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Does Mass Effect have a future on PS3?

Posted on November 3rd, 2007 at 08:12 EDT

(continued from previous page) ...trilogy of Mass Effect games, and we've got a great story arc.”

That is weird because just a few months ago Greg Zeschuk would swear up and down that Mass Effect is and always will be exclusive to the Xbox 360, now it is a wait and see? This is only speculation now, so please do not take this as 100%, but this is not looking good for Microsoft.

 
 
When asked about the possibility of the trilogy continuing on the PlayStation 3, Greg Zeschuk had this to say:

“We have no plans currently to pursue that. Our focus is pure and simple; it’s to deliver the best game possible for our fans with Mass Effect, and that’s an Xbox 360 exclusive. Microsoft’s a great partner… and they’ve really helped build the value of the product and we’re proud to work with them.”

Let me take the time to analyze that for you all. To start things off Dr. Zeschuk said that they “currently” have no plans to develop Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 on the PlayStation 3. “Currently” is the key word as it leaves room for possibility. If Greg Zeschuk was 100% sure that Mass Effect and its future games will stay on the 360, then he would have said so, however he didn’t when given the opportunity. By saying “currently”, this could be implied as, “possibly, but right now we’re not thinking about it” this is different from “No, we have no plans to pursue that” which would have been more firm and precise.

Secondly Dr. Zeschuk said that right now, their main focus is with Mass Effect [As in Mass Effect 1] and that it is an Xbox 360 exclusive. This could possibly mean that no matter what, a ME port to the PS3 is out of the window; however, Zeshuck did not say anything else about Mass Effect 2 & 3 being an Xbox 360 exclusive. Again, this leaves the door open for the PlayStation 3, as Zeschuk could have easily utilized the opportunity to say that the Mass Effect trilogy is unequivocally an Xbox 360 exclusive, but failed to do so (seemingly pointing out that Mass Effect 1 is an 360 exclusive which makes ME2 as well as ME3 fair game)
 
 
Still, regardless if BioWare want to admit it to their fans or not, the acquisition of Electronic Arts will indeed affect Mass Effect in some way. Today the industry is one big profit machine - if EA sees bigger gains by placing the rest of the ME trilogy on the PS3 or even the PC, then by all means they will pursue that option without hesitation. Set aside your differences for a second, regardless if you’re a PS3, Wii, or 360 fans, just look at the situation. Can you honestly believe that the future of Mass Effect will remain an Xbox 360 exclusive with EA having a say in things?

Mass Effect is going to be a large IP and can easily be the next Final Fantasy to the gaming industry if not more. Electronic Arts has foreseen this, they see a future in Mass Effect….they see money in Mass Effect. In a few years, in time for Mass Effect 2, the PlayStation 3 would have gained an even larger fan base, on par with the 360 and possibly beyond. This is the market that we live in, where profit is behind all business decisions. With EA on board, we all know where their minds are.
 
EA loves for their titles to be enjoyed by gamers on many platforms. There is no way possible that EA will allow such a massive IP like Mass Effect to stay exclusive on one console for the whole trilogy, especially if it racks in the money that it is expected to make.

Mass Effect, coming November 20th in North America exclusively to the Xbox 360 will be a game that will drive holiday sales for the Microsoft Xbox 360. Beyond that, only the future can hold what is in store for the Mass Effect franchise.
 
 
However, PS3 owners should remember that BioWare confirmed to us earlier this year ... (continued on next page)
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posted 8:44am EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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Sounds interesting...I'm no big fan of RPG's but this one is a Must-Buy for 360-owners. Looks pretty neat and it will boost sales for sure. But still we've got FFXIII and FF Versus XIII so I'm cool with the fact its a 360 exclusive by now. How can we possibly ask for more once Final Fantasy is released (in the far future >.<)

posted 8:53am EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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Totally agree Perishing_Mind.  FFXIII will negate any interest in Mass Effect on the PS3.  Not saying that ME wouldn't be fun to play on Sony's console, but I'd rather look into FFXIII.  Besides, there's no way that ME 1 will be on the PS3 (Microsoft published it so they probably retain some kind of rights), and if I can't learn about the beginning of the story, I don't want to jump into ME 2 and not know what's going on.

posted 9:15am EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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After looking at gameplay I cannot say I am thrilled about the title. The story does look involving though.

posted 9:24am EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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As sson EA touches anything, it becomes bad. EA simply can't make good games, and it started right after BF2, with the exception of BF 2142.

posted 10:53am EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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Sorry to say but shooter + RPG does not work.

posted 10:57am EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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@ Anim3Fr33K -

You've never played Mega Man Legends have you.

posted 11:27am EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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ME to be is just great, gettin it day one and also even if EA publish it, its still bioware making it so they cant ruine it

posted 11:28am EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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Wow, when PSU puts it that way. EA sounds like some kind of savior for multiplatforms. Gives off the motto of EA loves all consoles and they're the denizens to close the gap between this silly Console War. Have I gone mad?! EA= GOOD?!

posted 12:22pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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Let MS have it, I'd rather have no Mass Effect than another garbage port.
posted 12:29pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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I'm going to jumpt to the reply form here and just say "No" without reading the article. Now I'm going to go back and actually read it to see what they say. lets see if out answers match. SHALL WE?

