Concurrent Players Plummet for Dragon Age the Veilguard

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  • @jfkst1
    @jfkst1 3 місяці тому +535

    Dragqueen underAge: The Transguard will flop.

    • @lxs077
      @lxs077 3 місяці тому +21

      No diddy

    • @k1n63d
      @k1n63d 3 місяці тому +13

      🤣LOL!! 👏👏👏👏👏

    • @AB-ez4rm
      @AB-ez4rm 3 місяці тому +6

      That's a good one!👍

    • @Daditsdeepinmystomach
      @Daditsdeepinmystomach 3 місяці тому +1

      This is the new title 😂

    • @roostre5254
      @roostre5254 3 місяці тому +5

      why not go with "The Failgaurd"

  • @MrHemmingway
    @MrHemmingway 3 місяці тому +838

    "Hey AI, write me an RPG with cartoon fortnight characters, make it lame, make it gay"

    • @LayerZeroDesign
      @LayerZeroDesign 3 місяці тому +11

      Shane Gillis needs to do a bit on this.

    • @Lookingformorefun
      @Lookingformorefun 3 місяці тому +19

      Don't forget to put wrong pronounces...

    • @yumri4
      @yumri4 3 місяці тому +6

      I would rewrite your promt as "write me an RPG game, lame gay" then to another AI "cartoon fortnight characters male".
      From all 3 videos of the game i have seen that would be the 2 prompts you would use. Just the character creator has lots more options for hair and skin colors than the PR videos made it seem. Just all the cringe scenes are still there and more.

    • @cecibrazilian
      @cecibrazilian 3 місяці тому

      🤣 MAKE IT LAME AND GAAAAYYY

    • @hisuijin8038
      @hisuijin8038 3 місяці тому

      Cannot comply ...
      Searching ...................................................... matches found!
      Solutions : - HIRE SWEET BABY INC
      -HIRE CORINNE THE MAN GIRL
      -GET HIRED AT BIOWARE (Be aware, they cut off penises)

  • @Terminal_Apotos
    @Terminal_Apotos 3 місяці тому +276

    Their sharp jawlines CUT the player count in half

    • @maddworld3317
      @maddworld3317 3 місяці тому +10

      I see what you did there 😂

    • @ed61730
      @ed61730 3 місяці тому

      looking at steamcharts it hasnt

    • @ConsueloWubba
      @ConsueloWubba 3 місяці тому +7

      "Budget cuts!" - Fleekazoid

    • @cali5ive124
      @cali5ive124 3 місяці тому +4

      cops are coming for u dude, u just killed me with that 😂😂😂

    • @DC-ml6cv
      @DC-ml6cv 3 місяці тому

      @@ed61730cope harder

  • @mikemj8204
    @mikemj8204 3 місяці тому +143

    I’m surprised that they didn’t have characters drinking Bud-Lite in the game. The #1 queer beer.

    • @chinnigans7711
      @chinnigans7711 3 місяці тому

      I don't understand how a business could watch terribly things went for Bud Light and think "Hey I have a great idea let's push the same agenda bullshit in a video game, it won't bite us in the ass & cost of Millions of dollars"

    • @NormanReaddis
      @NormanReaddis 3 місяці тому

      Collab promotion with sell this game more.

    • @Darinl79
      @Darinl79 3 місяці тому

      Gonna be wild when you come out of the closet and have to tell your dad you like dicks now

  • @josephcrabtree3224
    @josephcrabtree3224 3 місяці тому +1213

    Dragon age can't make me gay cause I'm non-buynary

  • @Snort_WarpstoneYes_Yes
    @Snort_WarpstoneYes_Yes 3 місяці тому +148

    The moment I saw those uncanny troon aesthetics. I knew it was over.

    • @michaelroy7754
      @michaelroy7754 3 місяці тому +6

      Personally I would've been happy with the same graphics origins had. This cartoon looks way worse! And the elves look ugly

    • @SophiasHeir
      @SophiasHeir 3 місяці тому +4

      Same for me... I felt something was off the moment I saw that trailer

    • @adamgerald849
      @adamgerald849 3 місяці тому

      Troon logic: "ill never be a real woman, so I'll make all women in MY game look like men too."

    • @adamgerald849
      @adamgerald849 3 місяці тому

      ​@@michaelroy7754 they changed it to baby pixar fortnite graphics because troons are obsessed with cartoons, to attract more children, so when they add veilguard skins to fortnite they'll look identical to the characters in the game (and lure even more kids in), to separate it more from the previous games (which the new devs hate), and to attract more women and gay people to the game.

    • @vissermatt1058
      @vissermatt1058 3 місяці тому +3

      @@SophiasHeir there was a redditer who did some math, the heads are bubble heads. they are like 15-20% larger than they should be for their height. the redditer redid some pics to show what he meant. shrunk the head and shoulders down, and the immediately started looking more like people. artistic design matters

  • @anti7928
    @anti7928 3 місяці тому +559

    Not even for free...

    • @SkemeKOS
      @SkemeKOS 3 місяці тому +43

      Couldnt even pay me to play this trash

    • @hibbidyjibbidyy
      @hibbidyjibbidyy 3 місяці тому +9

      just got a new 3080 super comes with nvidia game pass opr whatever thay call it, has da veilguard, i wont even bother dl it

    • @RandallDG
      @RandallDG 3 місяці тому +2

      LOL

    • @lemmyelk
      @lemmyelk 3 місяці тому +7

      Yeah aside from the obvious woke propaganda, it just doesn't look good artistically or fun to play. Dialogue is terrible, no choices. I loved 1and 3 but no to this

    • @vondoom2876
      @vondoom2876 3 місяці тому +3

      I would actively pay money to make them stop

  • @bmw9616
    @bmw9616 3 місяці тому +222

    Still below Stardew Valley, which came out at the beginning of 2016 and was developed by one person solo for over four year. 🤣

    • @3dness449
      @3dness449 3 місяці тому +11

      But SV has pronouns and shit. We need to tell the developer to backpedal that. SV and Terraria (no male/female genders) are going the wrong way

    • @TheHollowBlade
      @TheHollowBlade 3 місяці тому +30

      @@3dness449you can tell the difference in approach tho, one is adding that diversity in a natural way that is not super intrusive. The other is pushing an agenda and ensuring the players are having the agenda forced down their throats the entire time.

