Update: Well, that's official, then – the Switch is missing out. Mass Effect Legendary Edition has been confirmed for current-gen Sony and Microsoft consoles (and PC) with next-gen enhancements on the way, but there's no love for Nintendo's console in this instance.
Original Story [Tue 22nd Sep, 2020 10:45 BST]: The heavily rumoured Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster release won't be coming to Nintendo Switch as previously expected, according to VentureBeat's Jeff Grubb.
In a newly posted YouTube video, Grubb – known for his insider knowledge of the industry – briefly discusses the rumoured title, noting that Mass Effect is "definitely not" one of the seven games EA is planning to bring to Switch over the next year (thanks, VGC).
He explains that he'll be able to share more details on the new release next week, and speaking on the Xbox Expansion Pass podcast, has also suggested that the remaster compilation will actually be titled 'Legendary Edition'.
Just last week, a retail listing for the Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster was spotted for Switch before it was immediately taken down. This caused some to believe that it might appear in Nintendo's Partner Showcase the following day, but that never materialised. It then reappeared at a second retailer, before getting taken down yet again. Both times, the game was listed as launching in October.
So is the game coming to Switch or not? Will it simply launch on Switch a year-or-so after it does on other platforms, explaining both the retail listings and Grubb's comments? We'll have to wait and see.
[source youtube.com, via open.spotify.com, videogameschronicle.com]
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Lame... I might get it for PS4/PS5 if made available though.
How many times are they going to do this? Leakers keep on yelling to the high heavens that something will be on all systems, but then the week before announcement, they go back and say nevermind, its not going to be on switch. It's just really strange. Well, at least we're getting Scott pilgrim.
But EA love Switch and want to put all of their games on it
Bummer, I was really looking forward to it.
Well ofcourse, it's EA afterall.
Damn. This guy has a pretty good track record with these things too. No Garrus, Tali and Rex on Switch then I suppose
That's a shame and a surprise if so - I mean surely the Switch could run the originals at least, even if there's not much "remastering"? Either way I'd be buying on PS4/5, but still a shame.
Darn, I was really looking forward to this one.
If true, it would be a HUGE mistake.
Mass Effect 3 released on Wii U at the same time as other consoles got the trilogy.
The trilogy easily works on Switch too, so i don't understand why it's ignored.
What happened, GrubbHubb? You've been saying since Feb 2019 that it was coming to Switch, repeatedly. Pffft.
This was the one thing I've been hoping would hit Switch, and I would have put some serious time on it. Insane amounts of time, like the amount of time some folks use Youtube on their Switch.
Back to All Stars.
Well, that’s pretty devastating as a huge Mass Effect fan 😫
It could be like Skyrim. The ‘Enhanced’ edition launched a year before the Switch version - whilst also having some of the ‘Enahnced’ editions features was not actually called Skyrim Enhanced Edition. It was just Skyrim.
Perhaps the game that isn’t coming to the Switch is the Mass Effect Trilogy: Legendary Edition and perhaps instead the Switch is just getting Mass Effect Trilogy?
I feel like I’m grasping at straws. I really want this on Switch.
Ah 😖 I was looking forward to play these on the go
Good. Switch coudln't handle even Ni no Kuni 1 remaster the 60FPS. Let alone Mass Effect with even higher requirement. Sorry dear. 4gb ram memory is also an issue. Well done EA. I support you. I don't support people who release a hardware that's like 2 gens older
Well, their loss. Already have it on pc. Would have double dipped to get it on switch.
Unravel Two is pretty much the only EA game I own on Switch and by the look of things I see little to no reason to extend my support for EA any further.
@Alucard83 I 100% understand what you're saying, but Mass Effect is ON those 2 gen old consoles (PS3, 360)
And yeah I don't have a real excuse for Ni No Kuni since that's at 30fps, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was because of the Developers getting lazy. I mean the PS3 ran the same game at 30fps. The Developers could have just done a simple port rather than a Remaster. Actually, that's exactly what happened. I was just a port.
@Alucard83 Ya know 360 had 512Mb RAM, right? And the three games targeted 30 frames?
@Alucard83 if the Switch can handle a Crysis Port, It can handle 3 Mass Effect Games easily.
@Alucard83 LOL. ME3 ran on the WiiU, which had an inferior SoC to the Switch.
So the original trilogy can run on the Switch just fine.
The Witcher 3 is much more of a unoptimized resource hog and even that game managed to be ported to the Switch.
Seeing the popularity of the Switch at the moment, it would be a no-brainer for the ME trilogy to come to the Switch as well.
@Slowdive most of the "leaked" listings for mass effect trilogy remastered said there was a switch version, that's what I was talking about.
So this won’t be one of seven games they’re bringing to switch this year?? Geesh how many versions of FIFA are there?
I don't care, EA can never make another game for Nintendo and it wouldn't make a bit of difference.
Aaand with this EA is back on the "worst company in the US list".
If not for Battlefield and Fifa they would have gone bankrupt by now.
@Alucard83 Ah, another member of "why does a $300 console lack $600 innards?" club. And I'm not sure why someone would demand 60 FPS in a JRPG of all things, but EA itself just had Burnout's arguably slightly more topical 60 FPS ported here. Switch hardware is powerful enough to stomach even newer games than the Gen 7 we're largely talking in this case.
Too bad. I was looking forward to this on switch.
@Ventilator lol, that memory answers it all. EA doesn’t GAF. I would’ve bought trilogy on WiiU. Instead EA decided in releasing 3 then dropping trilogy on other consoles about the same time, what a slap in the face. Mass Effect would also make too much sense on switch honestly, 2K figured it out, older games get second breath on switch. Dead Space, Mass Effect and Dragon Age would all do well if ported over.
It's now a normal trend everything coming out that is "remastered" isn't a switch bound. Shame.
Enough with these rumors. Everything is a rumor. I've already been burned with Metroid Prime Trilogy, now this.
@Slowdive Jeff Grubb has absolutely previously said it was coming to Switch
Sadly believable. EA likely doesn't want to stray from their usual strategy of "release shoddy games on the Switch and use people not buying games they don't want as an excuse for their games having no audience on the console". A Mass Effect collection would be too interesting and clashing with that approach.
