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.

Former BioWare employees respond to EA's recent suggestion that Dragon Age: The Veilguard would be more successful as a live-service title.

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

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.

Dragon Age's former creative director Mike Laidlaw shares his response to EA's suggestion that The Veilguard would have done better as a live-service game.

The Veilguard failed at least partially because it didn’t have live-service elements. The gaming landscape has changed quite radically over the last decade. Games like Destiny and Fortnite have encouraged developers to look toward making its games everlasting rather than an experience that lasts a finite amount of time.

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? Outdated gameplay mechanics? Apparently, it was because it wasn't a live service game.