EA’s reported choice between Star Wars and Mass Effect

Entertainment · First reported 30 Oct, 14:00 · Updated 16:00

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A Bloomberg report, as described in the supplied coverage, says EA chose Star Wars over Mass Effect amid financial pressure. The supplied account also links the decision to projected costs and the performance of earlier BioWare games.

The supplied Bloomberg snippet says EA chose Star Wars over Mass Effect while facing financial pressure.
The detailed account says executives assessed upcoming projects and viewed Star Wars as the safer bet; it reports both games were expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars to produce.
The detailed account cites the commercial performance of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Mass Effect: Andromeda, as well as Anthem, as factors in EA’s cost-cutting decisions.

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Key facts

Reported decision: EA chose Star Wars over Mass Effect.
Projected production costs: Both Mass Effect and Battlefront 3 were expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars to produce.
Other reported considerations: EA’s shooter experience and the commercial performance of earlier BioWare games were cited in the detailed account.