That kind of sucks but it's expected. EA has constantly treated the playerbase on Nintendo consoles as second rate to begin with
Either way, I was going to get it on PC anyway. Really curious to see if they'll discount your purchase of the trilogy if you actually own all the games on a single platform, kinda like what Bethesda did with Skyrim Special Edition
Thats too bad. I was thinking about buying the games on PC, but I was waiting to see if the collection rumors were true.
The Switch is more than capable of running these games, and while it's understandable that impressive ports of contemporary games take longer to get working on the system, there's zero excuse for a remaster of a decade old trilogy, that's had more than enough time in development, to not appear on the Switch at the same time as the other consoles.
Also, after revisiting some old classics like Mass Effect, Fallout etc, I'm currently playing the Dead Space trilogy and enjoying that far more than ME2 and beyond. Dead Space needs the remaster more I think.
@SpiritGun7 EA could have ported Titanfall 2 to Switch as it's a highly optimized game even running at 60 fps on Xbox One 2013 model.
Mass Effect 3 on Wii U were actually one of the best 3rd party ports, and had 9 of 11 DLC's on disc.
Straight Right in Australia ported this, and also Zelda TWP among other things. ME 3 online on Wii U were alive over 3 years later btw. Slick port.
ME Trilogy is a last gen trilogy and runs on Switch at higher resolution than 360 and PS3.
But as we know, EA don't care much.
Burnout Paradise were a great 60 fps port, but perhaps the sales tanked and is why ME Trilogy isn't released on Switch.
If people don't buy EA Games on Switch, people can't expect much EA Games either.
EA are only porting stripped down games that would run on a cheap android phone.
Well, best game trilogy from last generation is passing Switch. That sucks, really.
Knowing EA, we'll probably just get Mass Effect 3 again, sans DLC of course, because only the worst for Nintendo will do.
Mass Effect Trilogy may or may not be released on switch at some point possibly in time within one of a multitude of universes, possibly, my brothers wife's cousins best friends neighbors dog is the pet to someone that works for EA in their janitor staff FYI so it's definitely getting announced next week.
Hmm, I'm getting mixed signals on whether EA likes money now.
I guess all the "heavier" game will wait till march now.
Have them all on EA Origin. Never play them. How about SW: Squadrons on Switch.
Ohhh man! 😟
Goes to show that you can’t pin your hopes on rumours, as they often end up in disappointment.. kinda like how I’m feeling now 😞
This is the one time I hope Grubb is wrong and we see it release side by side with the other consoles... but dang he has a good track record on this stuff... so disappointing.
@nhSnork what are you talking about the PS4 and Switch are the same price, so he's actually expecting $300 innards in a $300 device.
On one hand, it would be great to play it on the Switch since you can play it on the go. On the other hand, it’s better played on PS4 or XBO since the beautiful remastered graphics would look significantly downgraded and smaller on the Switch in handheld mode.
The first Mass Effect is still one of my all-time favourite games and was made with a bowl full of ambition and passion for classic roleplaying games! Explorable optional planets not on the main quest, and an enthralling main quest with a myriad of choices, a fun if a bit clunky combat system with deep roleplaying options and features! Adore that game and when I look back at the trilogy as a whole... I'm left disappointed. Mass Effect 2 was solid, but stripped of most of the RPG out of my RPG and became more like Gears of War. Mass Effect 3 has the best combat system but is basically just a glorified shooter with a rather sad whimper of an ending. ME3 was rushed and cut tens of hours worth of content from the main story to meet a deadline. No seriously look at the cut content for ME3 and you will be stunned at the amount that was cut.
I'm happy to play the trilogy and if it came to Switch at some point I'd be very glad! But, I'd rather have Dragon Age Origins on the go than the entire ME Trilogy.
@Ambassador_Kong I'm talking launch prices, so even PS4 would have to be $400 in this discussion. But seeking full price/performance parity between home consoles and portables tends to be about as fruitful as seeking it between desktop rigs and laptops.
I am positively shocked that EA would ignore Nintendo.
No interest in this anyway!
if the switch wasn't running on ARM architecture, it would have gotten the trilogy, i'm 100% certain. It's just a matter of EA not wanting to do an effort to convert the old engine. I seriously hope the rumours about the next gen switch having a mobile ryzen apu are true, this would allow for basically any game to run on switch since it would be the same architecture as a normal console.
The architecture being different is also why bandai chosed to skip the switch when it came to code vein, scarlet nexus and tales of arise, three of their biggest games. Less and less big japanese games are coming to the switch and it's making me want to immediately buy a ps5 to play them, even thought i'd be down for portable versions. I'm just tired of all of this.
So as long as nintendo does its own things and uses a different architecture, it will be mostly ignored by big publishers. They don't have time to spare just because one console is different AND less powerful
@Ventilator the issue is EA tends to give fans reasons not to buy their games and proceeds to use poor sales as their argument for not putting out more.
As good as the port was or the studio responsible who would buy the last installment of a series on a new console if they entire trilogy was available for the same price on other consoles which is more approachable for newcomers to the series as well as fans.
EA’s approach to WiiU was designed to fail they admitted to not supporting the console within a year. Subpar sports Titles need for speed and mass effect then nada. Of course they didn’t sell well Microsoft and Sony had better version available and continued doing so.
@Casual_Gamer95 Nintendo has already moved on a common and dev-familiar architecture that ARM is - and it sounds kinda silly to allege that it leaves the Japanese of all publishers perplexed when so many in them, Bamco included, have been working with this architecture on Vita and smartphones for a good decade (which is also the source for their familiarity with comparatively weaker specs in mobile devices). From what I hear, Tales of Arise is particularly made in UE4 as well - an engine native to Switch from day one.
Word of mouth claims that AMD is generally less efficient and popular in compact portable tech - but even if it's false or about to be subverted by that "mobile Ryzen" thing (and come at a competitive component price to boot), wouldn't a further shift mean opting out of backward compatibility yet again? The fandom better shut up about Wii U ports and look forward to Super Mario Odyssey DX in advance, then.😆
@nhSnork Pretty sure that's a logical fallacy. I could argue that filet mignon is cheaper than chicken thighs if I use the price of filet mignon from thirty years ago and the price of chicken from today. The PS4 and the Switch have been the same price since the Switch's launch.
