LOL they are owned by EA, who if you haven't noticed, kinda likes them.

I can't see this happening for a few reasons: 1) Titanfall was hamstrung by the X1 install base and only sold 2.5M units, By the time of release (2016?), there's a very real chance there will be 40-50M PS4s and 20-30X1s sold, and 3) Destiny sold almost 2X copies on PS4 as X1 (4.6M vs. 2.5M), which would have required MS to pay Bungie ~120MM to offset lost sales (with a much smaller install base).

It's possible, just seems very unlikely that both parties would be willing to bite that bullet.

But a multiplatform release would have done so much better. How much did MS pay for exclusivity?

Bio ware sees the sales of DA:I which the PS4 version is outselling all other combined. MS is going to pay a major chunk of change for any exclusive on any genre let alone an RPG.

If it came out on Xb1 and pc, I would be alright, just play it on my laptop. If it was timed exclusive ( a la TR) I would be ticked off but i can wait it out. Let's hope it stays a rumor.

I doubt that EA would agree to even a timed Mass Effect 4 exclusivity to the xbone unless MS throws stupid amounts of money at EA. PS4's userbase is too large for companies to ignore.

How is that "too much for one year"?  That sounds like a perfectly balanced lineup... we'd probably see Scalebound, Phantom Dust and Crackdown 3 in the first half of the year, maybe one of those into late summer / early 2nd half like July or August, and then Gears 4 in September, Forza 6 in October, and ME4 in November, as all 3 of those franchises are known to launch in those months.

Unless M$ had another big release planned for the holidays that year and ME slips to Q1 2017, but I don't think that would happen.

I'd replace Forza 6 with Horizon 3. I'm pretty confident FM6 comes out this year.

Oh, and that's certainly not too much for one year.

Mass Effect was the best new IP last gen for me. Can't wait for it to hit.