    • @declancampbell1277
      @declancampbell1277 3 місяці тому +17

      @@3dness449 No. You can do Politics and inclusivity in a way that doesnt stink of the devs activist browbeating or corporate box checking. Cyberpunk did it well, disco elysium did it well, BG3 did it well, and ig stardew valley did it well even if they barely did it.
      do not compare those games to the likes of dustborn and Veilguard.

    • @xy-te9db
      @xy-te9db 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@3dness449 bet the bear scene in bg3 tweaked tf outta you.

    • @3dness449
      @3dness449 3 місяці тому

      @@xy-te9db Bestiality is horrendous, but if you like it, that's your problem.

  • @aki6486
    @aki6486 3 місяці тому +214

    Mental Guard: The Illness Age

    • @shadowflash705
      @shadowflash705 3 місяці тому +14

      Late 2010s-2020s will be known in history as the Age of Insanity.

    • @Vinicius_Berger
      @Vinicius_Berger 3 місяці тому +8

      Dragon Age: Mental Ward

    • @Elfrunner
      @Elfrunner 3 місяці тому +1

      Imagine what _Mass Effect 5_ is going to be like. I have a feeling _Andromeda_ will garner renewed interest.

    • @EllanaWolf
      @EllanaWolf 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Elfrunner Fortunately ME5 is being made by (most of) the original Dev team. And Patrick Weekes isn’t one of them.

    • @Elfrunner
      @Elfrunner 3 місяці тому +1

      @@EllanaWolf
      That doesn't alleviate my concerns.

  • @Sableye666
    @Sableye666 3 місяці тому +192

    Dragon Age: Origins was one of the best video games I've ever played. This is like going from prime steak to McDonald's cheeseburger with e.coli

    • @jean-philipperodriguez3617
      @jean-philipperodriguez3617 3 місяці тому +4

      I have over 1000 hours on this game, but even the 2 and 3 were not so bad story wise... the 4 is a pile of pink crap with rainbow and unicorn...

    • @SomeGamerGuyUK
      @SomeGamerGuyUK 3 місяці тому +9

      The e.coli was an accident, this game wasn't...

    • @adamgerald849
      @adamgerald849 3 місяці тому

      Its even worse. McDonald's is actually good when you're drunk. DA:V is more like going from Steak to Well done dog turds covered in HIV positive anal blood.

    • @alexsynthesis
      @alexsynthesis 3 місяці тому +3

      I talked my friend into buying the original dragon age when I bought it day one and he loved it ever since then. I’m sad this happened to one of my favorite games

    • @decimad1318
      @decimad1318 3 місяці тому

      Is it coincidence that this happend at mcdonalds after they hired a new clown?

  • @Xili84
    @Xili84 3 місяці тому +147

    Hmm who would have guessed that alienating 99% of your player base, to cater for the 1% would lose them money... surely not I /s

    • @AmRealThatGuy
      @AmRealThatGuy 3 місяці тому +16

      On the flipside, now is the right time for other developers to jump and fill that space that left by Bioware.
      To replicate what older Dragon Age franchise has offered before.
      We get many Souls like games now. We even get a Pokemon inspired games that do what GameFreak won't. Why not make the classic DragonAge-like game and sweep in all the original fans of DA.
      In fact, smart game devs will monitor all the 'waking' franchises, make and sell the games that fans wanted.

    • @Theboatmserfgsd
      @Theboatmserfgsd 3 місяці тому +7

      @@AmRealThatGuya smart dev has it made. Not only should they not make woke propaganda they should go hard the opposite way and advertise the most edgy game possible like the devs of old

    • @Zerashadow
      @Zerashadow 3 місяці тому +3

      and 90% of the demografic they catered to don't even play games over all.

    • @canadat4380
      @canadat4380 3 місяці тому +1

      Well hopfully this is a lesson to the rest of the industry that people don't want that woke shit put into our games.

  • @jonSLAYR
    @jonSLAYR 3 місяці тому +168

    It’s a gamers market officially, this confirms it. Not a developers anymore.

    • @dreambadger
      @dreambadger 3 місяці тому +14

      Too much competition for these sky high development costs unless you're Rockstar or make a 10/10 like BG3.

    • @DelightfullyMADD
      @DelightfullyMADD 3 місяці тому +19

      It's always been a gamer's market... developers simply failed at trying to change that. And they are going to learn a very hard and painful lesson.

    • @odindarkll3706
      @odindarkll3706 3 місяці тому +7

      This has been a thing since the dawn of gaming. E.T. didn't flop for no reason, after all.

    • @savingferris8279
      @savingferris8279 3 місяці тому +3

      Any more? It's ALWAYS been a gamers market, the gamers are the customers.

    • @CheeseOfMasters
      @CheeseOfMasters 3 місяці тому

      @@savingferris8279 It's business terminology. If the goods are scarce and there are too many buyers it's actually a sellers market, meaning good games in this case. If the buyers are scarce because there are too many good games consolidating them it's a buyers market, or gamers in this case.

