EA rejected an attempt by the original creators to pitch Dead Space 4 earlier this year.Glen Schofield, Christopher Stone and Bret Robbins spoke about the franchise in a recent interview.The trio wanted to pitch a fourth entry in the space-based scare ‘em up to IP owners EA.As AAA games reach budgets of hundreds of millions, sales requirements are becoming close to impossible for all but the biggest-name franchises.Dead Space, while once well-known and well-regarded, had been left untouched for a decade before the remake.Last year’s remake of Dead Space proved a critical hit, reviving the beloved space horror series.However, the remake didn't perform to EA’s expectations last year.Any hopes that internal studio EA Motive would continue to remake the series went out the window.The industry is in a weird place right now; people are really hesitant to take chances on things.Dead Space, however, is exercising nominative determinism and it doesn’t seem likely we’ll see any more games in the franchise anytime soon.