There wouldn't be. Person from the top of the chain presumably hasn't actually read up on things here and just jumped to conclusions.
Dragon Age Inquisition sold over 12 million units and "massively oversold the internal EA projections"
It got GOTY at Game Awards, beating out Bayonetta 2, Dark Souls 2, Hearthstone and Shadows of Mordor.
There does seem to be an issue with Nvidia in this game (5080 is performing around the 9070 XT).