Mass Effect: Andromeda release date: March 21, 2017

I'mma just gonna say March 21st, because of the 3-2-1 launch thing, but it totally syncs up to what BioWare/EA has released, and 'cause BioFan's a cool guy. I mean, anytime a gaming company has a date line up like that, they totally have to jump all over that stuff.

Oh come on! It's doable. Trust me. First-hand experience.
Newborns are rather 'gaming-friendly', especially if you get yourself a ring sling. Which is extremely handy to have for a second baby anyway (a must-have, if you ask me). Wraps are good too, but they are less mobile and take slightly longer to master. 

The things only get complicated once they are old enough to pull the wires and chew the gamepad. 

....And few years later it's going to be 'mommy(daddy), can I have another 15 minutes, pleeeeaaase?..' 

Spring 2017

If a game gets delayed as much as MEA it's usually delayed again not so long before release. So I'm expecting their announcement in January-February that game is delayed for another month or two.

I know the place holder is March 2017, but I could see it not coming till Fall 2017 since the date is still a placeholder and I could see a delay till then since I am pessimistic on these things.

Yup.

Better to wait a few more months and get it right, that push to meet an arbitrary deadline and disappoint.

It would be different if game development timelines were different.

But if I'm going to wait 5 years between games, in the end, "rushing" it out the door to save a couple of months ... no.

Seems EA has learned its lesson as well... as in not forcing the BW to release before they are ready... if it's going to be a considerable delay I hope they give us some story to chew on in the meantime

Yeah, I have no problem with BioWare delaying the game to get it to where they want it to be.
(And it'd give me more time to get that new PC rig together... )

I wouldn't have a problem were they to delay the game again. A consensus between both BioWare and EA on delaying Andromeda, and making sure the game is better and as good as it can possibly be, is always preferable to the game being rushed to meet a deadline and some fan demand.

I also have a load of games I need to play and finish before Andromeda, so for me personally lol, a delay may not be such a bad thing

I wouldn't have an issue with a delay. My friend would flip his shit and I'd find that super amusing so there would at least be that bit of personal entertainment till I then personally had to deal with there being a delay. yeaaah.

Anyway, I don't think we'll end up getting one, least not one that's to considerable. I mean the most recent put out teaser for N7 day says coming 'Spring 2017'. That's March, April and June. So latest would be June... which I still think March is the more likely month if for no other reason then recent tweets seem to indicate they're hitting crunch time.

I'm not trying to be argumentative with this question. I'm legitimately curious. In which part of the world is June generally considered Spring?

I'm well aware of the astronomical starting point of summer, but where I'm from (Midwestern USA), Spring is generally considered March-May, with a few weeks in June being only an astronomical technicality. I suspect this delineation is based upon when warm weather arrives in a region. For us, it can arrive as early as March, so June is very much Summer, regardless of the date of the Solstice. I'm guessing your "summer" arrives much later than ours?

Anyway, on topic, I agree with many that posted above. I'm glad EA is willing to give BioWare time. The fallout of ME3, two "Worst Company in the US" awards (no matter how absurd), and then the accolades DAI received (no matter how slim the competition) seems to have penetrated some thick skulls. More likely, some financial impact was felt beyond all the bad press, and DAI was a much needed victory. Whatever the case, I hope to be playing MEA in March; but I'd prefer a delayed game to an unfinished game.

"You fix it because we allow. And you'll release it because we demand"

Well, if game is not ready by EA standards then it's definitely not ready by my own.