BioWare Founders Say Mass Effect MMO Is A Possibility

I don't know about an MMO. I don't think i'd like it much since the main focus is that you are changing the world just you. hmm. Meh

Wouldnt like half the population on any server be having sex and sucker punching somebody? I dont wanna play in that world... I live in that world.

"I imagine people think it would be just like Mass Effect as it is" - This makes me nervous. Trying to change it into a WoW-clone with SWTOR/bioware storytelling in the ME universe is going to kill what I have come to know as Mass Effect. I don't see anything wrong with keeping it as is and blowing it up to MMO scale.

Maybe down the line, but I think they might be jumping the gun. The industry is fast heading down a path of over-saturation with MMO titles, and eventually some will flourish at the expense of others. Much like with the WW2 shooters in the mid 2000's, gamers start seeing too many of them, they are going to start straying from the genre and looking elsewhere.

Yes, they might be able to retain those who are loyal to the franchise. But MMO's don't survive on the most rabid of the fanbase alone. They need the casual gamers, and it seems every month that those casual fans have a harder choice to make. Think about it, by this time next year, it stands to reason that there will be 3 major MMO's competing for subscriptions (WoW, TOR, D3), along with handfuls of lesser MMO's, does the Mass Effect series really need to go prodding off in that direction?

With the massive scale of the universe they created, would it really be hard for them to simply plot out a new hero, a new adventure?

It would have to be a sandbox like EVE to work.

How about they just put out another Mass Effect game with an even bigger (or total) focus on multiplayer but with more modes than just co-op vs. waves of AI. As long as they kept most of the current ME mechanics (maybe with faster/smoother movement) and stay away from it being another "action bar" mmorpg I'd be happy.