EA to Decide Fate of Anthem (Update: Development Has Ceased)

And probably anger people who like their games like Anthem and Andromeda and stick to them.

Yup, a failed IP definitely won't help. The next ME better be good (and hopefully they have an independent target date from the next DA release). I'm not too much into Dragon Age, so my hope is that they go back to two (three if you count SWOTOR) completely independent teams to enable them to bring out games in shorter time spans when it comes to single IPs to keep momentum. For example: if you bring out MELE in May 2021, then your target date for the next ME should be fall 2023 -> delayed to spring 2024, but not later. So if preproduction started in late 2019, you should go into production late 2021/early 2022 and finish the game in two years from then. Don't put much of that team on crunch for a Dragon Age release...   

Why not still do it? Not like the game has changed a lot since launch.

If you wanted to play it only because of the idea that it could change in the future, then it was pointless anyway.

I’m not the one personally insulting other posters, so I don’t think it’s me who needs to grow up and reassess themselves.

You know, if I had said it got cancelled, I would have been labeled as a pessimist, a hater and a liar. So I did hint it, but I didn't want to sound too negative.

Do you guys think I held back enough?

Honestly, I'll never understand the approach Bioware takes.  While MEA wasn't the greatest the foundation was there...excellent combat and visuals.  A follow up with a really good DLC (large and well crafted) could have won some back and laid the groundwork for MEA2.  Same with DAI, they could have built DA4 right atop what they had and made improvements where necessary.  It's still a good looking game going on 7 years later.  Bioware could have been working on DA5 and MEA3 right now.  For some reason Bio feels the need to reinvent the wheel with every iteration.  That's not a sound financial approach.

From the little I saw, I think it was fine, but I also think it’d have been fine if you straight out said it, unless you’d get in some trouble by saying it. 

I actually just migrated back over after a year hiatus wondering if any improvements and story additions had been dropped.  Looks like not.  I'm not too bummed.  I got 150 hours out of the game and mostly enjoyed the experience.  That's about .40c/hour.  Not much else you can do for that.

So they finally came to their senses and cancelled this disaster. I hope they get their shit together. There was never a need for another looter-shooter. Destiny, the division, fortnight, and apex legends were already dominating the market. BW needs to figure out who they are. Hopefully MELE will bring some fans back, and the next DA can keep them.

I am very pleased with this decision. It was no doubt the right one.

Lets hope Bioware can now focus on the thing it does the best: single-player RPG's (...and SWTOR!)

Then: Anthem & SWBF2 killed MEA.
Now: SWTOR & ME5 & DA4 kill Anthem.

Do you think they will now put Antem on Steam?