Originally Posted by kanisatha
Originally Posted by Zerubbabel
Originally Posted by kanisatha
Bioware confirmed sometime last year or so that DA:I is their highest selling game of all-time. We also know for a fact that ME4 has sold over 10 million. Therefore, the correct conclusion reached by people is that DA:I has sold well over 10 M.

I have no doubt that DA4 will outsell DA:I. Some of you really need to get past your personal animus towards (recent) Bioware games and understand that a lot of people out there see those games very differently. I am on record as saying I passionately love the original BG games. And yet I am also someone who loved all three DA games, yes to even include DA2.

Also for the record, CDPR recently announced that The Witcher 3 has now sold well past 50 million. And CP2077 more than 15 million. CDPR is doing just fine with its fans.
Inquisition was 9 years ago.
Since then, they've put out a ME Remaster, Andromeda, and Anthem.
Laidlaw, Darrah, Hudson, Ohlen, Gaider, Karpyshyn, Walters, and most of the veteran Dragon Age and Mass Effect staff are gone.
DA4 has been rebooted at least twice and has lost at least 2 creative directors since the first reboot.
The only good news about this game came out in 2021 where arstechnica reported that Bioware had "wrested" control of DA away from EA after an internal "struggle" of some kind, ensuring the game would be strictly singleplayer, only to be followed by more veterans leaving.

Origins, 2, and Inquisition are good games. Origins is great, seminal even. But one can hardly blame people for losing confidence in Bioware after 9 years of glitches and live service, the hemorrhaging of veteran talent that made those franchises in the first place, and the news of repeated reboots and internal power struggles within EA.

It's fair to love Bioware, but they're in a pact with a Fiend.

EDIT because this sounds harsh:
There HAS been recent good news about new creative leads on DA4, some victory for remaining Bioware veterans in the rumored internal struggle, and the development of and investment in some promising new talent. I WANT DA4 to be good. I really really really do. But I'm worried that EA has other plans.
Fair enough, but for me these are not necessarily bad or problematic things. I am of the belief that even the most talented people eventually become stale and start losing their creativity. So for me it's a good thing to have turnover of people at RPG studios and for them to bring in new talent. The people who made DA:O were also "new" at one point, weren't they?
Bertrand Russell’s foremost anxiety in his old age was that his greatest years of philosophy were long behind him (he was right).
I hope you’re right. New doesn’t mean bad; experienced doesn’t mean good. I don’t think anyone want there to be more bad games. I hope it’s good and the studio can get back on track.

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