  • @theGOYfather
    @theGOYfather 3 місяці тому +352

    Dragon Age - The Queerguard

    • @GeroldLive
      @GeroldLive 3 місяці тому +20

      Dragquen Age - The Queerguard

    • @Lawrence_Talbot
      @Lawrence_Talbot 3 місяці тому

      nah definitely the Fagaurd

    • @odindarkll3706
      @odindarkll3706 3 місяці тому +14

      Did you just assume the title's pronouns?

    • @mikemj8204
      @mikemj8204 3 місяці тому +3

      Excellent!

    • @wm1958
      @wm1958 3 місяці тому +7

      Dragon Age The Vilegaurd

  • @edmundblackadder2741
    @edmundblackadder2741 3 місяці тому +125

    Baldurs Gate 3 currently has 64k players in the past 24hrs and the games over a year old

    • @Mark-sd4hv
      @Mark-sd4hv 3 місяці тому

      I don't have a butt plug big enough to enjoy Dragon Age

    • @karelstehlik633
      @karelstehlik633 3 місяці тому +4

      I'm one of them. :)

    • @02091992able
      @02091992able 3 місяці тому +5

      A game that did inclusion but did so in a way as to not impact the gameplay and story. No lectures on pronouns or characters getting made because of being misgendered. Closest thing to that was Lae 'zel calling Shadowheart an elf. Game was good finished it on the 27th of October.

    • @jase276
      @jase276 3 місяці тому

      Just as woke. A better example is MHW, a BETA with only 4 quests has over quadruple the number playing it than this trash

    • @edmundblackadder2741
      @edmundblackadder2741 3 місяці тому

      @@02091992able The main thing they did that made that inclusion acceptable is they didn't treat players to lectures more often than not we could just say no to the characters or get stuffed.

  • @Lawrence_Talbot
    @Lawrence_Talbot 3 місяці тому +120

    I’ve seen so many streamers absolutely tearing this game to shreds now that it finally released, even the ones that usually give woke games a chance.

    • @Darinl79
      @Darinl79 3 місяці тому

      Streamers are a cancer to the game industry

  • @Ronirvan
    @Ronirvan 3 місяці тому +31

    "Pervert Flag" that cracked me in to a laughing spree. Good one lady!

  • @discipleofdeath2517
    @discipleofdeath2517 3 місяці тому +85

    Oh no! Who could have seen this coming... Anyways back to more important things.

    • @gregorgerzson1767
      @gregorgerzson1767 3 місяці тому

      But they really thought it will not fail? Or just had to do this way because of BlackRock?

  • @serges6406
    @serges6406 3 місяці тому +75

    I still think it's ridiculous, having 66k players supporting this shit. The guys come up with the excuse that they want to play because they haven't had a game in the franchise for 10 years, but they don't realize that this game will probably be responsible for ending it once and for all.

    • @SerAvaros
      @SerAvaros 3 місяці тому +10

      It’s only because people remember the good da games (imo only origins was good, but whatever) so they’re riding on that same hype and energy that they had for the last one which was inquisition. That, and you still have people who blindly go by ign scores.

    • @diamondgaming63
      @diamondgaming63 3 місяці тому +5

      It's ok, those 66k are part of their movement, rest 2 or 3 million Dragon Age fans just decided not to buy the game because it's obvious that it's garbage :D

    • @BlackKnight-b9y
      @BlackKnight-b9y 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@SerAvarosi liked the gameplay of origins better than the other two, but i thought DA2 amd DAI were still well written. Dragon Age was always story driven, not anymore it seems.

    • @SammySam7x
      @SammySam7x 3 місяці тому +5

      Normies that don't know better and bots

    • @SerAvaros
      @SerAvaros 3 місяці тому +6

      @@BlackKnight-b9y yeah, I just didn’t like how tonally different everything was in inquisition compared to origins. I put in a good number of hours into it, but it just didn’t have the same magic that origins had for me. Inquisition at least wasn’t super pandering and trying to lecture players on pronouns, so it’s got that going for it.
      Veilguard is gonna make inquisition look like a master piece, dragon age 2, a misunderstood cult classic, and origins look like the battle of helms deep painted in vivid detail on the Sistine chapel by Leonardo Da Vinci.

  • @profhubertj.farnsworth9930
    @profhubertj.farnsworth9930 3 місяці тому +110

    I want to see the return and refund chart.

    • @capricorny
      @capricorny 3 місяці тому +2

      Me too, they'll probably be absolutely brutal 😂

  • @LRon-ef7ni
    @LRon-ef7ni 3 місяці тому +24

    Me: “I play for escapism. To escape from real world bs”
    Woke Mob: “Not on our watch”

    • @phatymcdaddy
      @phatymcdaddy 3 місяці тому +5

      Now do pushups, your apology means nothing

  • @vegassims7
    @vegassims7 3 місяці тому +28

    I can tell you I am one of the people who refuse to play it. Let all of this teach these developers a lesson. We are sick of it.

  • @wade196840
    @wade196840 3 місяці тому +63

    It would be funny if most of those steam players were actually AI bots playing it to push up numbers

    • @nontologicalbeing
      @nontologicalbeing 3 місяці тому +12

      With the amount of gaslighting that’s gone into this game’s PR and launch, I wouldn’t doubt it. Hell you’re probably right

    • @googIesux
      @googIesux 3 місяці тому +1

      If they haven't done it yet, they will. Bet valve would be able to tell though, so unless complicit it'd be another scandal, but crashing everything and funneling money seems to be the goal

    • @wade196840
      @wade196840 3 місяці тому

      @googIesux I'm sure they could pay steam to look the other way and not tell anyone bots are playing the game. It's like everyone is for sale in the game industry

    • @googIesux
      @googIesux 3 місяці тому

      @@wade196840 thing is valve has a track record of not being sleazy like that, but rather have a long history of an unusually sensible take on how to not ruin storefront reputation with consumers via such corrupt antics.
      Now if Gaben dies... all bets are off .w.

