[STEAM] Dragon Age Inquisition ‘Massively’ Oversold Internal EA Projections, Ex-BioWare Dev Reveals

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was far from a commercial ********, a former BioWare developer has insisted while revealing an updated sales figure for the game.

Fantasy action role-playing game Dragon Age Inquisition launched in 2014 to critical and commercial success, enjoying the biggest launch in Bioware history based on units sold. IGN's

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returned an 8.8/10. We said: "Dragon Age: Inquisition doesn't spin a great tale, but it brings the series closer to its roots with deep RPG systems."

Now, 10 years later, former Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah, who left BioWare in 2020, has revealed that Inquisition has sold over 12 million copies, and “massively” oversold EA’s internal projections for the game.

Yeah I'm not sure where "DAI was a commercial ********" came from...
Its over 12 million at this point.
MASIVELY oversold the internal EA projections
...
Oh yeah and was GotY in 2014.

— Mark Darrah (@BioMarkDarrah)

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Why would Darrah say this now? The ex-BioWare staffer took to social media to counter claims from one user that Inquisition was a “commercial ********.” That comment emerged from a social media conversation about the Dragon Age series apparently losing its “super serious and grimdark” tone following the release of the first game in the series, 2009’s much-loved

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That feeling is fueled by an ongoing debate about

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’s stylized look and action-oriented gameplay, which in truth the series has been pointing towards ever since

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came out in 2011. The long and short of it is that some Dragon Age fans long for the bloodier, darker cRPG-styled Origins, while The Veilguard is more the natural evolution of Inquisition, a game that had already left Origins behind in gameplay and art style terms and, as Darrah has explained, enjoyed enormous commercial success in doing so.

The Veilguard launches a decade after Inquisition, and IGN’s exclusive

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offers a really helpful look at what to expect from the game.

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