When Will DA4 be released?/ Bioware's release strategy.

I think the fallout of Anthem and even the restarting of Dreadwolf is enough to tell me that EA is implemented people at the higher levels of BioWare so the indecision and mismanagement isn't at the higher levels of the company now. My opinion is that Anthem 2.0 was cancelled because they were taking too long and since it was an active game the player base was almost gone. It does show to me that EA wasn't completely disappointed with Anthem because they did give them about a year to try and fix the game, but frankly I am not sure how the core systems could have been improved without making it a new game (I still believe not having scaling group content is asking for failure and what hurt the game a lot).  Otherwise if EA was really disappointed with the numbers they wouldn't have green lit the overhaul in the first place.

My experience is that the reduction in the game industry goes beyond the game industry and a lot of it can be tied back to COVID and the reaction to it from games being more popular due to people being at home a lot more and looking for something to do. My area where IT hired a lot of people to help people with their issues doing work from home.  A year ago a third of the IT staff and that is just less than everyone hired since 2020 was laid off.  Doesn't make it seem fair, but it is the consequence for not really seeing the future beyond COVID and the lockdowns and the average person pays the price.