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it is a very strange argument to say that Mass Effect could only possibly be made by Bioware when we just had the world go crazy over Baldur's Gate 3 made by Europeans a few years ago

I think it's more of a timing thing. Demanding EA still make and release a Mass Effect and/or even hoping someone else buys it has come across as "I don't care about the people, just the franchise." Also I think ME might be one of the rarer ones. Big names like Casey gone, but just thinking:

oh yeah the "I need Mass Effect 4 no matter what right away" is the problem, but I'm not sure "nobody can possibly make Mass Effect 4 except for the people left at BioWare in 2026" does not actually seem accurate in response

I post like that because I get the impression from people demanding it in those terms that they're just reifying "BioWare" or "[game developer]" as a real thing that creates products they want. Normally I'm merely annoyed by this but immediately after firings it's unseemly.

Also infamously people outside of BioWare Edmonton did try to make a Mass Effect 4 and it didn't go great.

I played like... 80% of it?

ah, okay, good

I guess I just think "I don't really care for [named writer]'s work anymore because [some reasons I have thought about]" is more respectful of them than imagining BioWare as a Brand from which Favorite IP merely emerges. Does that make sense?