I imagine they put out those teasers so they could go back and tell the publishing execs "See? People are still excited about Mass Effect! There's still a market for it!"
Guess even that wasn't enough, though. An ignominious end for one of, if not the single most important studio in western RPG history.
Tbf, I feel like any excitement for a new Mass Effect game has always been tempered by a lot of skepticism. And given that these comments are filled with people saying that it probably would have been a disappointment, can you even really blame the execs for not being convinced?
I feel they at least deserved one last attempt to prove themselves. If ME5 came out and it was received like Veilguard, so be it. I wouldn't have been that upset if that was what did them in. Mass Effect was always the bigger IP to begin with, so if that couldn't save them, nothing could have.
But to just unceremoniously kill off the entire studio because it'll help Jared Kushner's bottom line? Fuck that. Fuck EA. Fuck private equity. The entire western AAA development landscape is a goddamn joke because of shit like this.
Well you'll get no arguments from me about that last section, Bioware was dying because EA has been strangling them for years But Bioware was dying, and the fact that Mass Effect 5 was only being thrown around as a hail Mary does not give me hope that it would be a triumphant return to form.
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u/Armed_Buoy 8h ago edited 7h ago
I imagine they put out those teasers so they could go back and tell the publishing execs "See? People are still excited about Mass Effect! There's still a market for it!"
Guess even that wasn't enough, though. An ignominious end for one of, if not the single most important studio in western RPG history.