Mass Effect Trilogy coming to Xbox 360, PS3, PC

[narutofan777]

um are the graphics updated for me1 for ps3?

 

[ShadowSoldier]

um are the graphics updated for me1 for ps3?

Why would they be? All three games use the same engine.

 

[Clarky]

EA is fucking stupid. They give the Wii U only ME3 while some trilogy comes out on the PS3/360/PC. Who in their right mind would get the Wii U version?

can agree, seen a rumour (and keep in mind rumour) that EA has no faith in Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U selling so that is why they are holding back the trilogy..yet if ME3 does become a success they are willing to bring the rest over. Don't know about you that the idea seems somewhat daft

 

[Deleted_171835]

can agree, seen a rumour (and keep in mind rumour) that EA has no faith in Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U selling so that is why they are holding back the trilogy..yet if ME3 does become a success they are willing to bring the rest over. Don't know about you that the idea seems somewhat daft

And when the game doesn't sell because it's a ripoff, EA will say that Wii U owners don't want their core games.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

can agree, seen a rumour (and keep in mind rumour) that EA has no faith in Mass Effect 3 on the Wii U selling so that is why they are holding back the trilogy..yet if ME3 does become a success they are willing to bring the rest over. Don't know about you that the idea seems somewhat daft

In their defense, does anyone have faith of ME3 on the Wii U? It's a game that's heavily dependent upon its successors, it has a pretty diehard fanbase that would have gotten it at/near launch, and it has had bad publicity with the ending since then (and still some criticism with the new endings). If anything I'd be shocked if they were optimistic.

 

[Foxi4]

In their defense, does anyone have faith of ME3 on the Wii U? It's a game that's heavily dependent upon its successors, it has a pretty diehard fanbase that would have gotten it at/near launch, and it has had bad publicity with the ending since then (and still some criticism with the new endings). If anything I'd be shocked if they were optimistic.

With all respect to the story-side of the franchise. ME3's entirely capable of "selling itself" with the multiplayer feature alone. I mean, it's pretty damn stellar.

As for the "collection" the WiiU isn't getting, I'd wager that the cost of porting two more titles exceeded the possible income that could be made from selling them. Not only that, ME1 and ME2 are available on PC, so WiiU users shouldn't have a difficulty in catching up with the storyline, even if they don't own other consoles.

 

[Deleted_171835]

As for the "collection" the WiiU isn't getting, I'd wager that the cost of porting two more titles exceeded the possible income that could be made from selling them. Not only that, ME1 and ME2 are available on PC, so WiiU users shouldn't have a difficulty in catching up with the storyline, even if they don't own other consoles.

The engine is already up and running with ME1 and ME2. Bringing those two games wouldn't rally cost much.

A trilogy would likely have sold better and would have been better value to consumers than releasing an old port.

 

[Clarky]

In their defense, does anyone have faith of ME3 on the Wii U?

I do and I don't agree with you on this. I remember people having the same concerns when ME2 came to the PS3 a year after the 360 and PC versions came out. I know the PS3 version ran on an early version of the ME3 engine (or was it actually the ME3 engine? i'm not suire) but EA did make up the value of it by throwing in a good chunk of DLC for free and the comic to help new comers to the series.

But yes, most people who are fans of the series now have probably played them in some form one way or another

But on the flip side there are people out there who have not even touched a ME game, they may start with this and work there way back

but on a serious note, no, I don't think this will sell the numbers the previous 3 versions did

It's a game that's heavily dependent upon its successors

surely you mean predecessor?

 

[Foxi4]

The engine is already up and running with ME1 and ME2. Bringing those two games wouldn't rally cost much.

A trilogy would likely have sold better and would have been better value to consumers than releasing an old port.

They'd have to add touchpad functionality, and that equals work. To be precise, three times the work they're having with just ME3.

It doesn't matter if the games are on the same engine - they have intricate differences which perhaps necessitate porting them separately... Not to mention that ME1 and ME2 were out for years now and most people already played them.

Don't get me wrong - I'm all for a collection on the WiiU, it's just that it's apparently financially unreasonable for the developers.

 

[GameWinner]

So the first ME game is finally coming to PS3?
Hell yeah, I'm glad I waited!

 

[Hadrian]

I've yet to have bothered with ME3 because I haven't bothered to finished ME2. No way would most Nintendo gamers jump straight to a 3rd game that is so dependent on the first two...why would they pay full price for it? Multiplayer certainly isn't worth it.

This release for me feel like EA farting something out quickly in a hope that it'll fail so they can justify not supporting Wii U. Even Activision are putting more effort into CoD (said to be the best looking and having the best modes of the console versions) which is saying something for that cheap ass publisher.