    • @wade196840
      @wade196840 3 місяці тому

      @googIesux I know steams reputation but I also know companies give out tons of free copy's for reviews and those people don't have to state that their copy was free. I think they should have say they get compensated to review games and other things

  • @brianestrada1993
    @brianestrada1993 3 місяці тому +23

    People need to understand that these games need 3-4 million sales to break even. Star wars outlaws sold 1 million copies and it's considered a financial failure for Ubisoft.

    • @googIesux
      @googIesux 3 місяці тому

      Underrated comment

  • @TheSkyNlnja
    @TheSkyNlnja 3 місяці тому +29

    70 k all time peak is a disaster

  • @TrevorSullivan
    @TrevorSullivan 3 місяці тому +60

    No woke games please. Thanks

  • @Tael71
    @Tael71 3 місяці тому +15

    Steam is also deleting negative reviews, there is manipulation of the reviews big time. Yesterday the game had over 5000 reviews, 62% positive making the game "Mixed" This morning it was down to 4178 reviews (about 1000 missing) and it was mostly positive. In the last 3 hours its back up to 5100 reviews, but we already caught the manipulation...

    • @StrongArmEntertainment
      @StrongArmEntertainment 3 місяці тому +5

      Same thing happened to that suicide squad game. No way it is mostly positive..

    • @turtlefrog369
      @turtlefrog369 3 місяці тому +2

      well valve works with SBI. They also keep banning me. I am pretty sure steam is moderated by SBI.

  • @KeillaSellay
    @KeillaSellay 3 місяці тому +50

    Let's see the numbers this weekend.
    I suspect it won't be more than 100k.
    Give it 3-6 months before EA shutdown Bioware

    • @Barni2212
      @Barni2212 3 місяці тому +10

      It's already peaked. It won't move above 70k. And I would bet all my money on that.

    • @KeillaSellay
      @KeillaSellay 3 місяці тому +8

      ​@@Barni2212
      I think it will top 70k.
      Somewhere around 80k I would wager rhis Saturday.
      Then it's just downhill from there, until EA concords Bioware

    • @odindarkll3706
      @odindarkll3706 3 місяці тому +7

      More clips will come out and discourage people from playing this game by the time the weekend rolls around. Plus, Monster Hunter beta.

    • @wilsonng7554
      @wilsonng7554 3 місяці тому +3

      I think many people have refunded within 2 hours

    • @Mycrosss
      @Mycrosss 3 місяці тому +8

      It really depends on if EA is willing to keep buying more copies to manipulate the numbers, but I'm guessing they stopped at like 20k, because at some point it's obvious it won't even help, even if they bought 100k of their own games copies to make it seem like a success, it's just not worth it.

  • @ashtonsoulfire
    @ashtonsoulfire 3 місяці тому +28

    “Bu, bu, but! Origins had LGBT stuff!”
    Well yea but tell me where in that game was there an NPC or protagonist that pompously went around telling everyone they’re gay, then give a sermon on how much they should be sorry for not knowing.

    • @MisanThrope-cu1mw7fj3p
      @MisanThrope-cu1mw7fj3p 3 місяці тому +6

      Precisely. There are plenty of games that feature LGBT stuff - and it's perfectly fine. Some twists and kinks that add to the character's image, like Anders in DA2, Judy in Cyberpunk being gay - I loved the characters, I loved being around them, they were super cool because they were written to be great CHARACTERS.
      And modern woke-infested games don't bother writing cool characters. They're preoccupied with DEI checkboxes. And that's what pisses people off, it's not "homophobia/transphobia/whateverphobia". It's that activists destroy what makes games good and replace it with poorly written propaganda.

    • @Mereologist
      @Mereologist 3 місяці тому

      This is the 'fallacy of the excluded middle'. It assumes there are only two choices: 'containing a non-zero amount of woke things' and 'containing zero woke things'. So therefore any amount of over-the-top in-your-face woke is just the same as virtually no woke because they're both not 'no woke'. And when you put it that way, they're obviously NOT the same.

    • @kristoffsayswhat
      @kristoffsayswhat 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@MisanThrope-cu1mw7fj3p I agree! There were characters that were gay or trans and nobody gave a shit, because it reflects the diversity of real life. But making it the whole selling point? The hell?

    • @Kabuki_Vulture
      @Kabuki_Vulture 3 місяці тому +3

      They could have gotten away with it if they just didn’t use modern terminology in a medieval fantasy game. If they weren’t so lazy and full of themselves they could have had character development with dialogue that made sense for the setting and still had the messaging they wanted to convey. Instead it’s a ham fisted attempt to hammer their message regardless of player immersion and world setting.

    • @MisanThrope-cu1mw7fj3p
      @MisanThrope-cu1mw7fj3p 3 місяці тому +4

      @@kristoffsayswhat I don't think "selling point" is the right wording. "The central idea" might be more accurate. Seen some of the in-depth reviews - the game does not respect your intelligence. It's poorly written, and the dialogues treat you like an idiot child who needs either guidance or education. The artificial, moronic scene about "misgendering" is one such example.
      The game *lectures* you on woke morality, and you don't really have an option to say "F*** you, I'm not part of your little subculture, do what you want among yourselves, but don't expect me to play along".
      But you can do one thing - don't spend your money on this insult to the Dragon Age franchise...

  • @skateboard_sandwich
    @skateboard_sandwich 3 місяці тому +95

    That's what they get for going up against the new Monster Hunter. Which, SURPRISE, is a game players want.

    • @kinghoenn3478
      @kinghoenn3478 3 місяці тому +10

      Time to represent the Insect Glaive mains.

