Would it be best for EA to sell the Mass Effect franchise?

The trilogy made money. Andromeda didn't make enough money to warrant a single piece of DLC.

But yes, I think EA understand they have a strong IP in their hands and that's likely why they killed Andromeda so soon, better not let it fester. Now take your time and rethink your strategy.

I agree, both EA and BioWare know how many people will buy a DLC 6+ months after release and they would have a fairly accurate idea of how many people were still playing based on information from Xbox, PS, and Origin.  Throwing all that into an equation I think they didn't feel they had enough people currently playing the game to generate enough revenue to make a DLC that would be financially successful.

It probably should happen more often. No sense hanging on to an IP you're not gonna use.

I played Mars War Logs too, so only 6 players remaining 😂

More importantly, who has the large enough capital to inherit such a gigantic franchise which you know EA won't let go cheaply?

Some potential contestants:
1. Ubisoft - Slowly refining their open-world creation skills in the last few years to perfection. They can do it, but it'll be way cheaper for them to just start a brand new space sci-fi franchise of their own instead
2. Sony - They already have a shit ton of PS titles to take care of so it's gonna be a simple 'no thanks' from them
3. Nintendo - It's all about the Switch now, yea...
4. Activision - With that many CoD games in a row and some other random mediocre games on the side are you seriously counting on them to make something decent outta it?
5. Microsoft - Contradicts with the Halo and Gears of War franchises so again 'no thanks'
6. Bethesda - Will the day come for them to finally stop working on Fallout/TES/Doom?
7. Take Two - R* will always be onto the next GTA, or Red Dead Redemption so maybe one of the 2K studios can take up the project at some point
8. Bandai Namco - Don't mind a bit of anime styled stuff added? Then these are the guys
9. Capcom/Sega - Probably gets even less B-grade production and ends up with a C-grade product
10. Some other Asian studios like Tencent/Nexon? You'll end up with a whole bunch of silly mobile games instead and I bet that's definitely not what you and I want for ME

I'm open to more suggestions, but the idea looks grim.

I was hoping that Konami would sell the Silent Hill series after that uproar they had with Kojima and the production of Silent Hills...they even went as far as to wipe clean the demo P.T. from the servers so nobody can access it.

They stopped making Silent Hill games, but the IP is being used in Japan in name only in the form of slot machines..... .....they are not making SH games anymore, but they know they still get money out of the IP in some manner. Likewise, i don't see EA selling the ME franchise....waaaay too much money involved and regardless of Andromeda, the ME universe still has a story to tell and still incorporates a strong fan base.

Count me in and make that 5 players left. I bet we all are on these boards.

Star Citizen is a one-time only deal unless I see it again, besides I consider what they are doing by having high priced limited edition ships while still making the game to be taking advantage of their backers.  Its why some people are into the game for thousands if not tens of thousands of dollars.

How would having a smaller developer being backed by a larger publisher be any different? You would still have all the things people are complaining about with Mass Effect now but just with different people at the helm.  It would be Activision controlling Obsidian and making them make a Mass Effect Call of Duty game.

I've played it.

So, 4 

Speaking of which, some of you might remember there used to be a Mass Effect FPS game called Team Assault undergoing production before the real ME3 but eventually scrapped. The EA managers must've seen the much bigger potential of rebooting SW Battlefront instead back then already.

That is what developers say about EA as well.  The expression that BioWare uses a lot is along the lines of "EA gives up enough rope to hang ourselves" and frankly that is what I saw with both Andromeda and Visceral.  They might want certain things included, but there is no reason not to think Bethesda is similar, for I was thinking of Prey the other day and I can't imagine the developers really wanted to use an existing IP in a way that probably would upset fans of the original since they had so little in common and Bethesda was just camping that IP.