So...no discount for loyal customers?

If you've already played everything in the MET - why would you even buy the remaster? The only sales prop is all the DLC but I aint paying 60 eddies for that.

This is what I am struggling to understand myself.  Since the price it too high for me I still have all my original purchases of the games to play and if the price drops enough for me to consider playing again for the improvement to ME1 then I will give it a purchase and knowing how game prices generally go it probably will be before the summer.

People who want to have a new copy. People who don't have all the dlc. It's cheaper to buy the remaster than purchase the dlc they don't have. Because they want to.

Running an EA Pro subscription. I'll just rent it.

FFXIV is releasing a PS5 version and anyone with a PS4 version can upgrade to the new one for freeeeeeeeeee

But I don't expect that business model to take off. I'm just saying that these are the sorts of companies I will spend hundreds of dollars a year to gladly sub to for a game.

Remasters are needed when upgrading games created for the SD era to the HD era. As someone who doesn't have an a 4K TV or monitor will I even see a noticeable difference from the HD 360 version to the new thingy thing version? Probably not. I can't justify the expense therefore

I probably should have worded it a little better, but that is what I get for posting on the internet before my morning coffee.

What I was trying to refer too and poorly at that is if you don't think its worth the full price because you already own the existing version of the game just wait.  Since you already own the game in some form.  Since you see the value for it, I am glad for then it means that this remaster has found its purpose.

Streaming capabilities for me, plus on a newer console in one package and not scattershot across DLC that I have trouble accessing. 

The graphical upgrades and combat enhancements are nice bonus too. As is controller support for PC. 

Well - To be honest.

I really loved the Mass Effect Trilogy, and I have bought all games and all story DLC's. I have played those games until the bolts and springs dropped out because of metal fatigue. In short - I have played those games so many times I got overeaten with it, and now have a very, very, very hard time if I want to push myself to play those games again.

So - If I push myself very hard then just maybe I can talk myself into playing a remaster IF that remastered trilogy was offered for free (or for a very small fee). But even then I doubt that.

But paying €60 for the privelege of forcing myself to play the whole story again? I don't think so!

I will pass on this remaster, and will wait until ME5 gets released. Even then I will buy that game only if they don't resurrect a Shepard zombie again - I hate zombie games!

It's sad - I really like the Mass Effect series, but only as a series. That means not staying in the stone age, but pushing forward. In that aspect Andromeda was a breath of fresh air. Sure - It was not superb (also not that bad honestly), but it was a new start. If they had given the game a chance with some good upgrades and DLC's it maybe could have had the cult status the first ME game has. To be honest - That first game was no brilliant game either. By the time ME:A 3 was released it probably would have grown into an just as good trilogy as the original ME. But that's just my ideas about it.

To sum everything up. Maybe I will play the remastered ME if I get it for (almost) free, although I would not count on it very much. For €60? Are you out of your mind?! No way!

Well i did buy it, but not directly from EA so i saved £20.

Just a shame EA wont learn

I got a 10% discount for being a loyal customer of GameStop. Does that count?

No argument with their results. Just pointing out they could have sold more with a little effort. It wouldn't have taken a massive discount to get me to buy earlier.

As it is, if I buy this LE, it will be for dimes on the dollar. Still profitable for them at that point (because it's all gravy already), but they could have made more money and garnered more goodwill.

Would new gamers gave been alienated by a discount given to someone who had already invested hundreds of dollars in the franchise? I hope not, seems a little special.

Agreed. It’s not a matter of what people think they “deserve,” it’s whatever maximizes sales. It’s clear the remaster is doing well, which suggests they made the right call on pricing.

I also don’t see how the concept of a loyalty discount makes any sense from their perspective. The people who bought the originals are already clearly engaged with the subject matter of the games. Maybe a discount would convert to some additional sales, but most likely it would be more than offset by the revenue lost from a ton of people who would have bought the remaster regardless.

And big picture, I think $60 for three good games is more than fair.