Dragon Age: The Veilguard Sales Numbers Leak

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r/Asmongold • 19 hr. ago voidZer000 Top 10% Poster A warning to BioWare. Investigating whistleblowers will not end well. React Content BIOWARE A DIVISION OF EA STOP WHILE YOU CAN

Ki r/kotakuinaction2 • 11 hr. ago Silver_7777 Dragon Age Veilguard Player Numbers WRECKED By Farming Simulator 25 Bioware HUMILIATED 0 DRAGON AGE THE VEILGUARD VEILGUARD HUMILIATED BY FARMING SIMULATOR

r/DragonAgeVeilguard 4 hr. ago Delicious-Return-523 Dragon Age Veilguard did flop, but before you react or get upset, please let me explain. Thing is, I'm a Dragon Age fan, and I'm upset. Not because I'm disappointed in the game, but because it flopped financially. A whistle-blower announced that the game only sold 500,000 copies the first week and saw 30,000 refunds in a single day, but Bioware countered these claims and announced they sold 1 million copies in the first week. They did not, however, dispute the refunds though. That said, even if we dis-regard the whistle-blowers claims and go with Bioware, the game still had a budget of over 250 million, and If I'm not mistaken, for a game of that scale to expect to make a profit, it would have had to see at least 2-3 million copies without any refunds by the end of the first week. It could still profit down the line but not very much. This means that while there may be mostly positive reviews and it seems like Veilguard did well from a review standpoint, it did not however do well from a financial standpoint and hemorrhaged money. Bioware executives weren't optimistic prior to launch, and they didn't want to plan any DLC until they saw how it sold. This means that if more people don't buy the game or give it another chance, we will never see DLC and we also may never see another Dragon Age. It's a scary thought but after Anthem flopped prior to Veilgaurd, Bioware's in a rough spot financially. Especially after losing the majority of their staff members that worked on Mass Effect and the prior Dragon Age games because of Anthem. I personally would really like Bioware to hang around and make another Dragon Age game after this but only time will tell. Mass Effect Legendary Edition did well though after Anthem so it gives Bioware some breathing room. Source: https://thatparkplace.com/bioware-is-on-the-hunt-for-dragon-age-whistleblower/ There are a lot of people out there going to reddit and steam forums to express their frustration with this as well. Don't mis-interpret them and call them haters because they love dragon age just as much as you, or they wouldn't be upset. They're upset because they have similar concerns to mine and are rightfully disappointed but are expressing and communicating that in a less productive and appropriate manner. We need to come together as Bioware and Dragon Age fans instead of lashing out at each other on Reddit and steam forums. The steam forums are really bad right now, I don't how it was when Starfield launched but it's probably about that bad.

r/Asmongold • 8 hr. ago UndeadMurky Dragon Age The Veilguard was never actually top seller. Miscellaneous It was only top seller in the live ranking for about 2 days, which is updated hourly. If you look at the weekly top sellers, which is the true revenue rankings, it only reached #3. Black Ops 6 and CS 2 still outperformed it during that week. And black ops 6 came out the week before. The next week DA:V was already down to #14... Space Marine 2 held the #1 spot for 2 weeks in a row and fell to #3 on the 3rd week. https://store.steampowered.com/charts/topsellers/global/2024-10-29 Also keep an eye out for https://store.steampowered.com/charts/bestofyear/BestOf2023 next year, it might not even make Bronze certification considering Bronze games have significantly more reviews.

Smash JT @SmashJT A BioWare Employee Leaked Dragon Age: The Veilguard Sales Numbers to me... and YIKES!! WATCH: youtu.be/psui7nLqAGU BIOWARE PANIC 11:39 AM Nov 14, 2024 301.5K Views •

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Overview

Dragon Age: The Veilguard Sales Numbers Leak refers to a rumored data leak at video game developer Bioware regarding the sales of its 2024 RPG Dragon Age: The Veilguard (DATV), which claims the game has only sold roughly 1 million copies globally and failed to recover its costs. The leak sparked significant discourse online in mid-November 2024, as the game was already being heavily criticized for its alleged restrictions on review codes and access for gaming journalists who didn't like the hands-on gameplay preview of DATV. Internal sources allegedly claimed that Bioware launched an internal investigation to find the leakers of the sales data, as the content is believed to have been sent by an Electronic Arts (EA) employee to YouTuber @SmashJT, who released the info.

Background

On November 13th, 2024, YouTuber^[1] @SmashJT uploaded an exclusive article alleging that he received data from a source from within Electronic Arts, which owns Bioware, revealing that Dragon Age: The Veilguard has surpassed 1 million in sales, which he describes as a failure, as "many estimates are pinning the break-even for sales numbers somewhere in the 5 million copies sold range."

SmashJT also posted a video^[2] (seen below) on November 14th, 2024, explaining with additional details the sales data leaked to him, which amassed more than 77,000 views and 5,100 likes in a few hours.

Developments

Bioware Internal Investigation

On November 14th, 2024, rumors started to appear online that Bioware launched an internal investigation to find the leakers of the DATV sales data. Fandom Pulse^[3] was one of the first websites to mention the alleged investigation, writing that Smash JT was told by the anonymous source the gaming company is trying "to find who these people [leakers] are that are trying to call it out elsewhere because they’re afraid for their job if its gets called out internally. Because you’re not allowed to be critical of any of the decisions at this company if you work there.”

Smash JT's^[4] video about the ongoing Bioware investigation (seen below) received roughly 152,000 views and 10,000 likes in a day.

Online Reactions

The DATV leaked sales data sparked various comments and discussions on social media, getting comparisons and essay videos shortly after it emerged in mid-November 2024, as well as memes on X / Twitter and Reddit.

For example, on November 14th, 2024, YouTuber^[5] Vara Dark – Dark Titan Media used the debate about the game's sales adding that Dragon Age: The Veilguard players' number was also outperformed by the video game Farming Simulator 25 on Steam. The video (seen below) received more than 20,000 views and 2,000 likes in a day.

On November 15th, 2024, TikTok^[6] user @generalfrigus posted a SpongeBob SquarePants meme about the DATV leaked data, amassing roughly 1,000 plays and 40 likes in a 13 hours.

@generalfrigus BioWare Claims ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Sales Have Reached 1 Million Copies as Company Hunts Down Whistleblowers #bioware #dragonageveilguard ♬ original sound – generalfrigus