If anything, development hell and the associated costs better explain why DATV might turn out to be a commercial failure — because it was so expensive to make that it was never likely to be profitable, not with the sales BioWare games have historically recorded — than a backlash to a plotline...
On concurrent player numbers: This says DATV peaked at about 89k, and reporting suggests that’s an all time high for BioWare and respectable by the standards of EA published single player titles. So perhaps it’s not so dire commercially after all.
Err, not sure what that figure has to do with anything I said, at least not meaningfully. As you admit, it’s not a given that commercial underperformance is down to the game giving visibility to trans issues.
I’ve really enjoyed the game so far, but I’ve also been a fan of the series since the...
Beside the point but there’s a lot more to DATV’s handling of trans identity than that one scene - which I either haven’t gotten to yet or missed in my playthrough - and I’ve found it moving rather than heavy handed FWIW.
Worth noting as well that DATV is a BioWare title and BioWare have a...
Not a terrible season for Dahoud so far, with eight appearances in all competitions for Frankfurt who are third in the Bundesliga - set to be nine after tonight's Europa League game against Slavia Prague. One goal and one assist to his name, both against Bochum in the league over the weekend...