This exactly. Whoever said the DA crowd is causal is showing their ignorance. DA2 maybe..yes...even maybe Inquisition. Both are designed for the console. Origins was designed a single player RPG for the PC...the 'spiritual successor to BG' (in their words, whether successful or not in that claim is debatable). The Bioware fan base is exactly the market for this game. Remember, the market for this game is not the console players, not the thousands of rabid under 20 year-olds....it is for us guys in their 30's and 40's....who grew up with RPG's....not moba players, not FPS players, but old school RPG players. The very same people who supported the gaming industry in the first place and made it what it is.
Maybe a litle hyperbole, and sterotyped, but the 'newer' generation of gamer, this game is not for. Target the fanbase that appreciated storytelling, appreciates an epic hundreds of hours classic, will happily sit down and play for hours on end, absorbing the lore. That 'is' a niche market, why do you think this game was funded through Kickstarter? Because major publishers do not believe this kind of game can be a financial success anymore, us older gamers are now dinasaurs to the throw-away world of kids with attention spans no longer than a quick 5 minute PvP battle. The amount Obsidian raised is proof that as a niche market, we still have a large say in the industry.