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Post by SirSourpuss on Nov 22, 2020 17:28:36 GMT
Tbf, alot of people thought Anthem was BioWare's last shot. Eventuality. Do you think EA is just going to tolerate and endorse Bioware's failures? Indefinitely? Even as an investment, there is always the sunken cost fallacy. At some point, one we've long since past, if you ask me, but at some point, sinking more money into something, isn't going to fix it. There is a very small, specific, almost targeted, one would say, field of interest toward Bioware, from the public. I've shown the google trends graph too many times, to show the waning public interest in Bioware and its franchises, even as the medium has exploded, over the past decade, to greater numbers than ever before. And while one could argue that Bioware did capture some of that, after all Inquisition is Bioware's best selling game ever,but so, soon, can Anthem be. Especially with the relaunch and no backward PS5 compatibility. Or maybe the relaunch will be. Wouldn't it be fantastic, if Bioware's best selling game, is the only game they've released to be worse than Sonic Chronicles. Personally, I find it hilarious.
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Post by Sanunes on Nov 22, 2020 21:52:22 GMT
Tbf, alot of people thought Anthem was BioWare's last shot. Eventuality. Do you think EA is just going to tolerate and endorse Bioware's failures? Indefinitely? Even as an investment, there is always the sunken cost fallacy. At some point, one we've long since past, if you ask me, but at some point, sinking more money into something, isn't going to fix it. There is a very small, specific, almost targeted, one would say, field of interest toward Bioware, from the public. I've shown the google trends graph too many times, to show the waning public interest in Bioware and its franchises, even as the medium has exploded, over the past decade, to greater numbers than ever before. And while one could argue that Bioware did capture some of that, after all Inquisition is Bioware's best selling game ever,but so, soon, can Anthem be. Especially with the relaunch and no backward PS5 compatibility. Or maybe the relaunch will be. Wouldn't it be fantastic, if Bioware's best selling game, is the only game they've released to be worse than Sonic Chronicles. Personally, I find it hilarious. Yes, if EA doesn't consider them failures. Just because people online have deemed they are failures with the little information they have it doesn't mean EA views them in the same light. After all people keep wanting BioWare to go back to Jade Empire and it weakened BioWare as a company and nearly killed the studio so Mass Effect 1 wasn't made.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Nov 22, 2020 22:22:00 GMT
Yes, if EA doesn't consider them failures. And what if I told you that, compared to Andromeda, EA considers Anthem a success? The playerbase has grown, even as active player numbers haven't and with some good monetization, the potential for revenue is huge. But it's still a terrible game. Just because people online have deemed they are failures with the little information they have it doesn't mean EA views them in the same light. And that's not necessarily a good thing for this community. In fact, for nearly everyone here, Anthem failing would be a better outcome than it succeeding. As that would cause EA to target this type of genre harder, with each of Bioware's new releases. After all, a company, like EA, is all about maximizing revenue and RoI. After all people keep wanting BioWare to go back to Jade Empire and it weakened BioWare as a company and nearly killed the studio so Mass Effect 1 wasn't made. Jade Empire has a really good name in the gaming public, mostly because, out of the few that turned up to play it, were served to an extremely fun game, though rough and I guess it was passed around to a lot of friends, which hurt its overall market performance. And that's a problem with their console fanbase at the time. I didn't own an XBOX at the time, but I got the game as soon as I was able to, when it came to PC. The ending was a little dumb, with the main character dying only to be ... brought back to life, in the next scene. Hmmm. Moment of realization there.
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Post by NotN7 on Nov 22, 2020 22:37:11 GMT
Please if you could define Bioware? as with any gaming company its pretty much a rotating door when it comes to employees so those who were involved in one game was not necessarily involved in the next, with that said it takes a dedicated Management staff to steer the course if your Captain fails so does the game if the game doesn't sink that's because of the employees shoring up the ship before it sinks keeping it afloat and that applies really to any company.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Nov 22, 2020 22:57:23 GMT
Sure? I mean, I guess? Although, I'd argue what keeps Bioware more afloat has been EA's marketing team. Post launch, at least.
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Post by KaiserShep on Nov 23, 2020 20:07:43 GMT
Tbf, alot of people thought Anthem was BioWare's last shot. Eventuality. Do you think EA is just going to tolerate and endorse Bioware's failures? Indefinitely? Even as an investment, there is always the sunken cost fallacy. At some point, one we've long since past, if you ask me, but at some point, sinking more money into something, isn't going to fix it. There is a very small, specific, almost targeted, one would say, field of interest toward Bioware, from the public. I've shown the google trends graph too many times, to show the waning public interest in Bioware and its franchises, even as the medium has exploded, over the past decade, to greater numbers than ever before. And while one could argue that Bioware did capture some of that, after all Inquisition is Bioware's best selling game ever,but so, soon, can Anthem be. Especially with the relaunch and no backward PS5 compatibility. Or maybe the relaunch will be. Wouldn't it be fantastic, if Bioware's best selling game, is the only game they've released to be worse than Sonic Chronicles. Personally, I find it hilarious. This kind of goes to the unfortunate reality that games as a service is always going to be a rainbow that companies chase after for all time, because even many of the worst of them can manage to still pull in enough players to keep recurring revenue flowing, unless you're Marvel's Avengers, which got its much-deserved ass kicking and 90+% drop in its player base, which I find hilarious and heartwarming at the same time.
