r/masseffect • u/AccordingUse3172 • 7h ago

DISCUSSION Any Devs who could take over?

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So the news is a huge kick in the balls. Is that truly it then or would there be any chance EA could sell the IP? Honestly coudnt see it going to CD Project or Bethesda. Dk if there's anyone else who could take over ot will EA just let the franchise rot out of spite?

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u/NikushimiZERO 5h ago

I do wonder why they didn't just sell BioWare and the IP's they have, and my only guess is because they still want to cash in on the merch and future sales from the previous games.

I'm just...numb. These games, DA and ME, were a huge part of my life. Veilguard ended on a cliffhanger, teasing more, and Mass Effect was finally getting another installment...

I can only hope they sell the IP's or someone else picks them up somehow, but with the team behind them disbanded...I do not have high hopes.

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u/Wobulating 5h ago

Nobody would buy them. Anyone with enough spare money to buy a giant IP like mass effect has their own IPs they'd rather make, and EA won't let random tiny studios get a crack at it and tarnish the IP

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u/Piffli 3h ago

Not to sound bitter, but there isn't that much tarnishing that could be done.

I was tentatively optimistic for DAV because I did actually like MEA, but I think most of us who kept being somewhat positive gave up after Veilguard.

That being said, I expected it to happen but still sad it did.

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u/NikushimiZERO 4h ago

Maybe, but still. Idk, just sucks. I guess I'm in the bargaining or delusional stage of grief lol.😅

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u/MrFluffyBunny25 4h ago

They will probably can the IP for now but might try to do something with it if the Expanse game from Owlcat and Exodus do well, I'm having high hope for those.

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u/Co-opingTowardHatred 2h ago

It’s not a buyer’s market right now.

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u/Artistic_Bar1693 5h ago

At this point you’re just buying the name of BioWare. Their last 3 games were mediocre to failures no publisher would be looking to buy them.

Mass Effect we all love but that IP is irrelevant now. It’s not worth it unless you could get a guaranteed hit.

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u/Taolan13 5h ago

If there existed a studio staffed significantly by the OG ME team at bioware, they would be the only studio that could deliver a good game from this IP, but they'd likely need a couple of years to work on it because the recent failures of bioware as a brand would make any publisher balk at throwing too much money in the hat.