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I think that 2022 was a good bet for a release year before the pandemic. But with Covid it obviously has an impact so yeah 2023 does makes a lot of sense.

1. As much ballyooed topic around here rears up again. Don't trust it, etc etc. However if this is true well I am probably not going to be able to get through all the games before it comes out because i imagine when DA 4 comes out this might be all I do for like...a year. . Obviously I will make room in the schedule but there we are.

2. As such this does come off as being very skeptical. Now they said that this was with regards to 'this year' so that theoreotically anyways this 'leak' should come after the pandemic started so it should take any delays due to the pandemic into account though even then the aritcle itself admits that it could still be 2023 which is still a pretty safe best.

3. The only reason why I would give this any real credence is this is almost exactly 6 months after the Game Awards. IE the same window that some games like Fallout 4 or Ghost Recon Breakpoint and I think a few others have basically announced themselves and started their full marketing campaign and the window that I and many others around here would prefer them to start their marketing on. Now they have not announced they will be at the game awards or even teased it so that itself is not a given and this does not account for maybe likely delays that could get it shunted back to late 2022 or even 2023 still...but that is literally the only thing they can logically do with the marketing at this point, they already dropped two small teasers and while I wouldn't mind another small teaser...I'm thirsty for anything DA related...I think at this point it would make no sense just to do that. Again.

Yeah, it's just a middle-of-the-year placeholder date.

From the EA conference call way back when (pre-pandemic), it was looking like Fall 2022. And BW is still WFH, so... I can't see anything earlier than 2023.

Also, BW likes to release their games in either the first quarter of the year or the last quarter. They're not going to release in June.

Guys, be realistic
At some point, production would become too expensive. They can't delay it more and more. I think late 2022 is a good bet, and perhaps the first half of 2023 as well. But 2024? No way.
They would rather cut the scope than invest in the title that much. It has been in full development (and I mean not just a small core team) since 2019.

I predict either Christmas of 2023 or Summer of 2024, you mark my words.

Nope. They have entered production right before pandemic. Before that they have been in active pre-production which is a development. During this stage you define scope, create systems, tools, core mechanics- basically vertical slice of a game. 
Plus they have been known to outsource quite a lot of stuff before (especially during DAI), so they won't need to double their manpower.

It's not that bad. Yes, they have rebooted core idea a few times (from what we know at least three), but that's how most games are being developed. Right now they are hiring a lot of animators- that means that core stuff is set, cause that part is quite expensive, so they can't experiment much with it. they are looking for cinematic designer as well. 
Previously they have been looking for producers, that would specifically work with outsource companies. Right now they are looking for external art manager. (in the description-  and manage art created by external contributors).

They also opened a lot of temporary positions.

So it ain't so bad. It's way better that it was last year. 
Right now we have progress, a real one.

And how do you know those things? Why should it have more weight that info, provided by Scylla Costa, their lead producer, who had a talk in March and said that they entered production in  2020? 
Why should removal of MP affect everything so they need to go back to pre-production? Inventory, dialogues, crafting, class, combat (for the most part), character creation, level design etc. would already have a foundation.
Unless multiplayer was one of the pillars of DA4 (and as far as i know, we have no prof that it was), I don't get why removing it would cause a delay for years. 

Please, tell me more about your source- genuinely interested  

Nah Nah Nah ...Lah Lah Lah ... "We" can't hear you! ... Unless you turn that sour frown upside down and tell us some unrealistic, but happy news.

Personally I hope it's released in 2023 since their is no way I will have a next gen game console before that time and this will likely be a next gen game or have a crappier last gen version like DAI did. Or like cyberpunk 2077 did.

Sorry, guidance. Fiscal Year Guidance. What to expect in terms of revenue, comparative to releases etc. Head no work most of time.

Yeah given Bioware haven't announced anything release date wise I suspec th eearlies we wlil see it will be this time next year and that's assuming they start doing al ltheir promotion stuff around the early part of the year. They cretainl ywon't release a gam ein June a susually the ME or DA game is usually kind of treated by Bioware and EA their crown jewel of thqa tparticular period in that year. By tha tI mean they promote i tt othe hilt tellin geveryone how great it is and how it's a must buy and all that with trailers evreywhere and all tha tstuff. We haven't seen one yet so I think by tha tstandard we won' tbe getting it in June. I could see them start promoting it in June for an early 2023 release if that's wha tthey're going for given that's usually when EA play happens. But personally I think that'll depend on how far along they are with the project and it's probably too early to tell atm.

I don't know, this sounds more like the worst case scenario of how much reworking needs to be done since February. Not necessarily what is actually happening with SP only rework.