“Could we make an easy buck on remastering Mass Effect?”.
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That glimmer of hope for a Mass Effect remaster just got a little dimmer, thanks to EA chief competition officer Peter Moore. It certainly doesn’t seem like it, but hey, you can always revisit the original trilogy anytime you want, it’s just that it might start to look a bit dated in the graphics department, but otherwise it’s still the game that many have come to know and love.
Among those experiences is Mass Effect Andromeda, the next installment in the series. Anything that distracts from that…’, he said in an IGN video interview. According to GameSpot, he further explains this by saying, “do we have teams lying around that are doing nothing right now that [can go and make remasters]?” Since the company would like to focus on future endeavors, they want their developers to focus on delivering new IP, new experiences, and more live services instead of remastering. “Yes, they have”, he added.
The developers of the Mass Effect series said that remastering the game will not be eventually made.
“That’s not who we are – but we do want to make sure that we have touch points with players out there, so we can understand if we’re thinking about this in the right way”, he continued. Yes, there’s thousands of people who want it. The honest answer is that we are absolutely actively looking at it’.
Mass Effect Andromeda is due for release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One in early 2017. Or perhaps, using similar logic, the Battlefield: Bad Company games. Although the idea is tempting on the part of the company, Moore emphasized that the company is more inclined to undertake future ideals that go back to past ventures in order to gain profit.
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Moore acknowledged that there’s a demand for a remake, but said that’s true of many of EA’s properties. I don’t know. Our blinders are on and [we are] looking toward future. I’m surprised that Electronic Arts would consider the Mass Effect remaster to be “easy money” considering the annualized and successful Madden and Federation Internationale de Football Association franchises.