The fact of the matter that raw power and storage was sacrificed for the sake of portability and Switch owners will continue to suffer because of it. But using legacy components has always been a Nintendo thing and third parties have passed over Nintendo because of it.
@SpiritGun7 Neither Mass Effect 3 or NFS on Wii U were sloppy ports. Read on.
NFS Most Wanted... Criterion themselves spent 6 months to add PC assets to Wii U port, and added tons of features not in other versions. Also had loads of stuff on touch screen. Wii U version is the best version of them all. Not even the retail cover did mention any upgrades which pissed off Criterion who worked hard on Wii U port. When you start NFS Most Wanted, it's so bloated with Wii U features that it looks like a Wii U exclusive game. I'm not joking.
Damn great work by Criterion.
Mass Effect 3 were proper and slick on Wii U, only because Wii U port master "Tantalus/Straight Right" were hired for it.
It also have some of the best touch pad usage on Wii U.
EA had Crysis 3 running on Wii U, but never released it.
The 2 releases they did were very good.
EA did not market these 2 great ports at all, and pretended they were straight ports, but they never were. Both were Wii U enhanced.
@Ventilator my apologies a coma would’ve saved you time. Subpar sports titles, need for speed and Mass effect.
Once again never doubted ME3 or the studio responsible for porting. Need for speed was the last EA release for the console and as good as you say it was you can also admit EA failed to market it properly.
The subpar ports comment was exclusive to sports titles Madden, FIFA which omitted features were lower quality and weren't tailored in any way to the WiiU hardware.
I’m aware of ME 3’s WiiU exclusive features, I was excited prior to launch then found out I’d have to jump into the third part of a story that’s heavily influenced on decisions, character progression and world building while other consoles were afforded the entire story start to finish on systems with similar specs for the same price tag. Seems like a foolish decision from a billion dollar company to target exclusively players who’ve played through the first two titles, on other consoles might I add, or are banking on newcomers to be comfortable jumping into the final chapter of a three part story.
The point being EA’s approach has been negligent at best. They sabotaged their own sales and blamed the WiiU and Nintendo for their folly. They have since carried that mentality over to the Switch providing less titles than previously uncommitted developers like Bethesda. <- good job Bethesda by the way.
EA’s combination of half baked support and Microtransaction milking has left them relatively dead to me as far as hopes for them, as well as hopes of them releasing titles on Nintendo Hardware. I’d love for them to prove me wrong given the list of titles I’ve already admitted would be more than welcome on the platform. A meaty RPG the caliber of Mass Effect would only boost the already great library and I would pick it up. I’m just not holding my breath given EA’s track record.
@Ambassador_Kong Switch gets its own price reductions via deals and bundles just like PS4 has done since release - that's what most consoles do over time; launch prices pin the context to the time of launch and component price/availability shortly prior (which is the context we seek - after all, the Switch of 2017 also boasted its tier of specs for $300 where the Vita of 2011 couldn't have).
And you've really picked the wrong audience for claims Switch owners are suffering from Switch's main selling point. People confidently valuing the abundance of latest third party games over the flexible ability to actually play these games usually have other gaming hardware to fulfill the former criterion.
No problem.
I agree for EA Sports titles. They usually only get new roster and still sell them at full price. Sloppy releases.
I had already completed ME 1 and 2 on Xbox 360 before i bought ME 3 on Wii U, but i see the problem starting with ME 3.
EA did indeed sabotage the sales of NFS and ME 3.
As for NFS. It were also delayed for 3 months after being done for no reason. Also annoyed Criterion because of their hard work on Wii U.
EA were great on Wii, but they got a new boss before Wii U which disliked Nintendo. He is to blame for bad support.
The boss during Wii period were a Nintendo fan, and EA made a bunch of exclusives for it.
EA isn't doing much on Switch, but Bethesda and 2K who barely ever supported Nintendo, is the top third parties on Switch and they love it. Their games sells good enough to get more games from them.
So sick of EA. The only games from them that I actually acknowledge as genuinely fantastic and they just refuse to port them.
We don't need ther emasters, package a 3 titles together with the DLC and you'll have my money. Just give us the games or screw you EA!
@Casual_Gamer95 Less Japanese games? Dude, like Bravely Default 2, Disgaea 6, Poison Control, No More Heroes 3, Y's IX, Monster Hunter Rise, Shin Megami Tensei V and III... those are just some I can think of off the top of my head. Japan loves the Switch as it curves stomps every other console by weekly sales. Some Japanese games not coming over sucks, but less Japanese support? That's just false.
Goes without saying, anything that comes to PS5 or Xbox Series consoles will mean the Switch won't see a port.
Of course it's not. Thanks EA.
I would have bought this day one and I already have Mass Effect on PC and 360/Mass Effect 2 on PC, PS3, and 360. I don't have ME3, I don't really care to play that one.
Mass effect trilogy would be awesome on the Nintendo switch mass effect 3 was on the Wii U. It doesn't make sense not to put on the Nintendo switch!!
@Austin_064 Does EA being the least supportive publisher on the Switch make any sense? I mean over 60+ Millions units sold in three years means this console should be in the 100 Million club with the PSOne, PS2, PS4, DS, Wii and Gameboy at the end of its life cycle. It makes close to zero business sense to not support it with sports titles and at the least 360/PS3 era ports. I mean if Microsoft is bringing games to the Switch that is not named Minecraft, than so can EA bring at least some ports.
This is the worse news. I'll never buy these on another system.... gonna wait for nothing just like I did persona 5.
Only interested in this if it comes to Switch.
And before more people take Grubb at his word:
“EA has multiple games coming to Nintendo Switch and Mass Effect is definitely not one of them,” Grubb said. “Not yet, anyhow. If that happens, it won’t happen in that one-year window that they talked about in their last shareholder meeting.” Grubb previously claimed in June that EA would release a Mass Effect Trilogy remaster in its current financial year ending in March 2021.