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Post by NotN7 on Nov 23, 2020 22:52:43 GMT
Eventuality. Do you think EA is just going to tolerate and endorse Bioware's failures? Indefinitely? Even as an investment, there is always the sunken cost fallacy. At some point, one we've long since past, if you ask me, but at some point, sinking more money into something, isn't going to fix it. There is a very small, specific, almost targeted, one would say, field of interest toward Bioware, from the public. I've shown the google trends graph too many times, to show the waning public interest in Bioware and its franchises, even as the medium has exploded, over the past decade, to greater numbers than ever before. And while one could argue that Bioware did capture some of that, after all Inquisition is Bioware's best selling game ever,but so, soon, can Anthem be. Especially with the relaunch and no backward PS5 compatibility. Or maybe the relaunch will be. Wouldn't it be fantastic, if Bioware's best selling game, is the only game they've released to be worse than Sonic Chronicles. Personally, I find it hilarious. This kind of goes to the unfortunate reality that games as a service is always going to be a rainbow that companies chase after for all time, because even many of the worst of them can manage to still pull in enough players to keep recurring revenue flowing, unless you're Marvel's Avengers, which got its much-deserved ass kicking and 90+% drop in its player base, which I find hilarious and heartwarming at the same time. LOL! Ditto
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Post by DragonEffect on Nov 24, 2020 6:37:33 GMT
They seriously need to improve ME1's graphics. Make them look more like the ones from ME2 or 3. One of the reasons why I don't play ME1 frequently is because the graphics look really poor (in my opinion). The music could also improve a little. ME2 and 3 had great combat music and sound effects; why not use them in ME1? Also, instead of making Shepard have to go to a random planet in the ass end of nowhere to complete small tasks, why not put 4 or 5 of those tasks in the same planet and turn them into cool little side missions, earning you extra dialog with your squadmates, good loot and extra content that somehow was never included in the trilogy? Shepard could visit Palaven, for example - we never saw the Turian homeworld -, the Batarian homeworld and many other places that we hear about, but were never able to visit for God knows what reason. Furthermore, it wouldn't hurt to have (optional) extra side missions with characters like Kirrahe, who make an appearance later again in the series. Imagine holding the line with the Captain and his team in your squad, blowing up a lot of geth together and chatting about the STG. Imagine him telling us about his special mission with Mordin before we meet the Salarian doctor in ME2! Speaking of which, it would be cool to have more content for our squadmates - Garrus, Wrex and Tali - as well. I feel like Tali got very little attention in ME1 and then becomes such a popular character in ME2 and 3. It would also be cool to have a side mission with a Batarian who's hostile to Shepard at first, ends up reluctantly becoming Shepard's squadmate for the duration of the mission and then comes to respect the Commander (and help them in the future against the Reapers. Hell, we could even help them save a Batarian colony from Cerberus in ME3. More War Assets for us! ). ME1 laid the basis for the rest of the trilogy. There's a lot of content that could be included in a remaster to give us a better notion of how wide the galaxy really is before the Reapers destroyed it in ME3. Hell, we could even go on a Krogan side mission where we recover recordings from a time before Tuchanka was nuked and became a wasteland. Imagine seeing the Krogan civilisation before its downfall. Also...will we finally see a Quarian without their helmet? Maybe, possibly...out of their exosuit? Just think of the possibilities.
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Post by UutIVvdPw7END0Ef on Dec 1, 2020 15:34:04 GMT
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Post by SirSourpuss on Dec 1, 2020 16:02:10 GMT
Spring release. So we're definitely not going to be that late in June. I am guessing ... May 21st. What day is that? Friday. No. 18th. May 18th, Tuesday.
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Post by Pounce de León on Dec 1, 2020 16:10:16 GMT
Spring release. So we're definitely not going to be that late in June. I am guessing ... May 21st. What day is that? Friday. No. 18th. May 18th, Tuesday. I wonder how long brick and mortar will set the week day of releases. It's mostly become obsolete and I bet Fridays might sell better on digital.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Dec 1, 2020 16:28:31 GMT
I wonder how long brick and mortar will set the week day of releases. It's mostly become obsolete and I bet Fridays might sell better on digital. I think this has more to do with when the game hits gold. Which would mostly be one month before release and whatever crunch that particular weekend entails, so it ships on a Monday, passes certification and launches a month after that. It's a complicated process, but it has more to do with the development and certification process, rather than the stores themselves.
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