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minus-squareLouNeko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 day agoThey already did. Almost none of the original staff from old Bioware is still with the company.
minus-squaredeadcream@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·1 day agoIP is still important. Original staff are not some unique geniuses, new people make great games all the time, under the right conditions and leadership. I doubt it will happen to BioWare at this point though.
minus-squarethethrilloftime69@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoCouldn’t original staff make a new game with new IP? Why exactly do we need to name a new game “Mass Effect”?
minus-squaredeadcream@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoThere is value in the world and characters that were created, it’s not just the name.
minus-squarethethrilloftime69@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoWhat did we do before the world invented intellectual property? Just tell stories.
minus-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 hours agoYeah, it’s not like doing that is unprecedented. We all knew what these were supposed to be:
minus-squareLouNeko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours ago Why exactly do we need to name a new game “Mass Effect”? Because people wanna fuck the blue aliens.
minus-square🇨🇦GreenBeard🇨🇦@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoYou mean like Arcanaut Studios, the game company down the street making Fate of the Old Republic?
They already did. Almost none of the original staff from old Bioware is still with the company.
IP is still important. Original staff are not some unique geniuses, new people make great games all the time, under the right conditions and leadership. I doubt it will happen to BioWare at this point though.
Couldn’t original staff make a new game with new IP? Why exactly do we need to name a new game “Mass Effect”?
There is value in the world and characters that were created, it’s not just the name.
What did we do before the world invented intellectual property? Just tell stories.
Yeah, it’s not like doing that is unprecedented. We all knew what these were supposed to be:
Because people wanna fuck the blue aliens.
You mean like Arcanaut Studios, the game company down the street making Fate of the Old Republic?