A Dragon Age: The Veilguard fan found the BioWare RPG on a clearance sale for $9. Though the AAA game came out less than a year ago, some vendors are already selling Dragon Age: The Veilguard at shockingly low prices.
When it was released on Halloween 2024, Dragon Age: The Veilguard instantly divided the gaming community. Many people had nothing but positive things to say about Dragon Age: The Veilguard, while others were not impressed. Sadly, sales numbers supported the latter viewpoint, with EA declaring the game a commercial failure.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Reportedly Caused Infighting at BioWare
Dragon Age: The Veilguard reportedly sparked internal conflicts at BioWare, according to a new exposé detailing its troubled development.
It was only a matter of months before Dragon Age: The Veilguard started going on sale, but one player may have found the lowest discount for BioWare’s troubled RPG yet. Dragon Age fan and Redditor 1heavyarms3 recently shared an image of The Veilguard at a local store on clearance for $8.99. At launch, The Veilguard retailed for $60 at most locations, making this an 85% discount just over eight months after the RPG’s initial release.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard On Sale for Less Than $10
In the post, 1heavyarms3 lamented Dragon Age: The Veilguard, hoping BioWare would learn from its mistakes and “do better next time and not just kill the franchise.” The original poster also admitted they had purchased the Dragon Age: The Veilguard Collector’s Edition, but never actually finished the game, as they found it unsatisfactory. Their fellow gamers joined in the sorrow, sharing their own opinions of The Veilguard – both positive and negative – with some disappointed they had to pay full price when it ended up dropping so quickly after, while others found a silver lining in that players who could not afford to buy the AAA RPG at the time will be able to now.
While it may be sad to see such a highly-anticipated game fall from grace, The Veilguard is still finding success to this day. Though it did even get nominated for The Game Awards’ Game of the Year 2024, Dragon Age: The Veilguard did recently win GotY at the Gayming Awards. Protagonist Rook also took home the Best LGBTQ+ Character award, with one of their voice actors, Erika Ishii, claiming the Best LGBTQ+ Voice Actor of the Year award.
Unfortunately, The Veilguard’s woes are only one part of BioWare’s recent problems. EA recently announced Anthem will sunset in January 2026, taking the game offline forever. Players have begun signing petitions to preserve the equally-troubled 2019 third-person shooter in an offline mode in some fashion, but it remains to be seen if BioWare will acquiesce to these demands before Anthem goes dark next year.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 80 /100 Critics Rec: 71%
- Released
- October 31, 2024
- ESRB
- M For Mature 17+ // Blood, Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- BioWare
- Publisher(s)
- Electronic Arts
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- Frostbite
- Genre(s)
- RPG
