BioWare Veteran Says a New Mass Effect Could Be Made for Much Less Than $200 Million
Earlier this week, Trent Oster, former co-founder of BioWare, expressed interest in reviving the franchises of this studio and giving them a future.
He also commented that if he were to make a new Mass Effect game, it would have to have a budget much lower than $200 million.
Now, another former BioWare veteran has shared her opinion on the matter.
Can a New Mass Effect Be Made for Less Than $200 Million?
According to Christina Norman, a designer who worked on the original Mass Effect trilogy, $50 million would be enough to make a new game in the series that lives up to its legacy.
She said, “This is a good example of why I think another mass effect game could be made for well under 200 million. I mean 5x the budget of Claire obscure expedition 33 should be more than enough. You can always spend more but clever small teams can get it done.”
She made this comment in response to the news that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had a development budget of less than $10 million. For comparison, the most expensive game in the Mass Effect series so far has been Mass Effect: Andromeda, which cost $100 million.
In case you missed it, BioWare closed its doors just a few weeks ago, a decision that also led to the cancellation of a promising new game in the Mass Effect series, which unfortunately seems unlikely to ever see the light of day.
This has even led fans to start a movement on social media asking EA to save this franchise or, at the very least, hand over the license so another studio can continue it.
In related news, it was also reported that EA shut down BioWare and canceled the upcoming Mass Effect game primarily because it chose to prioritize funding Star Wars Battlefront 3.
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