VentureBeat claims we're going to get a MET Remaster "Legendary Edition"

EA got to fuck it up for everybody, don't they?

Unless we'd be talking complete, total overhaul, nobody would buy a 13-14 year old game for a texture pack. TLoU was a late PS3 era game that got an immediate remake for PS4, so that everyone that had played it recently, could enjoy it again, with a more grandiose visual experience and anyone who missed it, had a chance to discover it. And the TLoU remaster, if I recall, sold more than the original. Didn't it? Oh, no, it only sold 1 million copies, according to wikipedia.

Yeah, no. I don't see ME remaster hitting that 1 million.

None of that matters, really. EA looks to sales on launch, up to six week periods. After that, unless the game sells gangbusters, it is considered a failure, because it didn't sell to EA's expectations. Sure, it may, eventually, sell 20 million copies, even. Even Anthem had sold, by August 5 million copies. At $5 a pop, at wallmart. And, out of that money, the publisher sees 30%, because the retailer has to accommodate for promotion, storage space, shelf space, etc. while to publisher has to facilitate production costs, reservation of individual product keys, shipping, packagging etc. Maybe it will sell well digitally, like Anthem did, maybe lifetime sales will, eventually, reach high enough, however ... lifetime sales will reach a certain number of copies sold, because of gradual price drops and, in TLoU's case, in addition to no controversies to its standalone title, from a well liked studio, a PS exclusive and being out for 8 years, 6 years by April 2018, when the 17 million copies number had been reached. Are Bioware and EA going to wait 6 years to see what sales the MET remaster is going to sell, before making their next move? No. Initial sales is what will define this. And maybe, if it doesn't do that well on release, the lifetime sales, should they reach over 10 million copies sold, which I doubt, then maybe EA will rethink their ME tactics.

Make no mistake, interest for ME is high. People are thirsty for more good ME, but this is the George Lucas specialized OT edition release, after TRoS. Collectors will buy it, some randoms will buy it, some fans might show some interest in it. It won't make records. People want something new.

You know what I mean. I wasn't being dismissive, nor attempting to. I'm sorry if I came off that way. It's just that long term sales don't matter to EA, that's what I meant. TLoU sold 1 million copies on release and the MET remaster will be lucky to reach those numbers. EA will not be impressed. Even if long term sales, over 8 years reach TLoU's 12 million copies, EA is appreciative of that slow trickle, but I doubt the MET remaster will make half of that, in the same time. This isn't the title that will blow everyone away about how awesome ME is.

I have no problem going through those things again. Well, except ME3 in its entirety. It's just that the remaster has nothing new to offer me. I don't need Bioware's high rez texture pack and a lot of other players don't need it, either. And it plays just as well, whether you're playing on Windows 7 or Windows 10. I don't remember owing EA $60 for something I can mod to look better with virtually no effort. If anything, I am excited to look for mods and try them on my game. Even if it breaks it on occasion.

Yeah ... these are rather frequent.

Now that would be funny, if true.

(And it'll piss off the MEA fangroup to no end😈).

I actually do rescue her last. Then I just hammer the skip button once the debrief starts. ME 2 I just give her the shadow broker data, so I don't have keep talking to her (I pretty much don't do the DLC). I don't actually talk to her on Mars and simply skip it. Then I ignore her till from Ashes and the Blueskin homeworld mission start (which I always bring Javik along and always side with him post mission).

I can't use mods due to being on the 360 back in the day.

I can't use mods either on the ps3. I just laugh the whole time while catalyst talks.

Oh, after my 8 or 12th playthough, I muted the game's sound and just played the music on my 360 so I didn't have to listen to Starkid's or Tim's dialog anyone.