Why Mass Effect Andromeda Devs Keep Silent About the Game

I prefer they say nothing at all than statements which invariably fail to materialize.

Revenue recognition:

I know that a published release date is part of it.
For DLC I know they leave it to 10-14 days pre-launch.

I'm sorry, but why is that a problem? They'll release gameplay videos eventually, just get excited about it (or not) when they do.

There could be a number of reason for the silence.
The game seems to be one year away.There's no reason to start the hype machine this early.
Usually Bioware start to promote heavily 5/6 months before release.

Bioware can be crappy at promoting their games.DA2 promotion was legendary bad."Fight like a Spartan!" "Awesome Button!".
ME3 ending disaster was also legendary and it was fueled by pre release interviews with the devs.No ABC ending , remember?
So they migh be thinking of changing the way they promote games.
They have Shinobi (?) doing the promo on Neogaf.He's not a Bioware employee so he can say whatever he wants.And Bioware can distance themselves from him , should something bad happen.

Anyway they might be working on a new promotion strategy and want a shorter heavy promotion cycle.(worked well for Fallout4)
Or the development of the game is a trainwreck , although from what I've gathered it's not surprising in gaming at all , and they had to change some stuff along the way.
I could imagine something like DAI open world and fetch quests ending up looking a bit miserable against the Witcher 3 (I'm not here to debate this specific point , I think both game are fine.)change things a bit.
The talk about super realistic cinematics they have promoted in small doses is fine , but I'm not convinced you can have super realistic cinematics , lots of those super realistic cinematics , and also lots of interesting choices side quests (with cinematics)and branching narrative.Something has to give.
The overall feeling I have is they were thinking of going the DAI route with a "strong" narrative/cinematics core of 30/40 hours.And lots and lots of filler content on the side.
I have a feeling the game will get pushed back a couple of months at least once.

After No Man's Sky questionable result, I'm really worried. The interviews, the promises and the secrecy... remind me of what Bioware is doing with ME:A right now.

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Less RPG?  I certainly hope not!
 
As to the Aug 26 point.... we are in agreement.

What are you talking about? We know almost nothing about the actual features of ME:A. In the case of No Man's Sky, we had dozens of specific promises over the years (all of which are collected in the giant Reddit thread). It's not comparable by any measure.

Those specific promises were rather vague tho.
Look, I just want to be wrong. People is comparing the way Bioware is marketing with Bethesta with FO4. But the feeling I'm getting is more similar to NMS. People knew about NMS pretty soon in development process, the same way we knew about ME:A pretty soon too. NMS could promise a couple of very specific things (such as MP, ehem   ) but at the same time one selling point was the promise of an experience, an awesome experience, the possibilities, the uncertain... Things which are not very specific at all. The promise of feelings basically. That's what worries me, because at this point is all we have about Andromeda: the promise of an outstanding adventure and ALL THE FEELS...

Of course things can change in the next months. Maybe we have more information about the basic plot, maybe we have a gameplay of the first minutes of the game, maybe we see the mechanics, combat style, conversation wheel... but at this point I'm worried for the first time. That's all. I want to be wrong. So you are very welcome to prove me wrong however you want. But at this point I'm afraid that your position and mine are more about TO BELIEVE OR NOT TO BELIEVE rather than facts.


... but we don't have anything yet. 

I still don't buy into the "BioWare is done" mentality.

The only way that happens is if the entire team leaves or is pushed onto supporting other projects. They are too big of a brand for EA to shut down at this point, much like EA Sports is too big of a brand to be removed from the company. 

Maxis?
EA closed Maxis main studio , and as far as I know Maxis as a brand still exist but that's it.It's just a EA shell.
And Maxis created the Sims and Simscity , I think those sold more than  Bioware games.But then SimCity4 happened .
 

There's no such thing as bad publicity!