Grubb has said it will, won't, might, probably, perhaps, may, not, at first, right away.... He also admitted that he "didn't realize that many fans still cared" about the series....soooo....
Yeah, i'll just wait for the actual announcement thanks. Quite tired of all these industry "insiders" and "leakers" being taken as if they're the all seeing eye, and are infallible.
If this Mass Effect Trilogy collection is coming to Switch in October then EA would have officially become a better company than Nintendo as it won't be a limited release. For shame though as EA had this chance and ruin it.
I’d rather have the original versions than remasters and now we’re not getting them at all because they’re remasters. Gah!
If you're going to start reporting on games not coming to the Switch this site will be unreadable.
GTA VI, Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk, Monster Hunter World, Grounded, Call of Duty, Final Fantasy XV and XVI, Resident Evil Village, any Madden or NHL game apparently, Watchdogs Legions, World of Warcraft, Starcraft, I can go on...
Stop playing with my heart...
This is one of many reasons I don't buy EA games anymore. They seem to just hate Nintendo and of course their ruining of the Mass Effect and Dragon Age games. Still good but each series got worse by the 3rd. Then of course their ridiculous greed and worst monetization in the industry so I may have actually paid for this and finally bought something EA after 10 or so years of not buying their games but guess they still don't want my money.
These days it's hard to accept speculation unless backed by hard facts. It's EA though so the thought of it not landing on Switch isn't too much of a surprise. All their ostensible gambling games will still come over though... right?
it seems EA don't like money
Guess they dont want our money!
Horrific news if true. I really was looking forward to playing this on Switch. Arrggh!! 😣
Not missing anything not getting this collection of rubbish
A shame I suppose, but unless they heavily reworked the massively disappointing ME3 I’d probably not be interested anyway.
Just play the trilogy on PC. Very low system requirements, by modern standards. Heck, they still support Windows 7, for those that care. Not every game has to be played while on the toilet 🤣
Classic EA being EA.
@PlayedNSlayed The series has shipped 16 million units to date. Tell me again why they don’t like money?
It's a shame, but I'm not too bummed about it. Saves me some money from going towards EA.
@sanderev I’m pretty sure they are marketing the Legendary Edition to higher-spec’ed consoles and PC, especially if they are claiming 4K. Switch is too weak to handle stuff like that, and would require an extra team optimizing it.
This isn’t surprising .
I’ll wait a year or so. I’ve been burned by EA before and ended up giving them two sales due to delayed switch ports.
I have the originals anyway so no rush for me. I only liked 1 anyway.
Why EA, Why... they're PS3/360 games, you have NO excuse when even 2K can do it with Borderlands, which has like 50 DLCs.
It's common practice for AAA publishers to release ports of old games on MS and Sony platforms first and Nintendo later. Get agnostic gamers to double-dip or triple-dip.
That's fine. I have a PS4.
Eesh, I’ll get it on PS4 but that’s a big loss for Switch. They’re brilliant games.
Disappointing but not surprising since it's EA.
I'll get it on XSX
May come to Switch eventually still, but will it be in cloud form? Which would defeat the purpose for me, wanted it portable and i'm not interested in game streaming on the go.
@TIND EA has never left that list
Oh please, it's coming one year to the day after other systems, like always. The switch version
has b een leaked too many times at this point, long before the actual game was announced.
What a missed opportunity. Oh well, they shall see.
I'm going to wait for a proper trailer so I can see the visuals before I join the "there's no excuse for this not to be on switch" bandwagon.
The switch can't handle high current gen and next gen graphics hence why newer games don't come to switch such as cyberpunk 2077 and assassins creed valhalla.
Hopefully Nintendo are working on the rumoured switch pro which maybe able to handle these kind of games.
Also the file sizes are surely putting some developers off, games that are 50gb upwards in size can't fit on the switch game cards and developers obviously feel like not many switch owners have decent sized memory cards (if any at all) and can't expect people to spend £50 on their games and then another £50+ buying a memory card to fit it on, so maybe that's why the switch doesn't get some games?
If so then Nintendo need to sort out their game cartridges, maybe ready for the pro
I think this case look almost same like Burnout: Paradise. Firstly NOT for Switch but after year passed, be here
That's a real shame tbh.
LOL, EA! 1 game that would finally bring EA back up on the Switch console and they screw it up ... and dont tell me that it cant handle it, if it can handle Bioshock and Borderlands Trilogy then Mass Effect could work too. They just dont care and instead release a poorly made FIFA game ...
As expected.
Huge shame. This collection could have been a big success on Switch had it launched with the other versions. A late port would still be cool but very underwhelming by comparison.
It’s a bad game anyway.
(Cries internally)
I guess I won’t buy it then. Not sure why EA doesn’t want more money. Sounds like EA has some management issues if they are ignoring 84 million devices in favor of the 50 million xboxes
Could not care less. My gaming desires differ slightly from hyperbole, do-or-die review site silliness.
@TG16_IS_BAE They could easily just release the original games on Switch like so many collections have done already.
@sanderev Why? It’s widely available elsewhere.
@UltimateOtaku91 The Switch has current gen multiplatform games. Or have you forgotten the Witcher 3?!!!
@TG16_IS_BAE Why not? Some poeple might not have an XBOX, PS or PC to play it on.
To be honest my wallet likes this, and probably my Switch, which is mostly full of HD remasters of games I've bought several times over!
I actually wanted this. Oh well EA, I'll keep my money.
@hobbitgamer Everly sad day for you witch mans
That's disappointing, I would have gotten this one. Having said that it's not terribly surprising though...
I think the explanation is it's EA and its a three-game collection, which means its probably emulators that just scales up the resolution a bit. Problem is Switch wont be able to run 360/PS3 emulators in higher res and it would cost time and money to port three big games.
I’ve said it many times before but I’ll say it again- F EA, F them so F’ing hard.
If only they didn’t dissolve Visceral Games- would’ve loved to have Mass Effect or Dead Space trilogies on Switch.
