That well runs dry after over a decade of not producing a game that makes money. They have not put out anything of success in over a decade. Would you rather just continue to burn through cash as a business to prop up a segment of your company that just brings nothing to the table?
This was honestly overdue. The BioWare magic has been gone for a while.
Yeah, no studio can survive the dry spell Bioware has had.
-Mass Effect Andromeda (100 million budget)
-Anthem (100-200 million budget)
-Dragon Age: The Veilguard (200-400 million budget)
The budget is part of it. These games all flopped horrendously, with Anthem's end of service this year accompanied by no refunds representing the most severe hit to player trust. But the main thing was the time. That's like 12~ years of development time that didn't let them make a single decent game. Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League ate Rocksteady's entire output for about 8 years by comparison, which was still a huge failure.
In 12 years, From Software released Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Bloodborne, Dark Souls III, and Sekiro, as well as DLC for the various games. 12 years of CD Projekt Red output got us Witcher 2, Witcher 3 and two game-length DLCs, Gwent, Thronebreaker, and Cyberpunk 2077. 12 years is a long fucking time.
You can even see it in the games they listed. It starts off banger after banger, on cheaply (compared to today) made games. And then it ends with Anthem, an extremely expensive failure.
They cant be left alone, or you get Anthem. They cant be managed or you get the latest dragon age games. Only thing left is put em down, Old Yeller style.
EA gave them more than they deserved, which is a wild statement.
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u/goober36 6h ago
That well runs dry after over a decade of not producing a game that makes money. They have not put out anything of success in over a decade. Would you rather just continue to burn through cash as a business to prop up a segment of your company that just brings nothing to the table?
This was honestly overdue. The BioWare magic has been gone for a while.