Unsurprisingly... a firestorm of hateful chud responses in here. I have no skin in the obsessive anti-woke culture war. Of course they all assume that. I actually prefer hot, superhero type characters most of the time. I know it's a lot of trolls obviously, but... Regardless, it's a part of the discussion. Facts and matter. We don't know the full story yet. Maybe Dragon Age Veilguard's sales and player reception was purely why BioWare lost EA's funding. (I didn't really even play that game or spend my time on social platforms propping it up, as the chuds might assume.) But there's a huge difference between assuming why BioWare got shuttered and knowing the facts. Correlation isn't causation. There isn't any credible reporting that's simply what happened here. Also -- laughable how many of these haters are willingly praising studio closures by a BILLION-DOLLAR CORPORATION (see also: Xbox). In EA's statement, they effectively tell you: they are not in the RPG business. That's not what they say, but they describe how they are a ball and gun game company. "Deepen Our Core" as they describe it. How that's their focus, only with some action-adventure and lifestyle games otherwise. From a emotionless corporate level -- they are just tightening the portfolio and vision. Dropping a line item in the budget. That's the easiest short-term explanation, along with their new Saud investors' push for changes. Yes, it goes without saying BioWare has had troubles for many years. We know EA inflicted pain there as well, jerking the studio back and forth on things. But until we hear more about the next-gen Mass Effect project itself -- of which some staff worked on Mass Effect 1/2/3 -- we can't just assume Dragon Age's sales or perception is purely why BioWare was shut down.