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[Jinzo Prime]

Better than I expected. Way better than it deserved.

That is not a lot of players for a AAA game. Like that's far below the worst I was expecting.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Something something 1.5 million pulling a Barv something something

 

[Humdinger]

Lol, I believe this was reported some time ago by SmashJT. His sources were accurate again. Looks like the mainstream game journos finally have some competition.

Yup. People called him "grifter" but this is right in line with what he reported.

Btw, remember that the game was heavily discounted ($40) for up to a month at all major retailers, during the holiday season. Right out the gate, they dropped the price by nearly half - which slashes their profits.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

What I find amazing is how even after Andromeda, and then Anthem... That Bioware still fucked around with DA. I find that to be a level of delusion beyond words, as unhinged as it gets that you basically didn't read the room and see that anything associated with that shit fails hard.

It makes no fucking sense, fighting gods and dragons and you're playing therapist to an asshole who has mommy/identity issues. What a disease that infested these studios.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[TintoConCasera]

With any luck. I can’t stand to see them make a Mass Effect game worse than Andromeda, but that’s what current BioWare would do.

They better don't touch it again.

 

[Jaybe]

Wonder how the usual suspects are explaining this colossal failure

 

[Kacho]

Yup. People called him "grifter" but this is right in line with what he reported.

Good on him too. Smash JT is proving himself to be a reliable source.

He also broke the story about the Gendermancer leaving BioWare, something Jeff Grubb reported on after the fact and the media outlets were crediting Grubb.

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[Madflavor]

So this is how Dragon Age goes out huh? Infiltrated and sabotaged by a bunch of mentally challenged people.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

This is a total disaster. EA worked on this game for 8 years, advertised and marketed it, it got great reviews, and they set pretty modest expectations... and it didnt even come close.

Don’t forget how EA flew all the game journalists and influencers in for a 6 hour preview event, then sent review codes only to the ones who gave it the most glowingly positive previews.

Or all their astroturf bots gushing about how you can pet the cats and play rock paper scissors against the skeleton guy.

And fucking every review suspiciously using the same “return to form” phrase.



Such a disgrace. They tried so so hard to trick gamers into buying this pile of shit. BioWare and EA can get fucked.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

So this is how Dragon Age goes out huh? Infiltrated and sabotaged by a bunch of mentally challenged people.

Dragon Age isn't some gigantic important franchise though (sorry DA fans)

They infiltrated and sabotaged Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, etc. Some pretty culturally important media franchises have been plundered and looted and left for dead by the mentally insane this past decade

 

[ungalo]

can someone show what the article says about EA Sports FC ?

 

[Fake]

Of course. Is a trash game from a trash director.

IDK what they are expecting...

 

[Madflavor]

Dragon Age isn't some gigantic important franchise though (sorry DA fans)

They infiltrated and sabotaged Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, etc. Some pretty culturally important media franchises have been plundered and looted and left for dead by the mentally insane this past decade

I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make here. Are you saying that I shouldn’t be annoyed that one of my favorite game series got killed off because it’s not as big as Star Wars?

 

[Jaybe]

Avowed right now:

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make here. Are you saying that I shouldn’t be annoyed that one of my favorite game series got killed off because it’s not as big as Star Wars?

Not at all. I'm just mentioning that many bigger franchises have been killed by these people

I played and enjoyed DA Origins but haven't interacted with the franchise since

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

So this is how Dragon Age goes out huh? Infiltrated and sabotaged by a bunch of mentally challenged people.

Yea looks that way.

I love how that dude in charge said he was leaving, he got canned so hard.

 

[Kacho]

Or all their astroturf bots gushing about how you can pet the cats and play rock paper scissors against the skeleton guy.

Yessss. I forgot about that.

 

[StereoVsn]

Yup. People called him "grifter" but this is right in line with what he reported.

Btw, remember that the game was heavily discounted ($40) for up to a month at all major retailers, during the holiday season. Right out the gate, they dropped the price by nearly half - which slashes their profits.

Throw in some refunds and EA monthly rental. So sales are most likely closer to 1mil vs 1.5 mil. What a fiasco.

How did the EA execs not know this isn’t going to go over well with general gaming audience.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Good, shitty games with disgusting woke shits deserves to flop. And they made one of the worse and most nasty characters ever, Taash.

It might have been a flop but 1.5 million is still too many for this shit.

 

[LectureMaster]

Don’t forget how EA flew all the game journalists and influencers in for a 6 hour preview event, then sent review codes only to the ones who gave it the most glowingly positive previews.

Or all their astroturf bots gushing about how you can pet the cats and play rock paper scissors against the skeleton guy.

And fucking every review suspiciously using the same “return to form” phrase.



Such a disgrace. They tried so so hard to trick gamers into buying this pile of shit. BioWare and EA can get fucked.

20m copies sold:

1.5m copies sold:

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Throw in some refunds and EA monthly rental. So sales are most likely closer to 1mil vs 1.5 mil. What a fiasco.

How did the EA execs not know this isn’t going to go over well with general gaming audience.

The execs of almost all US tech companies are super duper extreme woke and it will take actual losing of money to slap some sense into them

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

He can't be stopped

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

With the goat back in office imo if I'm bioware im removing that pos taash from the game instantly, that character is the lamest pile of shit gaming character ever written into a game(next to concord) and the game would only IMPROVE with her absence. It's a hail mary to get some more sales imo, who cares what mentally challenge Twitterfucks say or do.

See Dana White with peloton? Same shit here, taash would be so gone if it were my call and anything to do with mental illness bs

 

[Kacho]

Good, shitty games with disgusting woke shits deserves to flop. And they made one of the worse and most nasty characters ever, Taash.

