Why was Mass Effect: Andromeda such a failure?

Shortly after release, it was revealed mismanagement and the problematic Frostbite Engine were allegedly the key causes of those woes, along with a complete retooling of the project less than two years out from release.
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Is Mass Effect: Andromeda a flop?

Mass Effect: Andromeda ended the streak of growth in the series, not even finishing in the year's top 10 best-selling games, despite being from such as big franchise. As a result of this flop, the entire franchise was put on hold.
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Was Mass Effect: Andromeda a success?

Mass Effect: Andromeda was the third-best-selling game of March 2017. It led the United Kingdom in physical sales during its first two weeks of release. As of August, it was the seventh best-selling game of the year. However, it eventually dropped out of the year-end top ten.
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Why was Andromeda Cancelled?

However, the production disaster that was Mass Effect: Andromeda was so bad that the entire Montreal studio became a casualty. That team was folded into EA Motive, a studio currently focused on EA's portfolio of Star Wars projects.
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Did Mass Effect: Andromeda get fixed?

Andromeda received several rounds of bug fixes, however, and the players who did persevere and play following the patches found that everything worked as it should. This isn't to say that there aren't still problems with the game.
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Will there be Andromeda 2?

Plans for a direct sequel to Andromeda fizzled out, but the trailer for this new Mass Effect showcased during 2020's Game Awards broadcast deliberately hinted that it will be connected to both the original trilogy and Andromeda.
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Is there going to be a Mass Effect 5?

BioWare is still keeping a lot under wraps about the next entry in the space-faring franchise, with the latest rumors suggesting that Mass Effect 5 development reportedly won't begin in full until 2023.
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Why are there no Quarians in Mass Effect: Andromeda?

Andromeda left the fan-favourite quarians out of the game to focus on Mass Effect's more prominent races. The quarians, Andromeda explained, were lagging behind on another ark ship - the Keelah Si'yah - with many of Mass Effect's other, more minor species: the drell, elcor, hanar and volus.
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Why was there no DLC for Mass Effect: Andromeda?

According to Mike Gamble, the reason that there was never any Mass Effect Andromeda DLC put out is because after the development team made another pass through the game to fix a large number of its dodgy visuals, the team just wasn't set up to follow through on its DLC plans.
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Will there be Andromeda DLC?

Alas, we're probably not getting any single-player DLC for Mass Effect: Andromeda. And a sequel? Shelved, according to reports.
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Will there be a Mass Effect 4?

Ultimately, bringing Shepard back may restrict the series more than anything, however, keeping it from trying bold new ideas and characters, which is seemingly what Mass Effect has always been about. For the moment nothing is confirmed, and Mass Effect 4 is likely still at least a couple of years off anyway.
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Can Shepard survive me3?

In almost every ending of Mass Effect 3, Shepard will die in exchange for stopping the Reapers. Both the “Control” and “Synthesis” endings will always lead to Shepard's death, as his consciousness will need to be infused into the Crucible for them to work.
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How many hours is Mass Effect: Andromeda?

When focusing on the main objectives, Mass Effect: Andromeda is about 18 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 94 Hours to obtain 100% completion.
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Is Mass Effect: Andromeda in Mass Effect Legendary?

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition players are continuing on through Mass Effect: Andromeda and are surprised by what they're finding.
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Is Mass Effect: Andromeda a remake?

Mass Effect Andromeda took BioWare's space adventure to a brand new galaxy with a fresh protagonist, new alien races, and completely revamped gameplay mechanics.
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Is there a quarian ark?

In the finale of Mass Effect: Andromeda, it was confirmed that the quarian ark - which also carried most of the other species that were absent in the base game, such as the elcor and the volus - had made it to the Andromeda galaxy seemingly in one piece.
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How many copies did Mass Effect: Andromeda sell?

4 Mass Effect: Andromeda - 5 Million.
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Does Mass Effect: Andromeda continue from Mass Effect 3?

Even though the game does start in the middle of the original Mass Effect trilogy it technically doesn't officially get going until centuries after the end of Mass Effect 3. This however doesn't mean that Andromeda will be a huge departure from the original series.
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Who was the benefactor in Mass Effect: Andromeda?

Whatever you need. The Benefactor is an unidentified individual or group who secretly helped fund the Andromeda Initiative. The Benefactor's existence was known only to Jien Garson, Alec Ryder, and a handful of other Initiative members prior to the Initiative's launch to Andromeda in 2185.
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Are the Geth in Mass Effect: Andromeda?

3 Geth Technology Exists In The Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Initiative used Geth technology to research the Andromeda Galaxy. There was apparently a deep space Geth array that the Initiative gathered data from. The Geth rebuilt a mass relay then created an FTL sensor out of the approach corridor.
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Are there any returning characters in Mass Effect: Andromeda?

It'll grow as you progress through the game. So far, Avina is the only character to make a return from the original trilogy. Andromeda begins just before Mass Effect 3, when the group of Milky Way ships leave the galaxy, and picks up 600 years later upon their arrival.
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Will Mass Effect 4 have Shepard?

Bioware developer Mike Gamble posted a statement on Twitter that seemed to indicate that Shepard isn't going to be in the game. He wrote: “Yeah, that was a mistake. Fixed.” He followed up by saying: “The original thing was written by the people who run the store and aren't familiar with the game.”
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Which Mass Effect 3 ending is canon?

The new Mass Effect game appears to be canonizing the Destroy Ending, which has two major downfalls in terms of the Milky Way's future.
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What happened to the Illusive Man?

The Illusive Man finally admits that he's under their control, and commits suicide to stop his own corrupted influence from harming humanity any further.
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