EA hints at a Mass Effect remaster....**UPDATE** now maybe not

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“We’re a company that is focused on delivering for the future. I was asked a question once [about remasters and I said] it’s just not what we do. We’ve got incredibly talented dev studios around the world who are focused on delivering new IP, new experiences, [and] more and more live services.

“Can we make an easy buck on remastering Mass Effect? Yes. Have a thousand people asked me that? Yes, they have. We just feel like we want to go forward. There’s a little thing called Mass Effect: Andromeda that we’re totally focused on at BioWare and it’s gonna be magnificent.”

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With Moore admitting that there’s a desire from the Mass Effect fan base to see the games get remastered, the interviewer notes that if Electronic Arts wants to reflect a “player-first culture”, then why not re-release the science fiction trilogy with updated visuals to appease players? Moore explains that such a scenario isn’t that simple, saying, “Is there demand? Yes, there’s thousands of people who want it. Do we need millions? I don’t know. Our blinders are on and [we are] looking toward future.”

Apparently, if Electronic Arts puts out remasters of the first three Mass Effect games, there would be costs beyond financial investments at stake, as it would divert the company’s attention from its current and future projects. After all, Moore also mentioned during the discussion that fans have been asking the company to make a follow-up to Skate 3 and create another entry in the Fight Night franchise, which points to the potentiality of both titles having already received the green light.

In any event, perhaps it’s best that remasters for the first three Mass Effect titles don’t come to be. With Electronic Arts having little to no interest in HD remakes no matter the franchise, it’s highly likely that they would basically be created for the sake of making money, meaning that the remasters wouldn’t necessarily be treated with care or passion, and could ultimately result in a mediocre product. Plus, since there has already been a dearth of gameplay footage for Mass Effect: Andromeda thus far, should the aforementioned remasters cause developers to detract their attention from the project, then most fans would likely agree with Moore that the new game should take precedence.

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