We don’t want to say that the mood of the Anthem fanbase is fatalistic at this point, but it’s certainly not predicting that all is well in the game or in development. But surprisingly, a recent interview with EA CEO Andrew Wilson at this year’s E3 involves him restating his commitment to the game, with statements that both this particular project and BioWare as an entity remain in the good graces of EA despite some stumbles:

IP lives for generations, and runs in these seven to ten year cycles. So, if I think about Anthem on a seven to ten year cycle, it may not have had the start that many of us wanted, including our players. I feel like that team is really going to get there with something special and something great, because they’ve demonstrated that they can.

Wilson explained that the core issue with the game at launch was the disconnect between players who wanted the depth of story experience and developing a game that could be played as a consistent long-term persistent experience. He compared overall faith in the studio to Steven Spielberg, however; even if Spielberg makes a movie that doesn’t happen to do as well, you’re still going to bet on the next movie he makes because he has such a long and excellent track record. So it seems that talks of BioWare’s demise may be more than a little premature.