-grumble grumble-
EA just being EA. This is a huge miss for the Switch. There is no way these are too demanding for the system.I still have them all,I just can't be bothered to dig out the ps3 and go through the painstakingly long updates for the system just to play them. I did play a bit of the first one a couple of years ago,and that has not aged well at all. the gameplay is awful in fact
@sanderev So? It’s a game, not food. They’ll live, and more importantly, be able to play other things.
I'm not really surprised that this isn't coming to Switch.
The ME Trilogy was around 30gb (I cant remember the exact figure) on PS3 and the remaster will likely require much more space.
EA would have to release each game on a separate cart (which wouldn't be financially viable) or have one game on cart with two massive downloads or all downloads which would be an issue considering how tight on memory the switch is.
It probably not worth the headache of having to create a port specifically for the switch because there's no way the remaster would run natively.
There's always the chance it comes to switch via a streaming service so those who only have the one console can still play it.
@sanderev the witcher 3 was an early current gen game with good graphics not the best, and look how it looks on the switch
Credit to the publisher though they did a great job
One of the few games under EA I'd actually consider buying and they give the middle finger once again.
I've said this before and I'll say it again; EA has had some personal hatred for Nintendo ever since the Wii U days.
If it ain’t on Switch, then I don’t care.
@Ambassador_Kong for $300 why doesn’t the PS4 come with a screen and a rechargeable battery so I can play it on the go??
@UltimateOtaku91 All of these Mass Effect games are previous gen. So there is absolutely 0 reason why this isn't on the Switch.
Well okay, one: EA.
I just hope that Nintendo asked them to keep it a secret so they could reveal it later at a Nintendo conference.
It would work on the system and clear out EA's bad reputation made with the FIFA series, so why would they skip it ?
This has to be the stupidest thing i have seen! Let’s ignore the largest player base🤦🏻♂️
NintendoLife back at it again reporting on games you can't play on the console they cover lmao
@Ninja84 Switch doesn't have the largest playerbase. It may be the fastest selling console of the three but 110 million people own PS4s and that's not even taking into account PC's active users.
Why would it be coming to the best/fastest selling console of 2018, 2019 and 2020?
That would make too much sense
Not the best news, however, I will happily take Dead space trilogy remastered instead .
I don’t really care either way, but it wouldn’t be the first time a developer denied a game coming to switch only to have it release anyways.
Too bad! I would buy it in an instant! But EA doesn't want out money...
..the honest way
Yeah, but no, thanks.
Truly an unprecedented partnership!
No loss. The last great BioWare RPG was Dragon Age: Origins (now there's a Switch port I'd love to see!). Everything since then has been garbage thanks to EA owning the developer.
Always keep your expectations low when it's EA.
But what worries me is that there is no GTA, no Tekken, no Watch dogs, no Far Cry, no Tomb raider, no Call of Duty, no Evil Within. I wonder if there will be any more third-party support for Switch. Or will Cloud be the new norm in that department?
@NEStalgia : EA have established a predecent on unprecedented partnerships.
It will come to Switch in a timed manner. Probably once Switch Pro is finally unveiled in January.
@Little_Squee : The lack of ANY kind of Grand Theft Auto game is truly baffling. They should have at least ported GTA IV to the Switch by now, even as a standalone release for the expansion packs if storage was an issue.
GTAV should have been a no-brainer, really. Maybe... just maybe a Switch port's release will coincide with the PS5/X release...
@sanderev If you don't own another platform that's more of a you problem and developers won't always necessarily cater to your needs.
Word of advice, expecting every current gen AAA multiplat to come to Switch is being way too optimistic for your own good.
So now the Switch is even missing out on ports? At this rate the Metroid Prime Trilogy isn’t coming to Switch either.
What a missed opportunity, I would've bought A Switch version. Oh well, I guess this doesn't completely deconfrim a Switch version in the future. And don't come at me with "JuST GeT iT oN AnOtHeR SySTeM". Only interested in this if it comes to Switch.
@TheFrenchiestFry Well it's the developers fault to not release it on my platform of choice. So unless they release a Switch version I won't be buying it. I am going to vote with my wallet.
No Switch version = no money for them
@TheFrenchiestFry these posts saying what games aren't coming to switch get the most traffic and comments which will increase ad revenue for the site.
@sanderev Well then it's your loss. These are great games you'll be missing out on lol
@PlayedNSlayed I played it about a year and a half ago, all missions and side stuff. The story and characters are still great. The gameplay isn't all that bad, you just end up very over powered fairly quickly because of how much money you can get after about 6 hours in the game. I always had 999,999 credits haha Which actually helped me in Mass Effect 2 when I ported the save. Number 2s gameplay is better since they ditched the Mako, other than in a few DLC missions, but unfortunately made the dungeons a one time thing, really. You really have to spend a good amount of time before you start to enjoy the characters more than you dislike the out dated gameplay.
@Mountain_Man Origins UE is definitely my favourite (the choice system and consequences is fantastic throughout the base game and DLC), but the Mass Effect trilogy is definitely worth a playthrough, too. Similar writing, maybe not quite as many things pop up from old choices, though.
I really liked the series and Dragon Age: Origins/Awakenings, but I probably wouldn't have repurchased them. I simply don't have the 100+ hours to dedicate to games anymore, especially ones I have already sunk 100+ hours into previously.
@TheFrenchiestFry Well actually it's their loss, the money I safe is going to developers who are interested in releasing great games on the Switch.
And I'll play it when it comes to EA Play / GamePass on my XBOX Series X
this is getting ridiculous, everytime, a Retailer or a site report game X is coming to Switch, when game X is finally anounced, no mention of a Switch release, companies avoid Switch like someone have the Black plague or have Coronavirus.
gasps in surprise.
Eh... I'm not upset. I feel like this series is generally overhyped and most likely it'd be on a 4gb cartridge.
@Jayofmaya don't get me wrong I really like the trilogy. ME2 is one of the best games I've played. I enjoyed 3 too even with that ending. I ended up playing the first one last as I didn't have an xbox and it only came to the ps3 after the others. it felt jarring then going to that after 2&3. Ironically I've boycotted EA since my last game I bought of theirs new,was Mass Effect 3 on ps3. Once they had purposely removed important necessary content from the main game and sold it separate as the From Ashes dlc,I could see the way they were going to go in future and I decided then they wouldn't get anymore of my money. So I'm torn as to whether I'll get this on my ps4 or just wait to get a used copy is more likely 😄
Not a shock. Even if they'd managed to port it, the file size would have been humongous. On PS3/360 the three titles plus dlc took up a fair chunk of space. Even if you just ported those to the Switch rather than the remastered versions, it would still struggle.
