I take it that the no white option was about the presets ,since bioware talked about looking into a patch ,and  that spilt over into developer Manveer Heir's  anti white men tirade on twitter that 's apparently  seen him fired.

I got my copy one day early (thank you Amazon Prime). The combat system is amazing, but the graphics are ugly and I still have yet to meet a single interesting character.

I predicted 83. damn didn't get it right for any of the versions.

Still very much interested in this game. Not $60 interested though.

See, never entirely bought into that primarily because it only ever gets brought up when games score lower than normal.  It never comes up with, say, Breath of the Wild or Uncharted 4.  No one seriously thinks that if they were released last gen those would be 99 Metas.  So yeah, I'm less keen on that idea.  Still, disappointment either way as you said.

The issue with staying independent is manifold.  For one, a lot of studios have little in the way of a "war chest" or "rainy day" fund to sustain themselves while seeking independent investment or other means of funding.  They exist from publisher to publisher.  Second, many are not structured for opperating out from uder the auspices of a major corporation.  They don't have the positions and management structure in place to run the company indepdently.  Lastly, a lot of game developers just are not business people.  A lot of developers are similar to a small business owner in that they get into this business cause they like what they do not because they want to run a business.  Most developers lack the management and financial skills and the business acumen to run a business themselves, they depend on the publisher to handle the business side of things.  Being indie dev doesn't just mean developing games independently, it means being a businessman yourself as all that stuff is put in your hands.  Most devs aren't trained for that and don't *want* to deal with it.

I'd have to check when the game launches since my trial is up, but I know for a fact that that's not true for Sara Ryder. 

Come to think about it it might be no white male option , maybe i should edit my earlier comment to reflect that.

Anyway , the veracity of the outrage wasn't really my focus , I was just answering Lawlight's question about this game becoming subject to internet outrage like the other titles he mentioned.

I feel stupid. The picture in this thread is male preset three. So yeah. The complaint is pure BS.

Me to looking back at the picture , from what I garnered by googling only scott and sarah have pale skin tone options. so the fuss is getting more pedantic  by the minute.