User blog comment:Bluegear93/Tali's face./@comment-24174486-20120725211929/@comment-4237253-20120726194749

Whilst it did fare better than I expected (but not nearly close as I had hoped), I think the most important issue here is this: whether you like the ending or not, whether or not you think the ending is poorly-written, BioWare failed to satisfy their customer. There is now a huge sect of fans who believe their headcanon is better than the ending they wrote. People have made t-shirts and memes idolising one random, generic enemy. Fans raised thousands of dollars to further the cause. Regardless of how you feel about all those things, the fact that it exists is proof enough that BioWare botched the ending. The fact that all this could happen shows that BioWare failed to meet the needs of its consumer, which happens to be the express purpose of a business, right after "make money", which they are not doing so well right now.