BioWare becoming Activision? (annual releases thread)

Hmmm...i thought the overall Bioware team itself was broken down into a smaller team overall. I don't really see them putting games out like that unless they have a group of 3 teams or more to work on these projects...usually there are some down time between projects. I don't see them working on Andromeda, then immediately working on the next project being that new IP, unless this is another different Bioware team altogether.

Well if the newly formed EA Worldwide Studio is working as planned, it's likely Bioware will absorb whatever is left in EA Mobile and Maxis.

Moreover, job listings will appear when the time comes calling for them. Nothing is impossible if it's funded by EA.

Given all the hate Dragon Age: Inquisition gets in here I find it hard to believe there is high demand for a sequel?

Depends on how successful the new IP and Andromeda is. They did drop JE IP after all, canceled the other game, and farmed out DnD and KOTor to Obsidian.

I am expecting to see a game every two years, but I have no idea which ip they will keep churning out. Right now they have SWTOR, DA, Andromeda and the new IP. I suspect one of them is going to be dropped. Part of me thinks SWTOR might get parked into a maintenance mode. My personal preference will be seeing Andromeda and new IP to release a few games, and DA get dropped in favor of a new development after DA4. If it's a fantasy, it's fine, just something more original will be my preference.

Obviously, if wishes were horses...

Are they really still going with Dragon Age? (Haven't kept up with news on that)

Thought the only good one there was DA:O.

I'll assume you don't play many Activision games Dutch if you actually believe that.

First and foremost, Bioware has yet to ripoff it fans. Don't care how much some people may not like DA2 or the ME3 endings, Bioware has yet to pull what Activision has with Destiny and CoD

Now if you mean the lack of new IPs, then that nothing new hell alot of companies aside from maybe Ubisoft won't take the gamble and who can blame them with a fan base as fickle as this one

DAI was an excellent game and bought me great joy. And I like some Activision games, opinion discarded.

If they have the manpower and studios to cover the workload I don't see a problem with it. It isn't as if they're producing an IP followup year to year.

So no, nothing like Activision.

>DAI was an excellent game

You've just lost all your credibility.

I think any game could feel played out with a yearly release.  In my opinion there needs to be a break so they can examine what was good and bad about a game and make adjustments to the next one to attempt to improve the game, otherwise it become the same game with minor adjustments and a weak story for time wasn't allocated to properly develop one.

As far as the comments about Dragon Age: Inquisition, I enjoyed it after just sticking to the critical path for the majority of the game and enjoyed it a lot more after ignoring the padding content that BioWare added to attempt to please the people that wanted a 100 hour game out of a game that really should have only been about 30 hours because people were wanting that too.

Generally people are most vocal when they're complaining, especially around these parts. 

No you just have poor taste. Actually you have no taste at all and clearly haven't played many games.