EA not releasing this remastered Collection of Mass Affect is no suprise for everyone, since the Wii U era, EA treat Nintendo like trash, even if Switch become close or become the highest selling console or Nintendo release the most powerful console in the Market, EA will still refuse to release games in futures Nintendo consoles.
Switch Pro will be announced first, and then the switch pro edition of this game will come sometime later
And were missing what.....nothing.
@JohnnyC Then why do they have Witcher 3, Crysis on Switch. Talk about punishing games on Switch.
Well, it's EA's loss if Switch keeps it's momentum well into next gen. Shame.
Would have been a day one purchase on switch. I have them all on pc already, so will likely just wait till a sale on there.
@SwitchForce WITCHER 3 IS AN EASILY OPTIMIZABLE GAME ON SWITCH FFS IT'S LITERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH VULKAN AND RELEASED EARLY IN THE CURRENT GEN
CRYSIS IS ALSO A 13 YEAR OLD GAME THAT WAS ONLY EXTREMELY DEMANDING FOR ITS TIME
@SwitchForce Yeah, but Witcher trilogy in one package on Switch? This is three massive games, not one. There'd also be compromises and - at best - another "it's not as good as on the other formats, but it's surprising how well it works given it's running on the Switch" review.
I'm fine with that, I will be getting it for free with ea play on my Xbox game pass anyways
Boo! I am so sick of this s***. Switch owners are being screwed over again. It's an ancient series that was released on the PS3 and 360! There's no excuse for not giving Switch owners a slice of the pie. Just give us enhanced ports of the originals if the "upgrades" in the current gen remasters are too demanding for the hardware.
Probably not worth the time and money to port. Most of the moaning Switch owners wouldn't buy it anyway. Just look at the top-selling games lists that Nintendo recently released, Nintendo gamers just buy the same rehashed Nintendo games over and over.
People were happy to play The Witcher 3 on Switch; funny how when they are given a full fat game without a catch they'll happily spend that dosh.
It's humourous all the same watching EA come up with new excuses for why it won't support Switch despite it's large install base.
Expect much more of this. Next gen games will just not run well on the Switch so they most likely won't be ported at all.
EA Is a bunch of scumbags. This is no long open for debate.
@Crono1973 Mass Effect 1-3 were on the PS3 and Xbox 360. There is no legitimate reason why they can't give us the Trilogy on Switch. None. They aren't "next gen" games. This release is the same 3 games, with higher res textures. They could easily give us a version on Switch that's just not as upgraded and I promise you it would sell.
@Ventilator maybe because it’s s remaster for
more powerful consoles and EA doesn’t want to bother making a specific version on switch.
@Reprise go buy a system that can’t play it.
@Heavyarms55 They're not next gen games but if you saw the press release they're being graphically updated to take advantage of the current gen hardware as well as the next gen consoles when played on those. I think they even detailed fundamental gameplay updates to titles like Mass Effect 1.
This is less of a Dark Souls Remastered situation and more of a Mafia Anniversary Edition situation.
In regards to whether the games would sell well on Switch I don't really know. I haven't seen the sales figures for NFS Hot Pursuit but that'd be a good threshold to see if those kinds of games from EA would do well considering the Switch version has way more in common with the 7th gen versions than the other platforms. I don't doubt it'd do well but I wouldn't get my hopes up considering the ambition behind this release.
@Heavyarms55 Mass Effect 1-3 were on the PS3 and Xbox 360. There is no legitimate reason why they can't give us the Trilogy on Switch. None. They aren't "next gen" games. This release is the same 3 games, with higher res textures. They could easily give us a version on Switch that's just not as upgraded and I promise you it would sell.
The Switch can't run the remastered versions and that's the point and this will happen more and more. The glory days for the Switch are coming to an end.
@Dirty0814 Games on a paid subscription service are not 'free'.
It will come, just later.
If this Mass Effect Trilogy collection is coming to Switch in 2021 then EA would have officially become a better company than Nintendo as it won't be a limited release. For shame though as Nintendo had this chance and ruin it.
@Retro_Player_77
Stop spouting gibberish you look a fool.
@Crono1973
A cloud in the sky: smirks
@TheFullAndy Nah dude. Nintendo royally screwed up with making 3D All Stars and Shadow Dragon limited time releases
It's a stupid practice that drives artificial hype, and the thing is 3DAS is incredibly barebones and not at all worth full price for the content you actually get. The games are fine but if you're paying for the novelty of having them, then there should've been way more effort put into making the collection actually feel like more whole package like other legacy collections or re-releases from third parties.
Shadow Dragon doesn't even make sense to keep limited because it's literally the first time the game in its original form has been localized at all. It's just dumb.
@TheFullAndy Get use to it cause this will be you in a few years.
@Ajent I hope you’re right — I would prefer to play this on a handheld, since I have had many chances to work through it on PC and console for many years.
Looks like I’ll be playing these (again) on PS4 instead. 😐
Hopefully they haven’t messed with em too much and they all retain their individual charm.
ea can go screw themselves switch doesnt need them anyways.
@Alucard83 If you don’t support publishers releasing games for the Switch...why are you here?! For the retro stuff?
@RainbowGazelle Nintendo fans don’t buy triple games, this why there barely ever released on a Nintendo system in the longest.
@Mgene15 (cough)bs(cough)
@personauser93 the switch been missing out on ports.
@Retro_Player_77 A limited time release is somehow worse than legacy editions?
Maybe we'll get a simple port while the other consoles get an HD remake. Kind of like what they did with Nino No Kuni 1.
@LzWinky Limited time releases are a whole other can of words but are just as detestable.
That is a darn shame. I absolutely loved the world building that was done throughout the trilogy, and I would have loved to have had the opportunity to purchase it again if I wanted to experience it all over again. This seems like a missed chance on the behalf of EA.