 

Now after reading I can safely say, "I was right"  While I can apprciate the writter's ability to find microscopic loop holes in all the coporate doublespeak the plain cold hard fact is, MS got a hold of this game for the first title and will likely throw huge gobs of cash at EA to lock down the game's next two installments because frankly without Halo they dont HAVE anything else worth a damn. The next two games might not be published by MS but that just means that the first title's rights becaome much harder to put on PS3 because EA can't lay claim to it.

I predict this. MassE will make it to PC, because that is the closest thing to this ridiculous "single system" that EA has been wanting, Frankly I'd expct them to pull back from consoles a little more just to deal with PC as much as possible under the Games for Windows Brand (owned by M$) which would allow them to get around the lock M$ has on the first game. Now should EA realize the error of their ways and want to play fair for once... (c'mon, stop launghing I'm trying to makea point here!) What could happen is they'd wait until the entire trilogy is done and release the whole game on a single BLuRay disk for the PS3... but that's years from now and while it's a nice thought it's highly unlikly that M$ wil let the title go beyond the 36* and GFW environments  especially when Bioware themselves seemed dead set on keeping it on one platform.

 

The deck was stacked against the PS3 in regards to this game from what I can tell, best not to even give it a second thought anymore.

posted 12:53pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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In a way I agree with Rugburn. But on the other hand, it would definitely burn MS to have an exclusive got multiplat. It would be nice to see something like that go Sony's way for sure. I think I would buy it if it came over for that reason. Once reviews came out of course hehehe Wouldn't want to get it only for it to be as rough as Lair :D

posted 1:04pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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posted 1:09pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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psn id: gingo... everyone is really hyped about this but i have seen better games on both consoles i dont think this is going to be the next halo

posted 2:01pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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This game didn't look fun anyways. I hated kotor and I will hate this too.

posted 2:31pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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"EA is going to go MS exclusive, h3ll they are big enough right now to put their own console out there. " 

The last part gave me shivers! Hope that never ever hapens!

posted 2:46pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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One thing for sure this game looks really good on the xbox 360 im no fan of any of them but i must say that and yes this is a must buy for xbox 360 owners but then again we have the best rpg in the world that would be Final Fantasy ^_^

posted 3:05pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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looks g@Y
posted 3:27pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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@ alchemyuser1 word.....
posted 3:30pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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FF and ME are completely different styles of games. ME is more like KOTAR which when I played it on PC just felt like a MMORPG without the online multiplayer. While FF wiil always be FF even with slightly less turnbased action the feeling you get playing an FF game will always be there. And each of thse games are going to appeal to that type of gamer. I like JPRGs so I'll love FF, I'm not super thrilled about western RPGs or even MMORPGs so I'd probably get tired of MassE. I never bought Oblivion for much the same reason.

 

It's all going to be about what you like and Playstation's supporters have always been more facinated with Japanese style games.

posted 4:09pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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oh man....I need to go check out the forum to watch the sparks fly...lol....if it comes or not doesnt really bother me really...

posted 4:52pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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M$ can keep this. All i see here is another over hyped, run of the mill, slightly above average game that involves shooting aliens... again.... which will probably get a 9.5 from every site out here as well as start another wave of 360 owns PS3 propaganda. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is unimpressed here. Give me Uncharted and Haze.
posted 5:22pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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lol tom ass, if haze and uncharted was on 360 u would say they was hyped and if mass effect was on 360 u would say it was great.

anyone who says this is hyped and crap, remember what you said when you see this as game of the year

posted 5:39pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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# 2 and 3 will be on the ps3, if by that time the ps3 has a bigger user base, because all EA cares about is money.

posted 5:52pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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Uncharted and Haze couldn't fit on M$ disc format. ME looks meh to me, another overhyped overrated game, just like oblivion which I though was a definition of boring. It seems to me that M$ games are consistently overrated, even ones like Oblivion in which the better more complete version happens to be on the PS3, yet the PS3 version gets a .1 lower rating by some sites. It's almost as if M$ games are being graded on a curve. I'll stick with ps3 exclusives like ratchet and clank and uncharted which have kicked off the training wheels of DVD and are showing undeniable superiority in audio, graphics, animations, gameplay, physics, and AI, not last gen gameplay, physics, ai with a hi-def gloss.

