And we are to think that same studio, with notable staff changes ofc, couldn't make ONE game of similar size in 8 years? Come on. They haven't been working on it at all times, in full force.
How long did ONE Anthem take to make again? What's that, 7 years? Curious.
We know for a fact it sold over 5 million copies and had over 100m digital revenue on top of it. And it's considered one of Bioware's biggest flops.
Gee, I wonder if perhaps a game that was planned to be a bigger Anthem, made with a bigger team in a time of higher inflation, and then remade from the ground up when live service games fell out of style, would perhaps cost more and need more to recoup its costs. Nah, it can't be. Surely they slapped it together in their garage fueled by enthusiasm and estrogen pills alone.