4. Money
Lets get this out of the way first; I dont delude myself into thinking that the people who call the shots are doing so for the love of the game. They may have started out in that mindset but business is brutal and BioWare hasnt been around this long because they dont know how to compete for our dollars. The thing is Mass Effect released a bundled collection of all three games not long after the third game hit shelves. It seems to me that if BioWare went back and convinced Lucasarts (this is before Disney shut them down of course) to let them make an updated version of the KotOR series then they could technically make 3 games, sold separately and finally bundled together. With Lucasarts effectively out of the picture and EA taking the reins for The Old Republic MMO, it seems like EA would be more receptive to anything that would shake the stigma of them being the worst thing to happen to existence since Africanized Killer Bees. An updated version of the seminal Star Wars RPG and arguably the greatest RPG in gaming period seems like a no-brainer. However it seems like both EA and BioWare are swept up in the MMO fantasy of butt loads of money for half assed, questionable quality games. The ability to make a buck is there however and as a BioWare loyalist I do feel like I deserve better than the crappy closure aspect of The Old Republic.