Earlier this month, during Gamescom, EA teased the possibility of remastering the Mass Effect series. EA's executive VP Patrick Soderlund said that they were "actively looking" into a Mass Effect remaster, but stated that they had nothing to announce at the time.
Unfortunately, EA's executive Peter Moore doesn't share the same sentiments. In a recent interview with IGN, Moore said that EA was focused on the future and the BioWare developers were focused on Andromeda.
"We're a company that is focused on delivering for the future," said Moore. "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."
Future aside, could EA do it? Sure, but they don't seem like they want to (at lease Moore doesn't) and BioWare isn't going to be working on anything other than Andromeda.
"Can we make an easy buck on remastering Mass Effect? Yes. Have a thousand people asked me that? Yes, they have," he added. "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."
Everyone else at EA is just too busy to get going on a remaster.
"Do we have teams lying around that are doing nothing right now that [can go and make remasters]? No we don't. We want to focus on the future and delivering new IP and new experiences," he explained. "There's easy money to be made all over this industry. But the real focus should be on being player-first and focused on delivering new IP and new experiences and that's where our real focus is."
Do you hear that? That's dreams shattering… but the hope remains.
