“In order to break out beyond the core audience, games need to directly connect to the evolving demands of players who increasingly seek shared-world features and deeper engagement alongside high-quality narratives in this beloved category,” Wilson said in an investor call.

EA did announce that The Veilguard underperformed, even if expectations were perhaps set a little too high, but blaming this on the game not being a Fortnite ripoff misses the poi

The Veilguard may have performed below the company's financial expectations. These comments have made their way to the team at BioWare and beyond, and they haven't been received well by key Dragon Age figureheads.

The Veilguard failing to meet EA goals with only half of the players it wanted, EA CEO Andrew Wilson is reflecting on why that happened.

Former Dragon Age lead developers have reacted to the suggestion by publisher EA that the series' most recent entry

The newest Dragon Age failed to meet internal targets, and EA said it's due in part to the "evolving industry landscape."

Last week, publisher Electronic Arts mentioned that BioWare's latest game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, missed sales projections by a whopping 50%. Was the game's lackluster performance due to a bad story? Outdated gameplay mechanics? Apparently, it was because it wasn't a live service game.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard might have sold more copies and made more money for EA if it had been a live-service game, the publisher's top brass appear to have suggested.

The Veilguard failed because it lacked 'shared world features' according to EA, as the publisher's attitude to single-player games shifts again.

Former BioWare employees respond to EA's recent suggestion that Dragon Age: The Veilguard would be more successful as a live-service title.