Ex-BioWare devs of Dragon Age fame are free to comment on how ridiculous the notion is that Veilguard failed because it wasn't a live service.

Mike Laidlaw, former creative director on Dragon Age, commented on the statements by EA's CEO that Dragon Age: The Veilguard didn't meet expectations.

Earlier this week, EA CEO Andrew Wilson set the internet ablaze with comments suggesting that Dragon Age: The Veilguard would have performed better if it had live service elements. Plenty of people have fired back against such a notion, but few have done so with the clarity of lead Dragon Age: Origins writer David Gaider.

Laidlaw's new team at Yellow Brick Games have released Eternal Strands, a fantasy RPG that isn't currently a live service. While it's certainly not reached Dragon Age levels of popularity yet, it also lacks 16 years of history to build hype from.

Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson recently spoke on an earnings call about the underperformance of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which reportedly reached 1.5 million players. This was apparently around half of what EA was projecting,

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,

Former Dragon Age lead developers have reacted to the suggestion by publisher EA that the series' most recent entry

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

Last week, publisher Electronic Arts mentioned that BioWare's latest game, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, missed sales projections by a whopping 50%. Was the game's lackluster performance due to a bad story?

Dragon Age: The Veilguard might have sold more copies and made more money for EA if it had been a live-service game, the publisher's top brass appear to have suggested.