TSC_1 wrote...
SiriusXI wrote...
TSC_1 wrote...
Is anyone else a little concerned that if Bioware does change the ending, they may still screw it up? Or that, if we hit Bioware too hard, EA may simply decide to cut their losses and abandon Mass Effect altogether? Meaning that there would be no ending fix?
Maybe I'm just crazy, but I see those as potential unintended outcomes of all this.
Exactly my concerns. And honestly, I think abandoning the ME series is what they'll do. They'll maybe release 1SP and 1MP DLC just to see how it sells, and if it doesn't, they'll just be focusing on other games, not trying to ruin endings like this ever again.
Sad I know...
HOLD THE LINE
Right. It's the reported drop in sales that kind of scares me. I can see some EA suit saying "Well, what's the point in releasing an ending DLC when no one is buying the game any more?"
They know why people don't buy the game right now, because their friends have told them not to, warned them about the disapointment. Think back mass effect 2 or 1 even. How many friends have you suggested to try that game out because you liked it so much? Would you tell them now to play me3? Most likely not right. At least i won't.
They know that players who returned their game have done so because they were unhappy with the ending and will rebuy it as soon as it changes, because most of them have told that in the return letter/email or posted it elsewhere.
They know that if they walk away from this, they will forever be known as the company who ruined a perfect franchise that had tons of loyal fans and customers that happily bought everything they released regarding to it and not just the games. books, comics, tshirts...you name it. They will forever be known as the company who didn't listen to what their fans wanted and had to pay the price. They will forever be a internet joke, just look at the amount of videos and pictures there are already and that's not even two weeks after release. They will be known as a company that lies to their fans and they will never again be trusted by those who were once die-hard bioware fans and bought every game of them, not just mass effect.
They know they will be able to make a lot of money by releasing a DLC that chances the ending and give players what they want. They have to know it, otherwise someone there isn't doing their jobs very well.
Fans are graving for this, but if they don't pick the right time to do this, it might be to late and fans might walk away and not come back.
We have to see this through, we can't give up now, because we are starting to get concerend what will happen to bioware. Because if we dont, nobody will ever again take players serious. They will just say "oh let them rage and whine for two weeks then it will be over and we can move on. Maybe distract them a bit with some stuff here and there."