Mass Effect and BioWare could end up in Microsoft's lap soon

How much of that was because people wanted to carry their saves forward and that Microsoft was the dominate console last generation.  To me that statement would be just as accurate if Mass Effect 1 was released now and 70% of the sales were on the PS4.

If it gets MEA2 which is the ONLY Mass Effect game that NEEDS to made and none of this remaster and prequel crap, because Mass Effect Andromeda laid out so much  potential it's mindblowing! Going back to the Milky Way would be a huge waste of time, resources, and money. I want to see the franchise move forward not backwards like a lot of people here who are just IMHO whiny entitled hardcore gamer trolls all saying "That they want an ME4 because they are still butt hurt over the endings to ME3" bullshit. Because all those worthless pieces of shit want to is shit all over "ME4" when it doesn't "fix" the endings to ME3 BECAUSE NOTHING BIOWARE CAN DO WILL EVER FIX THE DAMN ENDINGS TO MASS EFFECT 3 SO GET OVER IT!

Mass Effect Andromeda 2 is the true future of the series and if EA, Bioware or Microsoft can deliver a great single player game then I'll be happy.

Also it should be noted that MS has closed down gaming studios Lionhead got axed and now they're rumors that MS wants a new Fable game to be their answer to the PS4's Horizon Zero Dawn and Rare is a shell of it's former glory.

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Mass Effect started with Microsoft so have no problem continuing with them.
Anyone is better than EA.

I'm conflicted with this.

On one hand, it would be awesome for Microsoft to actually own decent IPs to be able to compete with Sony.

But on the other hand, Microsoft's game division has performed terribly this generation. Forgetting the whole debacle in the beginning with the Xbox One, but i've lost count of how may games they've cancelled this generation.

This could be both good, and worse.

*Remembers Andromeda*

Nevermind, it can only be better.

How is that relevant? Do people even read posts anymore. Regardless of Xbox or Playstation, either gets the bulk of the sales that helps with making a new one, even more back then, BioWare needed the console release.

Ehhh, I can't see Microsoft buying out all of EA, if anything they're going to do what Disney did with Fox and just buy out specific assets....which in this case would probably be Bioware, Respawn, and maybe Criterion. Microsoft definitely needs to add some exclusive single player games to Xbox and acquiring Bioware would be a good way to accomplish that goal.

Yah, the winblows store sucks.   

They aren't gonna take over Valve, I can say that much for sure.   

It's the constant updates when all I want to do is play my games.

Steam doesn't start getting shitty the moment you refuse to restart it for an update. Origin does.

Steam actually notifies you without a half-screen notification.

Steam Over-lay has less compatibility issues.

Steam has a darker skin.

Sadly, Steam also started changing things that weren't broken, so I guess it's only a matter of time before it starts sinking to Origin's level. True, Origin is 10x better than UPlay, but credit where credit is due, Steam IS the better program, with a better UI (that doesn't start locking up when you refuse to restart it for an update like Origin's UI).

Well, considering you can just as easily tell Steam that you don't want to restart it so it can update, and the program remains stable indefinitely, no, it really isn't a wash. Origin becomes increasingly unstable and unresponsive until you are forced to restart it (but only once updates are released). This really is not a wash, this is one FORCING updates, and one RECOMMENDING updates.

I will, however, grant you that darker skins are a personal taste, however, I will also propose that photosensitive people (of varying sensitivity levels) exist, and game, and such people will be more comfortable (ie: less pained) using a darker skin. No, not everybody should be forced into a darker scheme, however, as with all things, I'd like there to be options instead of "Majority rules" or "Our tech team liked this better, so it's what we use now" (This latter one is what Steam is steadily becoming, and it is not nice).

Still, considering the Non-Steam-Non-Origin alternatives (not naming and shaming) out there, we're discussing what shines more compared to dirt, Gold or Silver? Both are MUCH better than the alternatives, there will always be dispute/debate over which is the "best", but I doubt anybody could seriously list any of the alternatives as better than either of these (I say this not LIKING Origin, but I credit it for being better than the others).

Steam mostly updates to tell you about the next game on sale and it's also fairly quick.  Origin...no idea, but I could wait for up to 10 minutes before it's ready to go and that's something I dislike.  Most likely they've hauled out a new interface that's even worse than the last.