Mass Effect 3 To Target A "Larger Market Opportunity"

[Krusader]

@ACIN:
I agree with you that one should take a wait and see approach since it could very well be investor-talk to explain to investors why the delay should be done. However, the guy doing the talking John Ritichello is the CEO/Big Kahuna of EA and EA owns Bioware, so its no middle management guy saying this. Could very well be that Bioware were given instructions to simplify Mass Effect 3 even more, after the comments about more RPG elements and complexity being added were made, and that Bioware simply haven't said anything yet, or worst case will say when release nears. People might overreact yes, but with Dragon Age 2 (different team yes, but both teams answer to same management at Bioware HQ in Edmonton.) and experience with previous games, they might have reasons to do so.

Bioware is among the few companies who can be compared to Blizzard when it comes to game quality and success, as almost any game they have made have been a good game in one way or other. Hence when Dragon Age 2 got so much vitriol as it did, it might have been because people "couldn't believe" Bioware made a bad game. Add in that Bioware seem to have lost some customer goodwill with DLCs, Bazaar and some forum and interview comments as well.