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[kizito]

Didn't find a thread about it. Paywalled article, but here is the relevant part :

The roleplaying game Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which came out in October following a turbulent development cycle, reached 1.5 million players during the quarter, missing the company's expectations by around 50%.

I guess, since they say "reached", it must include EA Pass numbers, which would then point to overall sales to be pretty low. EA had an objective of 3 millions sales up until now it seems, and some estimations guessed that rentability would start somewhere between 4-5 millions.

So yeah, the game flopped. Send a tweet to Jason Schreier

 

[Wooxsvan]

 

[proandrad]

Their expectations would fail to meet Square Enix’s expectations.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

this is for you Alanah; my oshi... my queen

 

[Metnut]

So about 1/2 of what FF16 and Rebirth did exclusively on PS5 and likely costing a similar budget.

 

[Brakum]

Who could have guessed. It's not even just the woke stuff. Even people like me, i was super pumped for a new dragon age and immediately lost interest when they showed the trailer.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Paywall

 

[Rambone]

 

[BigBeauford]

What a magnificent account suicide!!!

 

[Neilg]

Who could have guessed. It's not even just the woke stuff. Even people like me, i was super pumped for a new dragon age and immediately lost interest when they showed the trailer.

Yeah, same. huge series fan, everything I saw turned me off.

 

[Denton]

Exactly as I predicted based on CCU numbers. The game didn't make back even half its budget.

 

[Hookshot]

Shame, it looked so fun and the trans character was a revelation of freshness in this stale generation

 

[daxgame]

Didn't find a thread about it. Paywalled article, but here is the relevant part :


I guess, since they say "reached", it must include EA Pass numbers, which would then point to overall sales to be pretty low. EA had an objective of 3 millions sales up until now it seems, and some estimations guessed that rentability would start somewhere between 4-5 millions.

So yeah, the game flopped. Send a tweet to Jason Schreier

lol I caught later that he's also the one who wrote this very same article

More surprised though that also EA Sports 25 did badly. Fucking finally!

 

[Zacfoldor]

50%?

RIV = Rare Incel Victory

We got a RIV on our hands here folks.

 

[N0S]

Still too much

 

[Kacho]

Steam CCU numbers stay winning

 

[Shane89]

too much

 

[cormack12]

As chuds we really got dunked on.

Taking the focus off Solas and making this Dungeons and Dragon Age as well as the hybrid art style killed interest

 

[Blank Space Invader]

 

[BigBeauford]

3 million expectations is beyond generous when you consider the last entry sold what, 14 Million? And they were 50% short there! Hearing Bioware employees are being scattered to different teams, I have to believe Mass Effect 5 might be toast.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Who could have guessed. It's not even just the woke stuff. Even people like me, i was super pumped for a new dragon age and immediately lost interest when they showed the trailer.

It's that damn blue-purple bisexual lighting thing I tell you !

 

[winjer]

 

[bundylove]

For all the confused gender people ...here is a short summary why boys are boys and girls are girls and why boys dont wanr girl stuff.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

What a magnificent account suicide!!!

was he banned?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Mass Effect 5 might be toast

Probably for the best. They tainted it enough with Andromeda already.

 

[Pelao]

It's amazing that Bioware is still standing after a decade of producing nothing but garbage.

 

[SJRB]

 

[SEGAvangelist]

 

[Schmendrick]

 

[RagnarokIV]

I love being a chud. Lately it’s like supporting the greatest team that never loses and always finishes top of the league.

 

[BigBeauford]

was he banned?

He's in the stage prior to ban with the whole "interesting sources you are using there friendo".

 

[SlimySnake]

What a magnificent account suicide!!!

Brave Soul. RIP.

 

[hussar16]

Didn't find a thread about it. Paywalled article, but here is the relevant part :


I guess, since they say "reached", it must include EA Pass numbers, which would then point to overall sales to be pretty low. EA had an objective of 3 millions sales up until now it seems, and some estimations guessed that rentability would start somewhere between 4-5 millions.

So yeah, the game flopped. Send a tweet to Jason Schreier

50k is breaking chart?

 

[kizito]

50k is breaking chart?

Well, technically 50k is a good number for a small series like the new Dynasty Warriors. Especially if the game sales have legs.

For a game that was in development for 8 years ? Nope.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

 

[Conflict NZ]

It must've done catastrophically bad on console, because based on PC CCU it probably sold around a million there.

 

[pudel]

I have to believe Mass Effect 5 might be toast.

There is this new Exodus game coming up. I mean Bioware is nearly already replaced by Larian. There is only a Mass Effect replacement missing. And than EA can put Bioware onto their huge dev studio graveyard.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving dev!

 

[Hudo]

There is this new Exodus game coming up. I mean Bioware is nearly already replaced by Larian. There is only a Mass Effect replacement missing. And than EA can put Bioware on their huge dev studio graveyard.

Ngl, the more they show Exodus off, the less I am interested. It looks and feels like "we have Mass Effect at home" with Wizard of the Coasts' DEI policies sprinkled over it. But who knows, maybe in comparison to Mass Effect 5, it will be like gold.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

There was nothing to pick up in the game.

Nothing,...just healing potions...the crafting was super bb, everything from the previous entries that I liked was just gone or turned into a much worse version of previous game's systems/mechanics.

Easily the most disappointing release last year for me as I was looking forward to more DA:I type exploration.

 

[adamsapple]

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

wtf.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

We have definitely passed Peak Woke. Hang in there fellow chuds, we're picking up momentum now! Soon the rare incel victories will become uncommon incel victories!

 

[GHG]

How do you do my fellow tourist incels?

Yet another rare victory is upon us.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

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

wtf.

That's normal for the Steam estimates using 3rd party tools. The actual number is probably around 500k to 600k going by the history of those estimates for other games when the actual sales number is known

 

[Kilau]

 

[Wildebeest]

The amateur concurrent user rubberneckers were being more conservative about how badly it was underperforming expectations than EA.

 

[pudel]

Ngl, the more they show Exodus off, the less I am interested. It looks and feels like "we have Mass Effect at home" with Wizard of the Coasts' DEI policies sprinkled over it. But who knows, maybe in comparison to Mass Effect 5, it will be like gold.

Okay, I see....didnt know WotC is owning that thing.

 

[BigBeauford]

We have definitely passed Peak Woke. Hang in there fellow chuds, we're picking up momentum now! Soon the rare incel victories will become uncommon incel victories!

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

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Where's a modern audience when you need one, oh wait they don't exist my bad

 

[Hookshot]

"Reached 1.5 million players" doesn't necessarily mean sold to that many but I don't think it was on anything like Gamepass so why not say sold to 1.5 million?