Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Bioware's DESPERATE attempts to sell a FLOP

A critical look at the post-release events for Bioware's Dragon Age: The Veilguard – from missing sales numbers, through controversial statements within the gaming industry, to a new interview with the game's directors, who decided to bury their heads in sand at this point.
As of today the game is selling on Steam with a 35% discount. The desperation within ZombieWare is obvious & real.

Video chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:12 – The missing sales numbers
04:26 – The ridiculous player count
05:51 – The offended gaming children
11:03 – Back to the stats
13:12 – Desperate giveaways
18:54 – The mod that caused a meltdown
21:50 – The evasive interview
33:49 – Bioware's understanding of “spicy”
36:29 – The next candidate for the chopping block
38:26 – Summary & What's your opinion on all this?

Relevant links:

Veilguard Steam-charts: https://steamdb.info/app/1845910/charts/
Veilguard on Cyber Monday: https://www.ign.com/articles/dragon-age-the-veilguard-cyber-monday-deal-2024
Veilguard current Steam discount: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1845910/Dragon_Age_The_Veilguard/
EA's info on the character creator: https://www.ea.com/games/dragon-age/dragon-age-the-veilguard/character-creator
Info about the free character creator: https://www.indiependent.co.uk/bioware-has-made-the-dragon-age-the-veilguard-character-creator-a-standalone-free-release/#:~:text=In%20a%20'Journal'%20post%20via,%E2%80%93%20Veilguard's%20player%20character.
Reddit's Developer AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/dragonage/comments/1h0h5nh/dragon_age_the_veilguard_developer_ama_on_dragon/
Daniel Vavra's post on X: https://x.com/DanielVavra/status/1864988486266159418
Eurogamer's post-release interview: https://www.eurogamer.net/the-big-dragon-age-the-veilguard-post-release-interview-it-was-never-going-to-match-the-dragon-age-4-in-peoples-minds
Deleted Lucanis Mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonagetheveilguard/mods/1189

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