posted 6:12pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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ryoma... i stand by words. i'm tired of shooting aliens. my opinion not yours. this game is over hyped because its on 360. 360 is all hype. again ... just my opinions. not yours. and finally i can't wait for haze and uncharted. they look fun. just my opinion though. and if massive defect was on ps3 i would not buy it because like i said before i'm tired of shooting aliens.
posted 6:44pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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that would be cool..

posted 7:53pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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I will not be surprised if it does happen, EA is notorious for making mulitplat games as well as milking their franchises like some cow. :/ While I think its good for a the PS3, again it can be a sub par port with 'issues' that would make it look underrated to its 360 counterpart.

posted 9:20pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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pass

posted 9:53pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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This is definatly a possibility i hope mass effect 2 or 3 comes to ps3. The game sounds like its suppose to be big? Anyways, microsoft has no exclusives left. This game is there one game that can help them, but even then it's one game. Sony has plenty of exclusives, and their all AAA.

When microsft makes a game it's bad, real bad. EX.)  crackdown and shadowrun.

So if sony were to snatch this 360 exclusive, microsoft would be in big trouble. Also i want to add that EPIC ( makers or gears of war) are really happy with the ps3.

Gears of War 2 on ps3 anyone??????

posted 10:34pm EDT - November 3rd, 2007
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Geez is EA trying to own the whole world or something,I thought the NFL license thing was a bit much but this is getting ridiculous

posted 12:23am EDT - November 4th, 2007
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Ofcourse this would be an excellent game to be on the PS3, if it was ported over well or better yet rebuilt entirely for our system.

I think it's highly unlikely that it will happen.

posted 11:40am EST - November 4th, 2007
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haha microsoft loses again!!

posted 6:27pm EST - November 4th, 2007
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Totally agree 100% with Alpha2. Mass Effect was brought as an exclusive by Microsoft not as a timed exclusive but as a complete and utter 110% for ever and a day exlcusive!!! Electronic Arts can want to release it on as many systems as they want including mobile phones BUT I bet it'll cost them an awful lot of money to wriggle out of the exlcusivity contract Microsoft have with BioWare. I'd love to see the game on PS3 but it isn't going to happen. You can leap on semantics all you like but the reality is they haven't annouced it for the PS3 and I don't expect them too. EVER.

posted 6:13am EST - November 5th, 2007
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So,is this another FPS trilogy MS will hype up or is it something worth a look?

posted 7:43am EST - November 8th, 2007
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are you sure ea wouldnt rather try and force it into one dominant market i mean what if by one comman platform they meant microsft xbox and its decendants existing and planned . MICROSOFT CAN (as cartman would put it) SUCK MY BALLZ but since im using windows at the moment and i dont particularly like macintosh either CONSOLE DEPARTMENT CAN SUCK MY BALLZ N STOP RIUNING GAMES BY FORCESING PEOPEL TO SQUEEZE THEM ONOT YOUR TINY DVDS

posted 3:26pm EST - November 8th, 2007
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This game looks amazing, I've been following it since it was first announced years ago. Realtionships that alter depending on how you talk to people and interact with them, you can fall in love, create your own character with the DEEP character creation. It would be awesome if it came out on ps3.

posted 3:33pm EST - November 9th, 2007
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I don't want to diss the article writer but it seems to me that this a waste of time, where's the interest in having and playing this trilogy when you can't play the 1st one? i'd rather know how some of the games that are coming out for ps3 are in terms of development instead of wasting my time with this, even if this game gets to be the goty, at the rate of development that some games are and with launch dates coming rapidly any game can be the game of the year, these are all suppositions and nothing else, hemay be the ceo of his azz but EA still pwns him, and the final word belongs to them...with M$ throwing some $ on the side this franchise may stay exclusive to them, we all know how it works, EA is looking for profit and M$ has it's ways of making things work out for them...

posted 4:19pm EST - November 9th, 2007
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Doubt this will come to PS3, the first one is an exclusive...not might be...it is. I'm sure the next two will be aswell. I'm sure MS still has a say in the making of the game aswell, since MS was publishing it before EA bought them and...oh yeh Peter Moore works for EA now....should have mentioned that too. Who ever said ...sorry FPS + RPG doesnt work....are you on crack? Look at Oblivion and Dark Messiah!!!  Yes that was a FPS Action RPG that won mannnny awards. With the exploration, character development, story, and conversations....Mass Effect is sure to come down as Game of the Year.

posted 6:17pm EST - November 9th, 2007
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No.

posted 4:10pm EST - November 10th, 2007
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I doubt if it will come to the ps3. Nevertheless sendind it to the ps3 will be a very good news.

posted 4:22pm EST - November 11th, 2007
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It would be so cool if it came to the PS3... BioWare <3

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