It might have been a flop but 1.5 million is still too many for this shit.

We're so back

 

[Quasicat]

I will buy and play it someday, but I need to start Inquisition which I bought for $12 late last year. I’ll probably buy this one in a couple of years on a holiday sale for the same price. I’ve got so many games I’ve yet to play, I can wait and pay almost nothing for it in a few years. Sorry BioWare and EA.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

I can’t say I’m surprised. The art-style looked like ass to me the moment I saw it. The fact that it’s extremely woke and pandering only made it worse in my eyes. I can tolerate some wokeness in my games but these guys took it too far and started becoming preachy to the point of annoyance. They did it to themselves. BioWare is fucked, I don’t see them bouncing back from this as I don’t have enough faith they will do a proper Mass Effect sequel.

 

[Dr Cowley]

If we win one more battle, we win the war. Stay strong warriors.

The General yells "FORWARD INCELS! CLEAR THE WAY!!!"

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

20m copies sold:

1.5m copies sold:

lol Veilguard is like the Kamala Harris of video games. The entire mainstream media cheering her on and handling her with kid gloves and pretending with all their might that she’s so wonderful and magical. And nobody fucking bought it.

 

[LectureMaster]

lol Veilguard is like the Kamala Harris of video games. The entire mainstream media cheering her on and handling her with kid gloves and pretending with all their might that she’s so wonderful and magical. And nobody fucking bought it.

LMAO, my man, it's only January but I need to award you with the best analogy of the year.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

1.5M players would include anyone who does PS or Xbox home sharing where one copy is sold but two gamer profiles can play it. And any other way more profiles can play it without buying.

Who knows what the real copies sold are, but I'd take a total guess and say 1.2M tops.

 

[Complistic]

I hear papa EA knocking at the door

 

[xenosys]

Ok, what the fuck is going on with these estimates? There's a difference of > 2 million between the top and bottom sources.

wtf.

I normally disregard SteamSpy because their estimates are so far out of whack from the other 3 a lot of the time.

So somewhere between 250k and 1m, and then when estimating, just cut it down the middle. So about 650-700k.

 

[StereoVsn]

lol Veilguard is like the Kamala Harris of video games. The entire mainstream media cheering her on and handling her with kid gloves and pretending with all their might that she’s so wonderful and magical. And nobody fucking bought it.

Now that’s an analogy I can agree with!!!!

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I normally disregard SteamSpy because their estimates are so far out of whack from the other 3 a lot of the time.

So somewhere between 250k and 1m, and then when estimating, just cut it down the middle. So about 650-700k.

Would be interesting to know what SteamSpys methodology is.

Even if all 1.5M were paid customers, how would come up with 2.3M Steam owners? Then add on consoles and their total guess would probably be 4-5M. Not even close to a max of 1.5M.

 

[lmimmfn]

Inquisition was a POS and sold well because of the amazing reviews of how "fantastic" it was.

It was junk, EA expecting this woke fest nonsense reaching 3 million, lol, so glad it did shit for destroying the Dragon Age franchise, DA:O is one of the best games ever.

 

[Guerilla Munch]

the "vocal minority" strikes again lmao

 

[StreetsofBeige]

lol Veilguard is like the Kamala Harris of video games. The entire mainstream media cheering her on and handling her with kid gloves and pretending with all their might that she’s so wonderful and magical. And nobody fucking bought it.

Money always talks, while marketing, PR or commentary only goes so far.

It's kind of like every person (including doctors) saying Mcdonalds is garbage, but somehow it's the biggest chain out there making shit loads of sales and profit. If it's so crap, dont buy it. But it sure seem people love McD's and even feed it to their kids.

When that happens, it means the general public saw right through it and dont believe.

I'd bet any money a lot of celebs and athletes vote conservative. But for sake of liberal friendly faces, they got to tow the PR line of liberals. I have a hard believing like 95% of Hollywood and sports are all liberals.

 

[Complistic]

I played all of it, because I'm a glutton for punishment, and i don't remember the last time I was so bored with a game.

Origins is one of my favorite games ever.

 

[Honey Bunny]

Stop making games for Resetera. Start making games for Neogaf.

 

[deeptech]

Will they ever learn? How come it's so obvious and CEOs, producers and such can't see it? The audience they pander to just seeks publicity because they're pathetic inside and want attention, they give not shit about gaming very largely.

 

[xenosys]

Stop making games for Resetera. Start making games for Neogaf.

Watching them all mental gymnastic their way into thinking the game was a success was amusing.

Now with this article, a lot of red faces and backtracking today.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Go woke, go broke.

 

[Rush2112]

Can someone explain to me how elves in this game are from different human racial backgrounds? it looks like someone just took average people from LA and put ears on them.

 

[Kilau]

Can someone explain to me how elves in this game are from different human racial backgrounds? it looks like someone just took average people from LA and put ears on them.

It's your standard DEI Elf, see rings of power/dungeons & dragons.

 

[Goalus]

Chuds are winning.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Stop making games for Resetera. Start making games for Neogaf.

I definitely agree with the first point though lol

 

[Sentenza]

Ok, what the fuck is going on with these estimates? There's a difference of > 2 million between the top and bottom sources.

wtf.

steam Spy has been SPECTACULARLY unreliable for years.
Since Valve made Steam profiles private by default preventing them from scraping data, they went from "most reliable" to "dead last" and stayed at the bottom up to the current day.

 

[mindfreak191]

Is this from that yt channel, I've been trying to recall the name but I can't lol