14 DAY TRIAL // The development team at BioWare and publisher Electronic Arts are delivering a new teaser trailer for their upcoming Dragon Age: Inquisition, which seems designed to create a connection between the title and the Xbox One home console from Microsoft.
There’s no new footage to see here and fans of the series only get a shot of the major tear in the Veil, which is at the heart of the game plot and to certain reaction shots of some of the main characters, including fan favorite Varric.
The sparse nature of the teaser is somewhat weird given that BioWare has been streaming whole gameplay segments from Dragon Age: Inquisition over Twitch during the past few months.
Even more surprising is that the final seconds of the ad are focused not on the video game, but on the Xbox One home console from Microsoft, with a voice announcing that the price for the device has been dropped by 50 dollars (37 Euro) at the moment.
The offer is only available in North America until the end of the holiday period and is designed to make the hardware more attractive for customers who are looking to pick up new hardware during the coming two months.
Dragon Age: Inquisition and home consoles launches
Dragon Age: Inquisition will be offered on the PC, the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 on November 18 in the United States and on November 21 in Europe.
The series from BioWare already has a very big fan base and the title can be one of the biggest sellers of the holiday season, behind FIFA 15 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
This means that it makes sense for Microsoft to try and associate its hardware with the title as it can boost sales for the device.
The Xbox One has been trailing the PlayStation 4 in terms of sales this year and it will be interesting to see whether the new limited-time price cut and the coming marketing campaign can reverse the situation.
The platform has moved 2.4 million devices to stores during the three-month period which ended on September 30 and Microsoft is certainly hoping that it can significantly improve the numbers before the end of the year.
But the link with Dragon Age: Inquisition is somewhat awkward because the franchise is seen by most fans as a PC experience, mainly because of the complexity of its mechanics and control scheme.
