Dragon Age: The Veilguard pulled in 1.5 million players but still missed EA sales expectations by nearly half

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard grabbed 1.5 million players but still missed EA's sales expectations by almost 50%.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard pulled in 1.5 million players but still missed EA sales expectations by nearly half : Read more

 

[omnigamer]

Thats because we have yett to buy it, some times we cant afford things we so badly want, but have to prioritize, il be making my purchase next week, see how sales go from then on

 

[fjtorres5591]

Thats because we have yett to buy it, some times we cant afford things we so badly want, but have to prioritize, il be making my purchase next week, see how sales go from then on

You may want to consider that VEILGUARD is not, like earlier games in the franchise, an actual RPG with significant gamer choice and meaningful consequences, but more of a single-narrative action game like the typical Sony exclusive than earlier DRAGON AGE games (INQUISITION, ORIGINS), or the MASS EFFECT games. The game appears to have prioritized the action and combat challenge over player choice. The low sales numbers were earned by steering away from the elements that had previously defined the franchise so it isn't a slow seller but rather a low seller for turning away from the franchise's natural audience.

Most of the RPG-focused reviewers have been very negative on the game for removing gamer agency in the progression of the game narrative and the developers of the next MASS EFFECT game within EA have publicly distanced themselves from VEILGUARD and its approach. The game's creative director has already quit and there is reporting that the entire studio is to be closed next month.

A rumor but in line with the state of the industry.

Approach the game with caution.

If financially concerned, you might want to wait a bit as the game is headed for the heavy discount tier, if its not already there, and, even more affordable, EA PLAY. it is also a short game so EA PLAY will reduce your cost to one month's due. At which point if you actually like it you can pick it up at a deeper discount soon enough.

 

[Puddle]

I mean if you go in YouTube and watch the reviews there is a pretty consistent sentiment from many players that the Veilguard is not a good game. The dialogue writing comes across as stilted, preachy, unlikeable, and often just nonsensical, with many of the character interactions being plagued with poor direction, lack luster voice acting, and odd pacing.

Couple this with the absence of meaningful choices for players to make that impact not only the character development but also the story, strange retcons that don't really improve things or provide any justification for the changes, and you've got enough problems to sink the ship.

Add on top of all of that the massive changes to the way the game actually plays, changes which are mostly simplifications that remove depth and strategy (actually tactical, but most confuse those words) from the combat, and being now the third bad game in a row from a formerly respected studio, published by a company that has very little goodwill or trust from gamers at large and it's not hard to understand why they missed sales targets by 50%. This article continued of to gas up a bad offering as good, I'm sure will contribute to EA continuing to fail to learn anything useful from this failure.