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Mass Effect 4 Won't Be Xbox One Timed Exclusive, Development And Other Details Revealed - Insider

Find out how long has the newest Mass Effect been in development.

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amiga-man3447d ago (Edited 3447d ago )

Why would it be? especially with PS4 dominating sales.

TheWatercooler3447d ago

Exactly. There's no way they would cut out the major audience of the PS4 even for just a little time.

Besides when Mass effect 4 finally releases. Xbone will probably just be a distant memory. PS4 will be dominating that much

Ryan7413447d ago

Or Sony bankrupt. Let's hope neither happen.

dirkdady3446d ago (Edited 3446d ago )

@ryan

I don't see Sony going bankrupt anytime soon considering they have $14-18 billion in cash and short term marketable securities (see link below).

Also Sony has assets worth around $150 billion. They are loosing money but it would take many decades for Sony to truly exhaust all resources even if they were to loose $ every single quarter.

Compared to Nintendo who has $7 billion in cash and short term with $15 billion in asset for comparison. For reference Apple has $25 billion in cash and securities.

On the other hand Microsoft exiting the console biz might bring about another - what many called the "golden age of video gaming" during the PS2 era where small to mid sized dev could make risky games with smaller upfront investment on a single console. Currently the entire middle class has dropped out with only indie and AAA dev shops.

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u got owned3447d ago

I think I will get this on PS4 assuming it performs better in the console. It will be weird to play my first Mass Effect on PS4 since I played the last trilogy on Xbox. Can't wait for tis game, one of my favorite franchises.

Automatic793446d ago

@ugot

Still playing on Xbox One with the awesome voice commands.

medman3447d ago (Edited 3447d ago )

@tctczach
You mean the Tomb Raider that is also being developed to perform on last gen hardware? Even though it's launching late 2015? Uncharted 4 says "Hi!". Now that's a hello we can believe in!!

Tctczach3447d ago

@the_dark_one Haha. I'm not denying the money.

joab7773447d ago

Really? They have Tomb Raider, got Ubisoft to dumb down AC:Unity, still have a deal w/ CoD, and who knows what else.

It just means that MS didn't try this time.

DOMination-3447d ago

Yeah because Unity runs so well on ps4. I think thats one conspiracy you can put to bed. If Unity ran at 1080p it would not be able to handle 10 fps

joab7773445d ago

I don't think so. I don't think it was optimized very well. I could be wrong but I honestly think it could.

I havnt had any issues with lag at all, except the occasiona instance, so I'm lucky, cuz i guess others have, but if Ubisoft is guaranteeing A divi on game like what's been shown, I dunno.

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Omran3447d ago

who said it will be exclusive

joab7773447d ago

Many thought maybe b/c it used to be an Xbox exclusive that they may have paid to get it early.

And we can't take anyone's word as gospel this early.

Omran3447d ago

I trust shinobi, but maybe there is something happening behind closed doors who knows ! money talks but I hope it will be multiplatform

DOMination-3447d ago

It will be exclusive for five days through EA Access

Regis3446d ago

I don't like that you still have to pay for the full game or have it when its in the vault which will be a long time.

Baka-akaB3447d ago

That would be stupid . it will probably get some exclusive dlc and anticipated EA access however ... wich i dont mind anyway

xX_Altair_Xx3447d ago

This may be the PS4 exclusive that will make everyone 'rage'? You never know...

LaChance3447d ago

EA & MS are best friends. Don't think so.

DOMination-3447d ago

Rage 2

Its kinda in the clue.

Mikey Mike3447d ago

Red Dead II will make everyone rage... LOL

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Mass Effect 4 and The Challenges of Canonicity in Choice-Based Games

Game Rant Writes "Canonicity can be a tricky nut to crack in franchises with continuing narratives, and that's something Mass Effect 4 will need to contend with."

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just_looken375d ago (Edited 375d ago )

wow gamerant forgot mass effect 4 came out years ago number 6 and 7 were cancelled.

The new mass effect which can be called number 5 will not have any of your choices why you might ask?

Well dragon age keep were your choices from number one can been seen in number 3 got unplugged from number one and number 2 is finicky.

Dragon age on pc requires a mod to get past the server login and non of your choices get uploaded to the keep even the dlc no longer works sense it needs a server check.

On xbox i teseted this only though local saves i was able to transfer choices from one to too but 0 of one dlc would work.

So if the more popular dragon age series is in this state why would they care about your mass effect choices?

Oh and that remaster that was tossed out still has day one issues and number 3 is still hard to play on pc do to lighting issues and ram limits imposed from 2014.

My expectations for the next bioware 2.0 titles is very low.

phoenixwing375d ago

They should redo the main trilogy

just_looken375d ago (Edited 375d ago )

They should redo the dragon age trilogy for sure on pc DA1 the ui is messed up sense it was for 4080p/720i days back in 2005. Getting to run is also very hard

The only way to play dragon age one is via xbox one backwards compatable state.

The ps3 version of dragon age one is pre throphy/ in game xmb so it has the freezing/crashing issues or just will not run.

just_looken375d ago

Well i am not American so please enlighten me on usa education before your country invades mine and forces us into your society

GhostScholar375d ago (Edited 375d ago )

@ just_looken

Did I mention education? Never said America did have negative points. I know for all you “enlightened” people you think everything is either all good or all bad, but in reality that’s not how life works. We have a government that traded a known terrorist for a basketball player who moonlights as a drug dealer. We aren’t perfect by a long shot. If you want to go political though how about your leader leaving his own country when the truck driver strike happened?

porkChop375d ago

Dragon Age is not more popular than Mass Effect.

shinoff2183375d ago

Yea I read that and was like I've heard way more people talk mass effect compared to dragon age. Personally I'm more into mass effect. It's got the whole dope ass sci fi thing going on while dragon age has the same old medieval thing

gold_drake375d ago

andromeda is a spin off tjo and not considerd a numvered title. as it has to 99% nothing to do with the trilogy.

i think they need to make the destroy perfect ending canon.
we need more of shepard. haha.

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Mass Effect 4 Can Explore Post-Apocalyptic Themes

Game Rant Writes "Mass Effect 4 will likely treat Mass Effect 3’s Destroy ending as canon, and this gives it an opportunity to explore a post-apocalyptic galaxy."

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Rebel_Scum528d ago

Destroy is the best choice. Bring the relays back over the course of a new trilogy, maybe right at the end of the first game. Say it was Cerberus, Salarians or a bunch of keepers that created a relay.

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Mass Effect 4 Needs to Make One Major Change with the Protagonist

Game Rant Writes "Mass Effect 4 has plenty of opportunities to change a lot about the franchise, particularly in the protagonist players can create."

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BrainSyphoned529d ago

Tons of opportunities since most anyone who made it special is long gone

ClayRules2012529d ago

“Mass Effect 4 Needs to Make One Major Change with the Protagonist“

To make sure the main characters face isn’t tired with the released game?