    • @bjrnthebootybandit
      @bjrnthebootybandit 3 місяці тому

      Monster Hunter is a much bigger series. 100 million units sold versus 20 million. Dragon Age is niche

    • @TheLeadElite
      @TheLeadElite 3 місяці тому +10

      MH:W just being a playtest version makes it even funnier.

    • @paolodaar
      @paolodaar 3 місяці тому

      Me too brother!

    • @jakeryan2805
      @jakeryan2805 3 місяці тому

      @@kinghoenn3478 funny way of spelling hunting horn😉

  • @Great.AnotherChristian
    @Great.AnotherChristian 3 місяці тому +36

    LGBTs: We'll make you accept us!
    Heteros: You'll accept Christ before that happens.

  • @bmw9616
    @bmw9616 3 місяці тому +43

    Funny thing is there's a few news articles that say 70k players is a massive success and people love it. 😂 Just makes me remember that New World had almost a million at launch.

    • @Anwell100
      @Anwell100 3 місяці тому +2

      BG3 has almost the same numbers😂 And that's over a year old now.

    • @Mortiz21
      @Mortiz21 3 місяці тому +1

      Even if it's $50 a copy. That's only $3,500,000. No way the budget isn't in the $100 million(s).

    • @jase276
      @jase276 3 місяці тому

      Meanwhile MHW at 400k

    • @Mereologist
      @Mereologist 3 місяці тому

      The last game was around $200 million with a smaller staff, only three years of development, and pre-inflation. This could easily be $600 million.

  • @awewit9246
    @awewit9246 3 місяці тому +96

    God bless you Melonie Mac keep fighting the good fight and standing strong in Christ Meloine warrior in Christ

    • @bjrnthebootybandit
      @bjrnthebootybandit 3 місяці тому

      She grifting.

    • @henrytownshend6441
      @henrytownshend6441 3 місяці тому +2

      Amen

    • @OtterloopB
      @OtterloopB 3 місяці тому +2

      Amen to that!

    • @1SpicyMeataball
      @1SpicyMeataball 3 місяці тому +1

      You should stand strong with proper punctuation.
      It's what Jesus would do.

    • @awewit9246
      @awewit9246 3 місяці тому

      @@1SpicyMeataball grow up Jesus came to save people from going to hell he wasn't the punctuation police that's what you would do as you just done don't use Jesus Christ name to do so to be the punctuation police

  • @leojamesiii7938
    @leojamesiii7938 3 місяці тому +17

    Vote also with your money. What you buy you get more of by supporting it. I was a HUGE fan of Dragon Age. Wore out 2 discs of origins, bought and played II, Inquisition, AND the RPG Book. But this isn't Dragon Age, it's an AGENDA. I HAD to say farewell. R.I.P. Bioware.

  • @riverdragonmarineservice441
    @riverdragonmarineservice441 3 місяці тому +29

    I love this girl.

  • @hanzo90
    @hanzo90 3 місяці тому +20

    Concurrent player numbers dropped the moment everyone got to the lecture on why it's bad to misgender people...

  • @HarranSoFarAway
    @HarranSoFarAway 3 місяці тому +17

    Dead Rising remaster censored the words 'LADY' and 'BEAUTIFUL WOMAN' ...society has literally reached peak misogyny

    • @Fiasco3
      @Fiasco3 3 місяці тому

      Ya there's quite a few Ai programs heavily re-programmed by woke staff that remove words like beautiful. One even openly admitted to me about blocking mermaid as a word.

    • @phatymcdaddy
      @phatymcdaddy 3 місяці тому

      The trans movement is the most anti woman movement in human history

  • @seefoghall
    @seefoghall 3 місяці тому +13

    Steam are Removing negative reviews!!

    • @gintonicx6
      @gintonicx6 3 місяці тому +3

      Yep, just checked and everything is positive

    • @turtlefrog369
      @turtlefrog369 3 місяці тому +1

      valve is SBI partner.

    • @darkosiris09
      @darkosiris09 3 місяці тому

      @@turtlefrog369 since when?

    • @turtlefrog369
      @turtlefrog369 3 місяці тому +1

      @@darkosiris09 i dont know. but they were on the partner list of SBI.

  • @tirdkat6104
    @tirdkat6104 3 місяці тому +14

    Warms my heart. Stop giving them your money and force them to start making games that actual gamers want. You know, like they used to.

    • @blitzball4lyfe823
      @blitzball4lyfe823 3 місяці тому

      I feel great knowing my money won’t go to support this trash 😂

  • @scalliano
    @scalliano 3 місяці тому +4

    Let's
    Get
    Back
    To
    Quality
    In
    AAA

  • @ThePunkers20
    @ThePunkers20 3 місяці тому +6

    Duncan did not die for this!! Justice for Duncan!!

  • @inkdreaper874
    @inkdreaper874 3 місяці тому +11

    The new Monster Hunter BETA had 464k peak player count, on PC alone. With well over 200k concurrent.

  • @fixedG
    @fixedG 3 місяці тому +8

    Not only am I not buying it, playing it or even watching streamers hate-play it, I've stopped EA Origin from running when my PC boots up, same as I did with Ubisoft Connect. I do not know how else to register my displeasure with EA, their disconnect with me as a former loyal fan of their AAA franchise(s) and how they've naively allowed their company to be misled. It can't strictly be third party consultants like Sweet Baby convincing developers that inserting activism is a good idea. The activists have infiltrated the companies themselves and have found themselves without sane oversight or accountability. I seriously doubt there's any fixing it. They'll jump free of the ship as it sinks and get hired to inject activism elsewhere unless there's firm oversight and accountability.