Ok I get that doing ME1-3 is easier for 360/PS3/PC seeing well it's already done (PS3 just needs a port of the first hence why that version will be release later) but it seems stupid of EA to not cancel ME3 Wii U and release the trilogy on Wii U with its added Wii U features sometime next year. ME3 is launching against Nintendo titles that'll always outsell it, ZombieU, CoDBO2 & AC3...these will be new titles whereas ME3 is kinda considered "old" and not only that EA are charging full price for it...EA have fucked up with this, I'll be surprised if it is in the top 15 best selling Wii U titles of this period.

 

[Deleted_171835]

The engine is already up and running with ME1 and ME2. Bringing those two games wouldn't rally cost much.

A trilogy would likely have sold better and would have been better value to consumers than releasing an old port.

They'd have to add touchpad functionality, and that equals work. To be precise, three times the work they're having with just ME3.

It doesn't matter if the games are on the same engine - they have intricate differences which perhaps necessitate porting them separately.

The touch-pad functionality with ME3 solely consists of the inventory and map on the GamePad as well as off-screen play (which Vigil said "took a programmer two lines of code and five minutes" to get up and running). Hardly any work.

Sure it'll cost more to produce (with the engine already up and running, it won't be ridiculously expensive, though) but the trilogy would likely sell better than an old port of a game that everyone who wanted to play likely already played.

 

[Foxi4]

Sure it'll cost more to produce (with the engine already up and running, it won't be ridiculously expensive, though) but the trilogy would have likely sold better than an old port of a game that everyone who wanted to play likely already played.

You could say that about a lot of the WiiU titles. Batman: Arkham City? Why not Assylum and City? Assassin's Creed 3? Why not Assassin's Creed Collection?

At the end of the day, this is a minor complaint, and ME3 is a relatively new game, not an old port.

 

[Deleted_171835]

Sure it'll cost more to produce (with the engine already up and running, it won't be ridiculously expensive, though) but the trilogy would have likely sold better than an old port of a game that everyone who wanted to play likely already played.

You could say that about a lot of the WiiU titles. Batman: Arkham City? Why not Assylum and City? Assassin's Creed 3? Why not Assassin's Creed Collection?

At the end of the day, this is a minor complaint, and ME3 is a relatively new game, not an old port.

I never said that I approved of Arkham City: Armored Edition. And Assassin's Creed 3 is a multiplatform game, not an old port. There's a difference.


I'm just angry that EA decided to screw over potential Wii U owners by only bringing over ME3 when they're releasing a trilogy on the 360/PS3/PC.
(that and the fact that i won't be able to play me1 from the comfort of my bed thanks to off-screen play.)

 

[Foxi4]

that and the fact that i won't be able to play me1 from the comfort of my bed thanks to off-screen play. ):

...so there's this thing called laptops...

Shouldn't you be happy that the WiiU gets "big titles" from "big developers" rather than complain that you're not getting a collection of two old games that are released on numerous platforms and one recent game?

Do note that releasing a trilogy on PS3/360/PC only means porting ME1 to the PS3 - nothing more, nothing less. With the WiiU, you have to port both ME1 and ME2.

 

[YayMii]

so you miss the whole point of this COULD fit on a single bluray?

Still wouldn't matter though. Collections like this usually still have all the games on seperate discs regardless of whether they'd fit on a single disc or not.

Most of Sony's collections would like a word with you.

Most of Sony's collections are made up of remastered PS2 games. If you exclude those, almost all of the remaining collections, such as Killzone, inFamous, Uncharted, and God of War (even though it included a remaster of GoW1+2 on one disc), came on multiple discs.

 

[Deleted_171835]

that and the fact that i won't be able to play me1 from the comfort of my bed thanks to off-screen play. ):

...so there's this thing called laptops...

Shouldn't you be happy that the WiiU gets "big titles" from "big developers" rather than complain that you're not getting a collection of two old games that are released on numerous platforms and one recent game?

Do note that releasing a trilogy only means porting ME1 to the PS3 - nothing more, nothing less. With the WiiU, you have to port both ME1 and ME2.

Gaming laptops are expensive and can't be held comfortably like a handheld. :/

But I don't think year-old ports of games from other platforms help a library. "Big titles" to me are actual multiplatform games and good third-party exclusives.

 

[Foxi4]

Gaming laptops are expensive and can't be held comfortably like a handheld. :/

...c'mon.

The laptop I'm using now cost me about 500 pounds and it plays contemporary games full-speed - you don't *need* a gaming laptop to play games.

 

[NostalgicMillennial]

guess that rules out Mass Effect IV...

 

[ShadowSoldier]

EA is fucking stupid. They give the Wii U only ME3 while some trilogy comes out on the PS3/360/PC. Who in their right mind would get the Wii U version?

..Me