Could EA be trying to convince Bioware Edmonton to ditch their new IP in favor of rescuing Mass Effe

If you wouldn't mind, what have they said? I haven't been keeping up and I'm curious. 

Basically it is going to be an open world action like MMO with guns, and it also sci fi too. Basically, ME in a MMO world with all the gun play and such.

I think some of the higher ups from Bioware went to a party hosted by Bethesda.
There was skooma. There were lusty Argonian maids. Photos were taken.
And that's why Andromeda is what it is.

Good, huh?

No. And here's why.

A) There is absolutely no proof that ME has been put on "hiatus". It makes perfect sense for the studio to use existing members to boost their current groups with release dates far closer than any new Mass Effect game. That's what gaming studios do. It's common practice, and Kotaku is a genius for exploring the fact that no one seems to know that so as to spread their no-source click-bait story across the web. Bravo, you're a sucker.

Mass Effect is not now, and has never been, a"cash-cow". I think Bioware and EA got way more money they were expecting from the ME3MP, but other than that their big cash cows are FIFA and Battlefield. Those titles make more money than any Bioware game could dream of making. So no, they aren't going to postpone or axe their new microtransactions IP to "save" Mass Effect.

C) It wouldn't take a big group at Bioware to start working on MEA:2, since having a release date even as early as 2020 would be pushing it anyway. It's obvious they hadn't started on the next title, some MEA was being made up until and after going gold, so first they need to through around story ideas, new and changed gameplay elements, and work on concept art, all which don't require the same people that would be helping Battlefront II and "Dylan" teams with finalizing their projects. Different people do different things.

Just a small correction: EA purchased the holding company that owned Bioware as well as Pandemic Studios. I don't Bioware could have sold itself to EA. 

Bought, acquired, sold out, whatever.  Wasn't the point.

The problem is that narrative doesn't fit into the internet's obsession with BioWare and "how they sold out" just like they are latching onto Mass Effect being in hiatus with no proof aside from the standard studio restructuring after releasing a game.