  • @Trees36547
    @Trees36547 3 місяці тому +6

    It's absolutely incredible they tried this and were allowed to try this after Anthem

  • @MTG69
    @MTG69 3 місяці тому +12

    A $70.00 game with a $200,000,000.00 budget, would have to sell around 2.9 million copies to make back their budget.

    • @kelly.mondragon
      @kelly.mondragon 3 місяці тому +4

      A lot more than that, actually. They don't make $70 on each game.

    • @spACEmanJ7
      @spACEmanJ7 3 місяці тому

      ​​@@kelly.mondragonunsure if it is included in the numbers, but factor in marketing and advertisement costs jf they havent been accounted for already that is, and it potentially climbs even farther

    • @MTG69
      @MTG69 3 місяці тому +2

      @kelly.mondragon I agree, I was just trying to do easy math, so people could grasp how many copies need to sell, just to break even.

    • @turtlefrog369
      @turtlefrog369 3 місяці тому +2

      the issue is part of the budget is subsidized, tax write offs and ESG money. so they probably dont need millions to break even. The numbers still look terrible for them though.

    • @MsCelinna
      @MsCelinna 3 місяці тому +1

      and EA does so much advertising, this must be 100 Million on top

  • @AlexTM44
    @AlexTM44 3 місяці тому +22

    The smart ones that got fooled into buying the Dragon Age abomination, probably managed to get a refund already lol

  • @chumorgan443
    @chumorgan443 3 місяці тому +9

    Hope all the angry refunders direct their anger at the outlets who lied to them.

  • @ArielCleirigh
    @ArielCleirigh 3 місяці тому +21

    Dragon gayge going down faster where are that modern audience I thought they were millions, lol.

    • @odindarkll3706
      @odindarkll3706 3 місяці тому +8

      The modern audience are defending this dog water on Twitter/X, instead of playing it. Typical modern audience priorities.

  • @Great.AnotherChristian
    @Great.AnotherChristian 3 місяці тому +6

    All seriousness, Dragon Age is/was one of my favorite videogame series of all time. I hate that this game is trash and one of my favorite developers is absolutely going to tank.

    • @MsCelinna
      @MsCelinna 3 місяці тому +1

      but for your reassurance, nobody from the old good developers is there anymore...

  • @thegreatpoo2electricboogal318
    @thegreatpoo2electricboogal318 3 місяці тому +11

    Star wars outlaws had a peak of 116k

  • @dr.shakib9961
    @dr.shakib9961 3 місяці тому +5

    What? I didn't expect it to reach even 50k players. Excuse me gotta pull a Barve.

  • @daniwanicki
    @daniwanicki 3 місяці тому +6

    I can't even with modern day nonsense in video games. Not my monkeys, not my circus.

  • @malcomyoung2240
    @malcomyoung2240 3 місяці тому +1

    I worked as a PR teacher and used Mass Effect 3 ending fiasco as lessons to "What never do". I used Bioware's failures for years so let's take a look.
    The game was in development hell for almost its TEN years development, with three (perhaps more) reboots, lot of lay offs (50 last year for example), several art directors, several lead directors and we have a game that can only have 71k players peak (almost 72k right now).
    It cost EA a lot, even worse, they had to rehire the programmers they fired last years as consultants to finish the game just six months after they were fired because the ones they kept were unable to do it themselves...
    So, even if 24 of 25 customers that bought the game didn't played it (so 96% of customers bought the game but didn't played it), they would have sold 1.75 million units which bring them 86 millions USD turnover, nowhere close to what the game cost.
    I guess the modern audience does not exist or is broke.

  • @orchidhealth2097
    @orchidhealth2097 3 місяці тому +6

    Well they made their game for the 0.001% of people and that is the number of audience that they deserve.

  • @videogamemovies7398
    @videogamemovies7398 3 місяці тому +4

    Do not forget that the target audience for Dragon Age is the same as that of Baldur's Gate. Meaning, those 62,000 people are playing BG3 INSTEAD of playing DATV.

  • @Zeroflax
    @Zeroflax 3 місяці тому +3

    Last Epoch had 200-500k players at launch..... Helldivers 2 had over 1 million at launch..... both came from indie-AA studios.... Bioware is a AAA studio, this is pathetic.

  • @littlechimpy8468
    @littlechimpy8468 3 місяці тому +6

    The gaming industry is becoming an industry for they and them not and industry for you and me.

  • @skexzies3673
    @skexzies3673 3 місяці тому +4

    I loved playing Dragon-Age! The new release, DragQueen-Age...not so much.

  • @perry92964
    @perry92964 3 місяці тому +4

    it will probably fade away just as fast as the star wars game

  • @budthecyborg4575
    @budthecyborg4575 3 місяці тому +10

    Best example I can find to predict Vileguard weekend numbers is Starfield, which peaked 20% higher over the weekend than at launch.
    70K on launch is soft for a modern AAA game so it's not looking good for Bioware either way.

  • @DehydroepiandrOSTeronsulfat
    @DehydroepiandrOSTeronsulfat 3 місяці тому +3

    Player Numbers aside, the amount of levers bioware had to pull to get even that is crazy. Took a full Media Parade, social media filtering of the clips, a well known Franchise and a week with no real competition to reach get there. If every new woke game has to do that i take it as a win

  • @ThereIsAlwaysaWay2
    @ThereIsAlwaysaWay2 3 місяці тому +4

    Most women's are taller then the men, except the dwarf

  • @nbrown5907
    @nbrown5907 3 місяці тому +3

    If it truly was a return to DAO form we would see the game topping these charts towering over the others. It would be over a million easy!

  • @xheiii
    @xheiii 3 місяці тому +31

    Its back up to where it was, 68k. I hate it as much as the next guy but the numbers only dropped cause people went to sleep. The budget for this was OVER 250 MILLION DOLLARS so its not making its money back even with sales like this. This is a flop.

