Why A Mass Effect TV Series Could Work
Mass Effect enjoyed a period of popularity in the early 2010s, but seems to have fallen off the radar a little as an IP in more recent years. Though the popular trilogy has seen some resurgence after being remastered and released as the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, there is little news on future Mass Effect games.
Despite this, there are reasons to expect a Mass Effect TV show at some point in the future, which opens up the question whether or not the story would translate well into the television medium. A Mass Effect TV show could definitely work, and there are several reasons why.
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The Mass Effect TV show in development with Amazon reflects a string of their recent business decisions, such as buying the rights to The Lord of the Rings for a TV show amidst other franchises. Amazon is one of the richest corporations on the planet, and with Amazon Prime, seems determined to compete with Disney and Netflix's subscription services amongst others.
It is early days to tell what stage Amazon is in with the Mass Effect show's development, or indeed how it will handle The Lord of the Rings TV show and whether fan reception to that will be possible. But the chances are that Amazon will be able to throw enough money at its projects to give them a fighting chance of succeeding.
While there have long been instances of video games based on live-action movies or TV shows, there have been far fewer examples of games that jumped to movies or TV — at least, ones that were well received. However, in recent years, we have seen this change. Assassin's Creed and Uncharted have had movies based on them, and Halo has had a TV show based on it as well. It's clear that audiences want to see these
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