Firstly, Veilguard didn't sell▨ anywhere close to 1.5 million. EAPlay has has over 13 million subscribers, so you can guarantee that a significant portion of those 1.5 million that 'engaged' with the game came from EAPlay.

Secondly, the reason Veilguard failed was clear. The game tried to talk down to its players, preached an opinion that most people simply don't fully agree with, then tried to force the player to accept and agree with that opinion through the players character. The graphics were decent, the gameplay was decent, but the writing and distortion of established characters and races was not acceptable. As EA and Bioware fꦬound out.

Finally, The ME trilogy is probably my favourite series of all time, Andromeda was ruined by terrible characters, awful writing and boring story. Which was a shame because the gameplay was actually pretty good. I hope EA and Bioware le𓆏arn from their mistakes, listen to the community, as they are doing now with the next Battlefield game. There's hope, but I'm not holding my breath, especially if the suits at EA can't keep their noses out.