EA is a bunch of f*c*ing idiots

What? They cancelled Andromeda, the same way. This is not surprising.

You won't ever make a good game by not taking risks. EA has stopped taking risks. I bet DA4 will be a generic action game that does nothing original.

Not to be a jerk but this is good news for DA and ME. I remember when ME was put on ice and MEA didn't get any DLC and one of the reasons they did this way to put time and resources into developing Anthem. I do understand how you feel OP because that is how I felt when MEA was swept under the rug but frankly and selfishly I am happy about Anthem development ceasing because it means DA and ME will get time and resources they need.

Will they though? With the loss of so many veteran devs I wonder. This is a different Bioware. Do they still have the talent to develop games like their gems of the past? A lot riding on DA4.

The game seemed to be Casey Hudson's baby, which is why they spent time and resources on developing it when he was there (including the reboot of it after he came back to run the studio and the game didn't get a good reception at launch), but now that he's gone, not so much.

Oh? Everywhere I’ve looked it’s been the opposite, with everyone feeling upset and betrayed at the news. This place is the only one that I’ve seen have anyone celebrating it.

Oh joy, more resources for the piece of shit DA4.

I’m referring to general player base as well, which don’t seem to agree with you.

Not when those resources are going to a shitty game like DA4 and probably ME5.

Uh huh, sure. Whatever you say.

DA4 already ruined DAI and now Anthem. It’s absolute irredeemable shit. And a return to form with ME5 is a downgrade.

Works for me.

Potential? It was universally derided by the entirety of the internet before it even launched! 

I'd touched on this before, but I felt that regardless of what happened with Anthem, something had to give over at BioWare.

Anthem began at a time when BW still had the Montreal studio and had ~800 people total. Now they're ~550. Even at 800, I felt that in order to juggle 3 AAA franchises (and maintain SWTOR) they would have had to have grown their studios further. Team sizes (and budgets) for AAA games have only gone up, while BW has been shrinking. ~550 is still nothing to sneeze at, but we have to be realistic about how much they can handle. We're also seeing the emergence of a AAAA gaming space with massive team sizes and budgets. Games that BW's will be compared to.

Add to that the other challenges and issues they face, it's too much. If Anthem had done better and they decided to all-in with it, I fully believe it would just be one of the other franchises that got shelved. Likely Mass Effect.