Biower

Nope, it's well passed the point where it can be saved. Bioware died a long time ago and it's been decomposing for the last few years. You cant lose key individuals who were the core of the company and still claim the same identity.

No sadly Bioware is long dead, haven't bought a game since Inquisition and that was a mistake, part of me still hope that the old heads of bioware (who left) reunite and create a new company...Some of the guys who developed the original Final Fantasy games did that and managed to Produce Lost Odyssey.

Unlikely it will ever happen though

Edit: I thought of this song as a joke... I guess subconsciously I was also thinking of the lyrics, because damn this song is on point for this thread.

Any of you guys actually pay $ for Anthem?

Get the Evil Empire's dirty hands off of it and it may be saved. But too much old time talent is gone.

It really depands on one's definition of what it means to be "successful" or "struggling," and in particular whether in the long run it is the IPs or the company's own name that are where the bulk of the support (in terms of buying newly-released games) is applied.

Reasons Fans Often Cite:

- Microtransations

- Multiplayer

- Too political/not political enough

- Storytelling style (or quality, depending)

With most of those, I have to say they could continue down their current path and face little to no financial consequences for it. They could easily continue operating for many years. Anthem has already turned a significant profit - any problems with it are likely to be limited to future editions of that particular franchise.

Reasons Industry People Often Cite:

- Escalating quality control issues

- Poorly constructed development schedules

- Conflicting management styles between administration layers

With most of these, there are real potential pitfalls. These are the areas where EA may face the ongoing question of whether increasing financial risks continue to be worth the returns made on BW's franchise outings. If Anthem isn't expected to do well going forward, and ME:A and DA:I prove to have soured repeat purchases (I don't claim to know these things, only that they are possible) then you could see their doors shuttered within as little as a year, I suspect.



No, and based on the last two entries from both of their most famous franchises*, it's unlikely I'd be purchasing the next ME or DA titles, either.


*DA 2 and Inquisition, as well as ME:A and ME 3 - Mass Effect 3 still gets an overall positive view from me, but it is heavily qualified by the fact that the main reason I purchased the game, which was concluding the story, was an overwhelming disappointment.

Short answer: - EA!  


Long answer: I have the utmost disrespect for Kotaku, even more than I have for EA. And Casey Hudson is still around.
EA and Actavision seem to have reached a crisis point. Maybe it even penetrates into the investors thick skulls? And maybe there can be a sensible new order? I doubt that, but for in house game developers the only hope is that the big publishers become reformed in some major way.

Game industry on the whole, needs to stop making the games for journalists and marketing managers.

I haven't even bought a game in 7 years...

Eh, I still got more for free with gaming magazines. Deus Ex HR, Alpha Protocol, Just Cause 2, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, etc...

Last I got was Tropico 5 with a mag in 2017.

My laptop can't run any current-gen games worth a damn, and my only console is an old-school Xbox I got in '03, so...

Then get outta here! 




Nah just kidding.