Larian’s RPG feels like it was designed for longevity in a way the latest Dragon Age wasn’t.

Though, it’s worth noting that this year’s EA Sports FC outingalso underperformed.

A few years ago,Sony announced that it had 12 live-service games in the works.

Qunari character from Dragon Age: The Veilguard yelling with Baldur’s Gate 3 characters in the background. A crowd in silhouette flocks to the BG3 party.

Games aren’t just numbers in a spreadsheet.

Dragon Age Can’t Be Apex Legends

You know how I know that?

Because I remember Anthem.

Harding from Dragon Age The Veilguard over a background of Apex Legends and Anthem.

It’s the reason Veilguard which started life as a live service game is single-player in the first place.

Sony, meanwhile, is taking a different approach to failure.

Concord did much worse than Dragon Age, and Sony learned from the experience and changed course.

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What worked in 2019 doesn’t work in 2025.

I hope EA can do the same.

It wasn’t that it was single-player, I promise.

God of War, Dragon Age The Veilguard and Horizon Zero Dawn.

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