At this point Bioware is dead. All the top talented people left and management is a mess. It's sad because Anthem's development isn't even EA's fault, it all on Bioware. They had 7 years, and this is what we got in the end. Just accept it, Bioware is dead and is a former shell of themselves. Honestly, I rather see them completely shut down then go independent. I can't imagine how terrible things would be run at Bioware if they went independent right now.

It's not the BioWare we used to love anymore. Also, the shitty decisions were made by them, not EA.

Bioware needs to go back to working with MS. KOTOR Jade Empire and Mass Effect were fantastic games. Bring back old Bioware

Sad to say but I wish EA would sell off Bioware and a company like Sony, Ubisoft, Capcom would buy them up. But I have a feeling EA will shut the doors on Bioware before they sell off the studio. EA is the killer of studios Visceral is a victim EA killed Dead Space, EA killed Bullfrog I still like to play Theme Hospital, EA killed Maxis. I really hope down the road an even bigger company buys up EA and shuts them down I will have a good laugh at EA when that happens. I will also have a good laugh if EA goes broke and has to liquidate their assets. Sad to say I honestly don't see EA keeping the doors open to Bioware much longer after Andromeda, and the stuff happening to Anthem.

but the problem lies within Bioware, parting with EA fixes nothing. TIme to realize and accept that all that was good about Bioware left and its not all EA's fault, as hard as that last part might be to accept

If they left EA Microsoft would buy them out fast. Microsoft been buying out studios

"Since Dragon Age Inquision, Bioware has failed to deliver a product that has appeased the masses"

More like Mass Effect 2, and I hated the change to a cover shooter direction after Dean Takahashi influenced that direction. You know that guy that couldn't dash and jump in Cuphead in the tutorial? That's who Bioware made changes for, people like him. They said this openly in an announcement so it's not some conspiracy. https://puu.sh/DdX6I/29d504...

He also played through Mass Effect 1 never allocating his skill points or anything and complained the game was too hard and gave it bad review. He didn't even know about the skill points until he actually read the comments.

EA will close the studio rather than give them back their independence.

Let EA does what has made EA the EA.

One less lazy incompetent developer in this world.

It is probably too late. Key staff has probably
left already and replaced with cheaper or lesser talent . If the key players from BioWare would all team up again elsewhere maybe they can regain that magic but it’s hard to start over after being EA’d or MS’d

The old Bioware is dead. All the talent left years ago, before Andromeda was even pitched.

They died shortly before the release of Mass Effect 3

EA may have been the catalyst they may have played a giant factor in the failure of biowares recent titles from reading the Kotaku article there can be many conclusions but ultimately the article also highlighted the talent responsible for their past gems is now gone.

okay if you've read the article by jason schreier then you know that this isn't all to blame on EA, bioware had NOTHING at the start of 2018 they had an idea and some basic concepts. they spent 5+ years doing nothing but lollygagging. EA has nothing to do with it, they gave them 7 years to produce anthem so if after 6 years it's still not remotely playable that's not the publishers fault!!! That's the developers fault. I suggest you READ the actual article and not just jump on the bandwagon

The old Bioware talent need to get together and work for Sony. They will allow them creative freedom and the time they need to make an amazing game.

Bioware is not the same company you knew.

While recently playing through Mass Effect 1 and 2 there have been several times where I've been like, "wow this is Anthem right here."

It's really cool to see where Anthem came from. The internet is full of moron sheep.

Bioware haven't made a good game since the first two Mass Effect's.

Good game developer's and EA are just a bad combo period, that history has teached us over and over again

Bioware is dead and EA just needs to put them out to pasture.

You mean let their corpse go. I've personally stopped supporting EA. I mean, it's too late for Bioware but it's only a matter of time before they suck the life out of another dev they acquire, and my money sure as heck won't help line their pockets to make that happen.

Well according to former staff, EA has pretty much nothing to do with Bioware's "Downfall", it has more to do with very poor internal management than anything else. given EA's track record it's easy to put the blame on them, but in this case seems like it's their own fault. So all you'd get if EA let Bioware go rather than shut them down, is the same disappointments only made worse by a far tighter budget.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau