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.

EA restructured Dragon Age developer BioWare to focus on Mass Effect 5 only, meaning some who worked on The Veilguard were moved to projects at other EA studios, while

The Veilguard publisher EA has implied that the game would have performed better as a live-service title. Released in October 2024, Dragon Age: The Veilguard was the l

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

There is really no getting around the fact that BioWare is in dire straits at the moment, now at the end of a decade of three missed opportunities

Although not directly referenced, that sounds very much like EA regrets sticking to a strictly single-player experience with The Veilguard, even though it reportedly pivoted in that direction mid-development. Of course, there was also EA's Anthem release back in 2019, which tried to tack-on live service to a BioWare RPG and failed miserably.

According to Andrew Wilson, the CEO at EA, one of the reasons why Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn't meet its internal sales expectations could be because it didn't ship as a live service product. Speaking during the firm's recent quarterly earnings call,

In a new financial earnings call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson appears to imply Dragon Age: The Veilguard flopped because it isn't a live service game.