No tom, mass effect collection is still, as i speak, not on the nintendo eshop yet!!!. You heard it hear first. Its still not avaliable on the nintendo switch... back to you tom
@LUIGITORNADO Mass Effect 1-3 is Xbox 360/PS3 games. There is versions that would run fine on Switch at higher resolution.
@TheFrenchiestFry aren't those limited time releases for the physical versions only though? So 3d all stars will forever be on the eshop? A limited time physical release is better than no game at all
I played the heck outta these originally with at least 6 play throughs each game, so the only way I was going to get them again was on Switch for portability.
Glad they’re getting a reissue for those that may have missed out, or want to experience them again.
@UltimateOtaku91 3D Allstars is also a limited release digitally. Nintendo have said that it will be getting removed from the e-shop in April.
@ChaosBadger777 ah I see, maybe after 31st March the games will be available to buy seperately instead then, as I cant see them going through all the trouble to upscale these games just to not sell them anymore after 6 months
@Silly_G Ikr. Year in, year out Rockstar never even mentioned Nintendo Switch for once - L.A.Noire aside.
I am also pinning my hopes on the PS5 and Xbox S/X release.
But by god if it's going to be another cloud stream, and we won't be able to take GTA away from wifi, it will be extremely disappointing.
EA should just admit they hate Nintendo.
@Kezza64 You know, I think actions speak louder than words... I believe EA has shown what they think of the Switch.
@Alucard83 take a chill pill kill Bill! How dare Nintendo release a handheld behind PS4/Xbox generation. Enjoy Your little one man protest against Nintendo dude!
@Alucard83
Its not. Tegra X1 is from 2015, so Nintendo released 2 years old hardware.
niftu cal is to blame
@Ambassador_Kong over 70m switch sold and people still wanna argue that Nintendo made the wrong decision. Absolute madness!!
These games are being remastered therefore we do not know whether the switch can/cannot run them. Also it is highly likely they will be large gb games which provides challenges for switch. Think it’s reasonable them not coming to switch
Not porting the originals is a separate issue
@Ventilator yes, but og Xbox One is considerably more powerful than Switch.
That's a good thing, meaning that the remaster will be worth buying (for dumbs - the graphics seem to be really remastered)
@Crono1973 yes, but every EA release on Nintendo life is lamented and shunned on these boards which represent Nintendo fans.
If MET released on Switch at same price or with Nintendo's tax and missing features of the enhanced version we would have another high profile FIFA condemnation on our hands.
It's a no win situation. Mass Effect 3 is one of my fav Wii U games and it was shunned by the majority of fans also. People forgot porting to Wii U took money and Nintendo's dev tools were horrific, for instance all games had to run on a single core until Nintendo updated their dev kits a year too late. I know Switch has great tools and easy to work on but it still takes resources.
I think it will eventually end up digital only releases and a year later like Burnout and Crash/Spyro trilogy , full price of course because EA.
@Ventilator and that’s not what they’re doing. They’re tweaking the games.
I don't get these companies. It's probably literally a ten people job over the course of a month or two, to get Mass Effect trilogy to run on a Switch and make millions. From a company that is ALL about the money, that would put "surprise mechanics" within surprise mechanics within a re-release of a full price "legacy edition" of an old game, and put people without food or air if they could inherit their last bit of money. Maybe even just for fun, without the promise of money, I wouldn't put it below them. They might actually pay for the fun of watching poor people being addicted to spend on useless digital stuff they sadly already had in hopes of getting a "rare" digital code. But an old trilogy that ran on weaker hardware, that is already being remastered, on the best selling system that already has a huge user base, and that arguably could be considered value for your money even at full price. (I wouldn't want to give them that idea, but they probably already have the idea of selling the three games separately at full price each, and your firstborn, and your soul, so...)
@TheFrenchiestFry What are you referring to? Have I missed something? They didn't release any gameplay footage or anything, just a teaser clip with glorified concept art. The press release stated "Our goal was not to remake or reimagine the original games, but to modernize the experience so that fans and new players can experience the original work in its best possible form." And Bioware have promised "updated textures, shaders, models, effects, and technical features". Sure sounds like a remaster to me... Doesn't sound like a Mafia kinda deal (which was a remake, not a remaster, at least in the case of the first game). The updates and changes to ME1 are still just rumours at this stage and weren't confirmed as far as I can see.
It'll be updated to 4K to take advantage of next gen consoles, but will still be scalable and on the current gen consoles (PS4 and XB1).
I still call BS on these being beyond the capabilities of the Switch. EA just can't be arsed putting the effort in with Nintendo consoles. Unless it's a Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 & 2 kinda deal where they actually are remakes but are bizarrely marketed as remasters.
@LUIGITORNADO I own a system that can play it and I have no doubt I will have bought either a PS5 or Series X by the time the collection is out. I'm just not an apologist for EA's laziness and cannot be arsed attitude when it comes to the Switch.
How's that full priced, rebranded FIFA 19 with the title changed to FIFA 20 doing?
I own all of the consoles but the only reason I would even consider more Mass Effect is if I could carry it around with me on the go.
@Amrulez Exactly. It would be perfect for portable gaming.
@TheFrenchiestFry
The Fire Emblem limited release makes less sense I agree with that but 3D All Stars is just a collection of games, the release is limited but those games will be released separately afterwards.
Nintendo wanted to mark the 35th Anniversary with a limited release, and it wouldn't mark the occaision if the collection is still in circulation for the 40th, 50th anniversary etc.
The collection was always going to sell millions on release regardless of whether it was a limited release and if anything Nintendo is taking the hit financially as their games continue to sell well years after release.
But retro saying Nintendo are a bad as EA, what with their gambling lootbox fiascos in full price games and full price "legacy" Fifa games on Switch, is ridiculous.
@Retro_Player_77
What will be me?
@UltimateOtaku91 Nope. Physical AND Digital
If it comes, it’ll be later than the other systems. Just look at how Activison has release those Crash and Spyro games, they all came about 6-12 months later. EA wants people to buy it on their home console or PC, then buy the Switch version when it comes out. The Double Dip pitch is real.
