Jeno_340 wrote...
To start off, I just want to say that I believe in IT and I'm about to explain why.
I don't think EA would let Bioware sacrifice profits for "artistic integrity". If Bioware only elaborates on the current ending by adding a bit more dialogue and cutscenes, pretty much all their loyal fans are going to abandon them. These loyal fans are the ones that buy the dlc. Casual fans who didn't complain about the ending (or praise it), probably aren't going to buy the dlc the dlc either.
I think Bioware planned this along but they didn't expect the amount of damage a united group of 50,000 could do (30% price reduction in first two weeks, low user reviews, $100,000 in charity, 400 cupcakes, etc). If they actually had a good PR team, they could have stopped all of this in the first week by saying simply "the real ending is coming soon". Instead, they sacrificed a lot of money to keep everything a secret until April in order to preserve the greatest plot twist ever.
You know what, I thought about this some more and it would take HUGE cojones to have
planned this and EA is VERY risk-averse so I doubt they would have allowed it, or I doubt they would have kept quiet after the uproar became apparent. When Ray made the blog post that pretty much was the last nail in the coffin for IT being pre-planned. Maybe they'll pick it up, but yeah, 99% sure it was not pre-planned.
granyte wrote...
sadly at that time the old crowd already had C&C3 to get used to the idea that C&C was dead
Yeah the writing was on the wall long ago.