I know you said SELL the IP, but there's no way EA will relinquish its hold on an IP that could potentially do big numbers. In their ideal world, a studio takes it on, does all the work, and they rake in the cash. Giving up that kind of potential would require BIG money... and who would buy it? - ThreadSky

davidgaider.bsky.social • 134 days ago

I know you said SELL the IP, but there's no way EA will relinquish its hold on an IP that could potentially do big numbers. In their ideal world, a studio takes it on, does all the work, and they rake in the cash. Giving up that kind of potential would require BIG money... and who would buy it?

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aoi-hightopdeluxe.bsky.social•134 days ago

LITERALLY this. The DragonAge IP has boundless potential, too much to risk selling

weirdtakoyaki.bsky.social•133 days ago

Half joking but how hard would it be to file the serial numbers off the dragon age compendium and repurpose the lore and settings and such in a new franchise away from EAs interference?

knight1029.bsky.social•133 days ago

While I think that would be cool and all that would just make me want Dragon Age. Sure a Dragon Age with the serial numbers off would be nice but then what is the point? I want Dragon Age. The setting itself.

weirdtakoyaki.bsky.social•132 days ago

Hence the half joking (but the other half is earnest, because I don’t think we’re getting dragon age back 😭)

knight1029.bsky.social•132 days ago

And I get that. It seems like Dragon Age will be in the EA vault of IPs forever. Which does suck. But a game that is Dragon Age with the serial numbers off would just make me want the real thing. But I do understand you.

davidgaider.bsky.social•133 days ago

So make a generic fantasy game more generic than DA already is? Not hard at all, assuming someone was interested in working on such a thing.

weirdtakoyaki.bsky.social•133 days ago

Lmao give yourself a little more credit 😭 the tension points of the chantry, their hypocrisy and how mages were handled is something I haven’t found in another fantasy crpg since DA and is some of my fave world building

knight1029.bsky.social•133 days ago

Some DA development history; David Gaider wanted DA to be more low fantasy but was pressured to make it something else. He also didn't want the darkspawn to exist at all. Thinking it made it very generic. So, that is why he thinks his setting is a tad generic.

weirdtakoyaki.bsky.social•132 days ago

The dark spawn are like the least interesting part of the DA setting to me, honestly. I’m all about those social politics!

knight1029.bsky.social•132 days ago

Well I do like all of it.

My point is that David Gaider kinda sees his setting as compromised. He wanted it to be more low fantasy with a heavier focus on politics but couldn't. That is why he says he views his setting as generic.

drakonmo.bsky.social•134 days ago

Do you truly believe they'd be willing to make a DA5 on the 'possibility' of a future cash cow? My concern is that they see DATV as an irredeemable failure and given the 'we want to only put $ where we know we can make more' and layoffs, I'm not sure EA plans to finance a DA game ever again.

emtea.bsky.social•134 days ago

It is in their interest not to ignore DATV, given that it closed a big story arc, which will technically allows them to take the franchise basically anywhere.

corbin.dev•134 days ago

Yeah I also don't know if EA has ever sold an IP at all. They're still sitting on franchises from the 80s and 90s. Ultima being the one that most case to mind in this circumstance. Feels like their SOP is just to vault everything incase they want it 30 years later.

elivenya.bsky.social•134 days ago

well they also prefer it to let simcity rot...

sascha-d.bsky.social•134 days ago

You've probably all moved on in your hearts anyway which is healthy and appropriate and they were never a good fit for owning these games. I suspect we'll just have to grieve their end and look forward to future storytelling that comes from the DA alumni.

sanctosumbra.bsky.social•133 days ago

Unfortunately, that corporate calculus rings true. American McGee tried for years to resurrect the Alice series with a new game, and EA wouldn't allow it even though he was going to do all the actual development.

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