Rumor: Mass Effect Trilogy Coming to PS3.

[BizioEE]

One of the biggest questions that came out of EA’s acquisition of Bioware in late 2007 was the exclusivity of the Mass Effect trilogy.  Would the games remain on the 360 and PC or would Sony get a piece of the pie as well?

A fairly reliable source close to Electronic Arts tells us that the sequel (and subsequent iterations) will be available the PlayStation 3 as well as the Xbox 360 and PC.  According to our source, EA decided to make the series multiplatform mostly due to the “the economic outlook”.

Our source claims that because of the current state of the economy, Electronic Arts is looking to squeeze as much money from its portfolio of games as it possibly can.  Obviously, making Mass Effect 2 and 3 multiplatform would increase their sales, as the game would be available to more people.

But what about the PS3 owners who missed the first game?  Our source says it is “likely” EA will release a PlayStation 3 port of the original Mass Effect, debuting sometime in mid-2009.  Similar to Take-Two’s decision to make a Bioshock port on the PS3, this port would introduce PS3 owners to the series and give EA almost risk-free profit from its sales.

The official announcement will “take place at GDC” (which starts March 23), according to our source.  Of course, take this with a grain of salt till then.

http://secondstorygamer.com/2009/01/rumor-mass-effect-trilogy-ps3/

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I hope this is true...i wouldn\'t mind playin\' mass effect on the ps3!..:thumb:

[Viper_Fujax]

just hope it doesnt delay the 2nd one if it is true..its not like games are just magically ported and made for the ps3. they have to actually work on them, and going by other peoples\' first attempts at a ps3 game, it hasnt turned out well (or at least took longer than expected). plus ud think they are going to give the ps3 people time to play the first one before the 2nd ones out since they want to get as many sales as soon as possible

also hoping EA lets the old bioware developers (i dont know how it works) do their thing and keeps their noses out of it

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I hope so....EA did a really great job keeping their noses out of the development of dead space, and that game ended up being truly spectacular.

[Viper_Fujax]

i wanted to try dead space but i sucked at the demo. id kill like 2 guys and be out of ammo..big reason i didnt like the old RE games. i get thats part of the game but it just feels awkward not killing everyone

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Heh...i\'ve ran out of ammo, but i would just switch to another weapon when i did...plus the creatures you kill drop ammo and money after you kill them since they were originally humans in the first place....and shoot for the limbs...head shots do not work in this game..