT ISN'T DEAD [BioFan Video]

Ok...sure, whatever. People aren't forced to answer them and are as brutally honest as they want in the comments. Seems it's basically a handful of pissed off people who like to post a lot but I'm just going by what I see. I don't post often because I'm actually still enjoying and playing the game.

"EA never intended to release DLC and instead moved all the people over as part of the course set for Anthem" is denialism, if MEA had been more well received it undoubtedly would have gotten DLC

or maybe they viewed MEA as more toxic to their brand, or they didn't decide Dead Space 3 was DOA.

the memes made the decision for them in MEA's case.

The fact of the matter is that MEA was viewed as not worth further investment, there's no reason to think there were not plans, perhaps even extensive ones, for DLC

actually we know exactly what they are currently planning on they even made a whole blog post about it, multiplayer support.

This will of course change at some point in the future, but they came out quite clearly on what they were going to do in the immediate future

And it could be that, from the beginning, due to the troubled 5 year development, EA took it out of BioWare Montreal's hands, released it early in an quarter that was empty so it would have the maximum revenue impact for them and decided not to invest in it any more regardless if the reception. It made it's money, now it can rest for a bit. I think the free trial and price cut through Origins was the last attempt to see, based on the numbers and even after it's mixed reception, if something addition could be salvage from it but, by EA releasing an unfinished product early, pretty much doomed it to its fate. While I wanted SP DLC, and would have gladly paid for it, I can understand EA's reluctance given the uncertainty.

EA loves their DLC. Despite the reception, ME: A would've gotten at least one DLC. But considering games like Anthem that EA wants to invest, I think they pulled the plug.

Well, the immediate future is well known. I'm talking about the next 5 years. I think they gave it to Montreal with the hope they'd put a fresh spin on it and it failed. Failure happens...but, between, ME:A and DA:I, I'd like to see "take 2" after having spent all this time working with the Frostbite 3 engine to give it RPG elements it never had before.

and I'd sooner bury the franchise with what little dignity it can still muster up, but that's beyond the scope of what I'm talking about.  We're talking about the immediate future of MEA and the ME series as a whole, and whether or not DLC was planned but axed or never intended at all so BioWare could focus on Anthem.

forgive my skepticism of the author not saying "hey the game isn't getting DLC so they're pawning off a loose end to me".  I'm sure part of the story was always going to be told through her book, but there's not a shred of doubt in my mind it was going to be DLC as well

You seem to be strategically ignoring my reply to you which challenged your lack of logic.

Again, if Anthem was a priority, why invest in MEA in the first place?

no. You read wrong. I half wonder if it was deliberate. I'm saying that since MEA 'failed' bioware will likely go back to the safe, and the tried and true instead of continuing to experiment and innovate. And since that means going back to something that, in some ways,i consider inferior...just not sure I'd be interested. Coupled that with an ME game that likely won't be a direct sequel to Andromeda ill likely view such a game as a betrayal unless it can meet MEAs high standards.

And I'm.only.as obsessed with Ryder as most.people seem to be with Shepard.