    • @wilsonng7554
      @wilsonng7554 3 місяці тому +3

      who have purchased this woke game can refund within 2 hours

    • @MyN0N4M3
      @MyN0N4M3 3 місяці тому +4

      They kind of did drop when you think of it, that it was released in the middle of the week. And now is weekend and the numbers are still down -2k at least.
      That means a lot of ppl already dropped the game because usually player numbers get crazy during the first weekend after release.

    • @kingcurmudgeon8685
      @kingcurmudgeon8685 3 місяці тому +1

      Steam, PC Xbox Game Pass and both consoles. Unfortunately that a lot more than there should be. Theyll take these numbers.

    • @ulabula1680
      @ulabula1680 3 місяці тому +4

      Yeah it will probably peak in the weekend, but the numbers are far from great, just compare to any other big launch like Elden Ring and BG3. 70k is a fraction of their numbers

    • @AlecFortescue
      @AlecFortescue 3 місяці тому +3

      you don't make an aaa game for 10 years for just 250 mil.

  • @richtofenify
    @richtofenify 3 місяці тому +21

    The positive reviews doesn't match up the players data. 1 week later, we'll see who got it right: turd activists or consumers non buy-nary?

  • @ShyGuy-op8vd
    @ShyGuy-op8vd 3 місяці тому +5

    Monster Hunter Wilds is laughing all the way to the bank, while Dragon Age: The Veilguard is crying all the way to the streets.

  • @BeeWarrior_
    @BeeWarrior_ 3 місяці тому +3

    Steam deleted my review just saying. Yes I was harsh, yes I refunded but no I was not allowed MY honest opinion.

  • @SquirrelJones
    @SquirrelJones 3 місяці тому +4

    Remember when Alex Jones said they were putting chemicals in the water and it’s turning the frogs gay?

  • @rigardo576
    @rigardo576 3 місяці тому +2

    Absolutely correct, the numbers this game got, considering its Dragon Age were shocking, it didnt even make it to 100k concurrent...

  • @Sewersyrup
    @Sewersyrup 3 місяці тому +8

    Failguard sisters, we can still win this, the numbers are low because its HALLOWEEEEENNNNNN we will reach more than 100k this weekend, no one plays at halloween! take that Pvt1n, what? Mh Wild is 400k? ohhh noes.
    Way to throw all good will into the bin Bioware.

  • @tommills9575
    @tommills9575 3 місяці тому +5

    A monkey with a staff destroyed this game

  • @Scalpaxos
    @Scalpaxos 3 місяці тому +2

    These numbers are pathetic, this is Dragon Age, one of the most emblematic RPGs in the history of gaming, not some new IP by some unknown studio, the all time peak should be in the millions. It doesn't bode well for Bioware, I don't think they'll survive this despite their obvious desperate efforts to create an artificial bubble of positivity to hype the game as long as possible, they even got the help of most mainstream review outlets, it still won't cut it, the dragon age has reached its end...

  • @360Fov
    @360Fov 3 місяці тому +2

    I love this channel..if I ever need my fix of hearing 'pervert' and 'demonic', I know Melonie's got me covered haha. It's all true words, and almost NOBODY else is willing to be this upfront (in gaming)!

  • @bedachou
    @bedachou 3 місяці тому +14

    Thankfully, all my favorite characters from previous games were excluded from this fan fiction travesty.
    Makes it easier to watch a once-beloved franchise burn.

    • @hibbidyjibbidyy
      @hibbidyjibbidyy 3 місяці тому

      how did they not have that whiney complaning asshole anders in it?
      he was made for this shit

    • @TheSeth256
      @TheSeth256 3 місяці тому

      You didn't like Morrigan and Varrick?

    • @beniron5807
      @beniron5807 3 місяці тому +3

      I didn’t. Morrigan was a dick. She was raised alone, in the wild, to be a powerful vessel. I love her character, but being around her is annoying. Varrick was ok, but as like a small character. He becomes insufferable with so much screen time (although, DA2 entire cast was forgettable so he becomes a big fish and a small pond).

    • @bedachou
      @bedachou 3 місяці тому +1

      @@TheSeth256 I liked them, but they weren't my favorites.

    • @KingDanny9
      @KingDanny9 3 місяці тому +2

      Cassandra and Vivienne were the only reasons I finished Inquisition. I'm passing on this one.

  • @arrigoofficial
    @arrigoofficial 3 місяці тому +1

    Been a HUGE fan of DA from the beginning. Origins was the first fantasy RPG that really made me fall in love with the genre. Played whole Inquisition 3 times, and waited the new game with a lot of hype. But this is not what I signed for. Game is garbage, and I'm honestly happy to see it fail so bad. This could only give us the chance to have not another loved franchise ruined by idiots.

  • @sidvicious7890
    @sidvicious7890 3 місяці тому +3

    dragon age groomerguard , the predator edition

  • @arnoutvanwijk4916
    @arnoutvanwijk4916 3 місяці тому +2

    I don't give a flying bleep about Dragon Age, but this development makes me really scared for the next Mass Effect.😢

  • @aclaylambisabirdman6324
    @aclaylambisabirdman6324 3 місяці тому +4

    The Gamers have spoken!

  • @marcjan5938
    @marcjan5938 3 місяці тому +1

    To be fair: yesterday 70k peak, today 77k peak. Thats not "dropping fast".

  • @AyaWetts
    @AyaWetts 3 місяці тому +4

    The name alone got 70,000 people to buy and play without ever knowing anything about the game

  • @FounderPaine
    @FounderPaine 3 місяці тому +2

    Real Bioware died when the became BiowEAr. The writers and developers are gone, many of them have created Archtype Studios and are making a game called Exodus. Wizards of the coast is involved, but lets hope they let them cook and stay out of the development. It's looking promising. If it's successful, maybe they can buy the Jade Empire IP, as that's the only IP BiowEAr hasn't destroyed.