I think I'd have been more surprised if it had come to Switch. The fact Switch has been left out is expected to me.
Maybe sometime in the future after EA has been petitioned and/or screamed at for mong enough it might be considered but this is EA we're on about who don't really give a stuff about Nintendo.
Well I'm really disappointed it's not coming to Switch. I'll play it on PS4 or Xbox, but I'd have loved to play it handheld. I'd even have been happy with straight up ports of the original 3 games.
Mass Effect is too nice for EA to being to the Switch. They'll likely give us some garbage like they usually do
@liveswired Mass Effect 3 were a perfect port on Wii U do you think Switch can't handle Wii U games?
ME 3 were also one of the longest lasting online games on Wii U too.
If EA doesn’t put games people want on switch, then people don’t buy their games. Even though I saw the leak that this trilogy wouldn’t be coming to switch, I was still holding out a little hope that it was wrong.
Given the option to buy something on Switch vs. PS4, I will always choose switch.
@TheFullAndy Nintendo do the same shady practices as every other big game publisher/developer but the fans let them get away with it because they play on our nostalgia.
How many times have they sold us Mario 64 in the 16 years since release? They have actively avoided backwards compatibility since the wii because there business practice is 60% selling fans the same product in a different package.
Nintendo may not utilise loot boxes but they do lock game content behind the Amiibo paywall - look at BotW, the best cosmetic armour sets required Amiibo. In fact, if you take the 22 figures (that unlock something and not just drop random items) and use a £15 average price for each it would cost you £330 to unlock everything with no way to earn it in game without having to pay.
Love how a topic about EA not porting over a collection for no reason turned into how awful Nintendo and its fans are. Shame on me for wanting to play ME trilogy on my preferred platform, knowing it could run.
Come on, did somebody actually expected it?
EA hates Nintendo and will never gave them the best content.
Nintendo fans, have some dignity and stop kissing EA's...feet.
Ah well guess I won’t be playing this then. Don’t have the time to invest in this on PS4
People are jumping the gun on the remaster. It remains to be seen just how extensive an upgrade this is.
Oh and Crysis runs like doo doo on switch. Most ports do, in fact...look at Tropico 6.
@SegaBlueSky imagine the butthurt if they straight ported the original trilogy
Alright, used PS3 copies it is for me, then! It's always a good day when I realize I don't have to give EA my money.
@OstianOwl just like Rock Star not releasing Red Dead or GTA on Switch because nobody bought.....LA Noire?
Always seemed like a setup to me, let’s do a trial run with our worst seller that we’ve already given away multiple times on steam and Xbox Gold, and let’s put a HUGE warning on the box that you need an extra memory card because of how many gigs are in the day 1 patch.
Weird! Nobody bought it, guess we can’t do other Rockstar games. Oh well!
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@ATaco crysis runs poorly on Xbox one and PS4 also. You knew this already though but didn't want to mention that
Shame but expected.
@Alucard83 Duly noted.
Wii U could run BO2, Batman Arkham, Watch Dogs and Mass Effect 3.
But apparently it can't run Mass Effect 1 and 2. Interesting isn't it.
@Willsy Yeah, it would have been a bit anticlimactic for sure. Just seems a shame since the Wii U had ME3 after all. Oh well, will pick it up for PS5 when it drops next year so I’m still excited!
@PlayedNSlayed Ahhh ok, I just got the trilogy which had a lot of the DLC included but I can see why others would be annoyed as it was very confusing and messy before that.
@Amrulez I'm not sure what game you're talking about, but it can't be Mass Effect lol
@Jayofmaya Thanks bro I posted in the wrong discussion, I was talking about the new Zelda game as you probably figured out lol.
@Friendly
Exactly. It's not like they're doing me any favors as it's more so the other way around. As it stands, that's pretty much the only way I'd even consider buying the game is if it was on the Switch. Same with a couple of my buddies. When I'm home, there's wayyyyy too many other games that I find more entertaining and would rather play that's competing for my gaming time.
However, if I was allowed to have it on the go and chip away at it say while I'm commuting to work, on my lunch break or when my nieces & nephews are over controlling the TV's, I'd find it much worthier of a purchase. And given that I've only ever been mildly interested in the series in the 1st place they'd maybe be getting free money with a purchase for me. There's games I've purchased on a whim that are still sitting in plastic or I've never been booted up that got that opportunity solely on the portable aspect.
Heck, I know that it might be disappointing for some of you out there (especially if the Switch is your only system), but don't get too discouraged or mad people. Give that energy and monetary reward to somebody who actually deserves and wants it. Go back and buy a game that you may have forgotten about. Or perhaps give some developer's game a chance that you may have been curious about. There's plenty of them out there vying for your dollar these days on the Switch.
Instead of chasing an unrequited love, give that energy to the developers out there that are working hard to get your attention & earn your dollar. Remember, you're doing them a favor, not the other way around. They're not giving these games out as charitable donations after all.
a huge mistake by ea.
but eh, if they dont want to make twice as much money, so be it.
@gameboy1975
i still have the xbox360 triology. indeed i would only buy it for switch. missed change of ea
@Ventilator yes, its a perfect port and locked to one core. What I'm saying is that the majority of Nintendo gamers shunned and ridiculed it while still crying about lack of great single and multiplayer shooters/rpgs. It's one of my fav games on Wii U.
@kobashi100 The Xbox and PS4 versions were ported by Saber Interactive fallback teams with clearly no talent and all the ToD changes for no reason. Their best team was on Switch and it shows.
The fact Crysis runs so well on Switch is a credit to the Switch team.
@liveswired Yes. The problem is that Mass Effect Trilogy were released on other systems at the same time as Wii U only got ME 3. This made many ignore the Wii U one. The disc did at least have 9 of 11 DLC's, but the 2 missing were not sold outside the game...
@SwitchForce dude.
If DOOM ETERNAL can run on switch, Mass Effect certainly can
@PALversusNTSC imagine if this sells really badly and then EA is like maybe we should have put on the switch.
But at that point, we don’t care at all. You should have done it from the start EA!!!
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