I will say it again for the thousandth time. The most likely consideration is this. Microsoft traded its production rights for the PC installment of the game to Electronic Arts in exchange for continued exclusivity of this series. That may not seem important to most of you, but for Electronic Arts it was twenty to thirty million dollars of pure profit at least.

At the time given what Electronic Arts had just spent, and Mass Effect being the least of what they acquired. Well it probably would not have seemed like such a loss. Yes it would have been expensive for Microsoft, but that is money that doesn't disappear from a balance sheet. Hell the fact that Microsoft has not sold the rights to the first game back to Electronic Arts only highlights their intentions.

The sequel being on the PS3 is very much a pipe dream. Microsoft has too many inroads in the series. Contracts in place before the sale. Contracts after the sale. They probably even have certain proprietary rights. Microsoft didn't blow a bundle of cash to see Sony get its hands on the trilogy. The same way Sony got leveraged into paying out the ass for Metal Gear Solid 4.

Any money-hatting that could occur, would have occurred before the original was released.  I think the only hold up now would be any contracts MS had in place for the sequels.  EA would be walking away from a tremendous amount of revenue by not releasing this on the PS3 as well.

thats what your going with? seriously? a port would be like 1/10th the cost meaning even bioshock made profit. if this launches on the same day it would sell better than bioshock. it would be stupid of any company to not release a port on any system they can if they are able to considering the low risk because the break even mark is so low

anyword on a too human sequel?

I will continue to say that EA is most likely going to hold off on putting out a PS3 version of Mass Effect till #3 comes out, then publish a grand 'Mass Effect' BR-DVD with all 3 games. Which would be uber-insane.

When did EA announce they are scaling down their PS3 production?  It seems odd that they would do this since the PS3 accounted for a majority of the console revenue in their most recent quarter.

[citation needed]

gahh... too much stupid in this whole thread...

What's wrong with you people?? How many PS3 exclusives have had sequels released on the 360?? ZERO!!

Every sequel mentioned were PS2 exclusives!!!

Well I don't know how it was spin.  I had just not clearly explained myself in my first post.  Figured people would understand that I meant actual numbers and not spinoffs/prequals/sequals ect.

this thread is entertaining to read. bring on E3