  • @ryanvacation7319
    @ryanvacation7319 3 місяці тому +3

    Good big name games like Baldurs Gate 3, Elden Ring, and Black Myth Wukong are doing 800k to 2 million concurrent players in its opening month. Nope Failguard at 70k peak is at best a mediocre seller for its big brand name and budget.

  • @LutherDePapier
    @LutherDePapier 3 місяці тому +1

    Monster Hunter Wilds beta test is up there are 240,000 and that's not even the real release yet. 66k on day two is laughable by AAA standards.

  • @sterlingkart9562
    @sterlingkart9562 3 місяці тому +3

    Monster Hunter Wild Beta 300k
    Dragon Age $70 game barely 70k at all time

  • @RuzakyNOD
    @RuzakyNOD 3 місяці тому +2

    Cat scream in background 😂

    • @MelonieMacGoBoom
      @MelonieMacGoBoom  3 місяці тому +1

      He's so demanding 😂

    • @LaraCroftEyes1
      @LaraCroftEyes1 3 місяці тому

      He is telling you he can't stand Dragon age 4 Failguard.

  • @eventhorizon853
    @eventhorizon853 3 місяці тому +2

    Veilguard not beating Factorio two weeks after the more niche indie game got a DLC is hilarious.

  • @karma5140
    @karma5140 3 місяці тому +2

    I couldnt last 20 mins i skipped through most of the dialog but the combat felt like playing a old ps2 game.

  • @RandallDG
    @RandallDG 3 місяці тому +4

    Another dope video 🔥. Your coverage on this has been so great. You're on a roll 🕶🙌✨️❗️

  • @nicocancilla8386
    @nicocancilla8386 3 місяці тому +1

    Lara Croft with the giant stick of butter agrees with you. 😂😂😂😂

  • @2138Dude
    @2138Dude 3 місяці тому +5

    Its weird to see it having 80% positive reviews in steam.

    • @superbrobor6458
      @superbrobor6458 3 місяці тому +2

      Maybe they just like it?

    • @Kesune5
      @Kesune5 3 місяці тому +7

      I've heard many negative reviews got removed for some reason.

    • @tommills9575
      @tommills9575 3 місяці тому

      Because its been reviewed by trans activists

    • @superbrobor6458
      @superbrobor6458 3 місяці тому +1

      @@tommills9575 That's not what Steam user reviews are. That's people who actually bought the game, regular gamers. They actually like it. The aggregate is at 6K users so far with 80% reviews. That's actually really good. Starfield had 45%.

  • @madkabal
    @madkabal 3 місяці тому +1

    I think the numbers will be higher over the weekend. But not over 150,000 at the most.

  • @terrnoisrp8894
    @terrnoisrp8894 3 місяці тому +8

    MH wilds beta just got released with 500k download on steam.... Are we really shocked😂

  • @DesertRaider-rb4zd
    @DesertRaider-rb4zd 3 місяці тому

    The Veil has been successfully guarded. No one wants to lift it, break it, peek behind it, or even approach it. Let it remain veiled.

  • @MrAllen-cc6jh
    @MrAllen-cc6jh 3 місяці тому +8

    (Good) Dragon Age ended when the Warden followed Morrigan through the Eluvian to be with his son. Everything after that was a mistake that ultimately went nowhere because "the message" is apparently more important than existential threats.

    • @amadeusagripino6862
      @amadeusagripino6862 3 місяці тому +3

      I agree 100% with you, Dragon Age ended with Origins. Everything else that came after never happened.

    • @ahsanvirk130
      @ahsanvirk130 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@amadeusagripino6862 What about DA 2 and DA Inquisition, those had decent reception

    • @TheSeth256
      @TheSeth256 3 місяці тому

      ​@@ahsanvirk130I enjoyed 2 and Inquisition, but they were nowhere near the quality of Origins. Inquisition could have been just as good, but forcing in the mmo quest structure severly watered down the experience. It's a shame, because I REALLY loved big parts of it, like the main quests and the villain up till the halfway point.

  • @micahatcher3837
    @micahatcher3837 3 місяці тому +1

    As a former dragon age fan, this is worse than what borderlands did to their franchise.

  • @ryanbrazier8301
    @ryanbrazier8301 3 місяці тому +3

    Bi Bi Bioware - Buyers are aware :)

  • @360Fov
    @360Fov 3 місяці тому +1

    Make no mistake, the main reason it even has any viewers is morbid curiosity and wanting to see how people walk on the DEI egg shells... it's not on the merits of an awesome cast, awesome story and awesome gameplay.

  • @shemarlosscott2656
    @shemarlosscott2656 3 місяці тому +8

    Fabulous Melonie Mac

  • @gorylek198
    @gorylek198 3 місяці тому +3

    Sorry but I just checked on Steam Charts and game peaked again and it's on the rise. It's nowhere near Cyberpunk 2077 or Baldur's Gate 3 level but still it peaked on the weekend again. And this coming from a guy who saw reviews and gameplay and don't like the game nor I wish to play it. But this video is simply wrong. You just looked like 1 day and Halloween and you draw wrong conclusion.

  • @ASoberBear
    @ASoberBear 3 місяці тому +1

    I haven’t seen a user base drop this quickly since I looked at the trans community..

  • @Dae...
    @Dae... 3 місяці тому +4

    First they go up against Monster Hunter Beta and soon enough AC Shadows will go up against it early next year. How they think its going to end. No way AC or DA can stand against MH. Maybe years ago it could, but not now.