*cries at Dragon Age delay*

I heard something about Mass Effect 2 being in 2010, was that mentioned at all?

YES!!!!!!! sorry. lol. ME was my favorite 360 game, and since i don't have a 360 anymore, i'm really glad (but not totally surprised) the sequel is coming out for PS3. now if only they could get around to rereleasing the 1st on the PS3 so i won't have to start over with my character...

Slicing off necromorphic body parts with a Wii controller could be fun. Beats collecting star bits.

Wow, that's a lot of info.

Cool more people can enjoy the game then.

Multiplatform Mass Effect doesn't make much sense other than NEED MONIES ECONOMY IS RUBBISH. I can see a lot of other franchises like ME going multiplatform.

Mass Effect 2 multiplat?! I'm not really surprised, but disappointed. That was a 360 love child.

Multiplatform as in 360/PC

I know I'm supposed to feel happy inside that more people will get to play the awesomeness that is Mass Effect 2...but I'm selfish.

Leave it to EA to whore a franchise.

As a 360 Mass Effect fanboy, I am elated that PS3 and PC gamers (let's face it, the Wii just ain't gonna' happen) will get to experience the indubitably amazing ME2.
A collective Ric Flair "Wooo!" is called for.
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Good deal.

Dead Space on the Wii.  Hmm, I smell an on rails light gun shooter...

Mass Effect 2 being multi-platform is cool/slightly weird. Cool because everyone gets to experience it now. Weird because....I thought this was supposed to be a direct sequel to a very story-driven game. Not that someone who only owns a PS3 can't research the story from the first game....but I think they'd be missing out on some stuff. And sometime ago wasn't it said that saves from ME1 could be used in ME2 to continue your character?

So Mass Effect is coming to ps3?

Uh,  want to reduce spending and focus on marketing? Sounds like they want to put less into the games and more on the "hype". Or, in other words, exactly why TV and Movies are so predominantly crap. They have to sound and look good before they actually are good. And, sorry if the "actually good" part gets cut because of budgeting restraints.

obviously i'm excited about mass effect 2. but i'm anticipating BF:BC2 a little more because i'm not sure what to expect. i think the original is a fine game (curiously it's one of the few console games i've been playing of late) but there was a lot of potential that can still be explored

"So Mass Effect is coming to ps3?"

a ME1 port to the PS3 would be great :) I played it on PC but I would still buy it for trophies and a chance to replay that great game !

They would have to port ME1 to PS3 if they wanted to have ME2 on it since the choices you make at the the end of ME1 look like they would have a huge effect on ME2.

I really hope they dont dumb down dead space for the wii. Lke with Chop till you drop they had to cut down the number of zombies, its not a big deal but it sucks none the less.

Mass Effect 2 is PC/360 confirmed.

Yeah, when they say Mass Effect 2 goes multiplatform, I am assuming they mean PC/360, but it doesn't make sense they would say that either, guess we will just wait til' then...

Mass Effect was originally meant to be a 360 exclusive trilogy, then moved to the pc, but the port wasn't made fully by Bioware, making it for PS3 kinda contradicts there original intentions.

Saw that one coming.  But still, we better be able to transfer our chrarcters...or am I just imagining they promised that?  Also, where the hell is my Mass Effect DLC?  I need that extra 200 points

Mass Effect is old news. Will anybody actually buy it on the PS3 now? I know I won't. There are too many other games coming out to be playing last year's mediocre games.

I need a time travelling DeLorean so I can go play Mass Effect 2.

by multiplatform they mean itll be coming to the 360 and the DS

I fucking knew it.

FUCK YOU EA....I guess we can expect a shitty ass game now. Thanks for selling yourself out Bioware...you are EA's bitch now...have fun.

 I wanted to get Mass Effect if I ever got  a 360, but I heard it was glichy like crazy.  Glad to hear ME2 will come on the PS3!

Hmmm....im not sure if the ME2 "multiplat" thing means PS3...

I have to hand it to Riccitiello, the way he's running his company and the way he talks so candidly (especially during a conference call of all place) is really impressive.  A while back he talked about how publishers tend to oscillate between focusing on milking franchises and focusing on making original high-quality content, so while I expect them to eventually roll back into that rut I'm really enjoying what we're getting now.  Big props to him

I just really want some information on Mass Effect 2, and hopefully some gameplay footage in the near-future. I assumed that Mass Effect wasn't going to stay on the Xbox 360, exclusively. Then again, I knew ME 2 was going to the 360 and PC for several months. This was announced sometime last year.

Actually guys, it's multiplatform in a sense that it's coming to the pc and 360.  no secret this time.
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" I wanted to get Mass Effect if I ever got  a 360, but I heard it was glichy like crazy.  Glad to hear ME2 will come on the PS3!"

ME2 gone multiplatform? Oh no pyromaniac!  That must mean bioware has sold out!  Does it really matter?  Why would anyone wish a game to come out on less consoles? I wish killzone 2 would come out on the 360, because millions more would be able to play it.

On the other bits of news, I think they're pushing stuff back to have better looks sales during the next quarter.  There are a lot of high profile games still to come out this quarter, and to be honest, godfather 2 doesn't look like it'll be the strongest game.  I could very well be a great game, but i doubt many people would see it better than RE5, SF4, KZ2 plus the GTA and fallout DLC.  That is a lot of games. Smart decision i say.

They're playing it smart

battlefield 3 :(

They should make ME2 include ME1 so PS3 players can play it and 360 players can play it again.  Or at least port it to PS3.  I know I've been considering playing through it again ever since my last HDD was stolen.

I would absolutely play through Mass Effect again on my PS3 just to catch up for numero 2.

The only part I take issue is this line: "reduce spending and putting a greater focus on marketing."
What that really means is they don't to pay the developers enough, ship games before they're really ready, but we'll spend more on marketing this new turd we made to dupe dummies into buying.  How is this different than what EA ( or insert any large publisher ) has and continues to operate?

while Sony is apparently being bled dry of last gen's exclusives, while Microsoft can't keep it's current gen hits from going multiplat.....hm.

also if the multiplayer actually works this time, I'll definitely pick up BC2.

Awesome hopefully they release the first Mass Effect aswell for the PS3 as it is still an amazing game and i have really been looking forward to the sequel.
Battlefield BC2 yahhhhhhhhh my best multiplayer of 2008 hopefully the fix the lag and theyll have a COD4 killer, nothing was as satisfying  as patroling the the skies in a Helicopter with your mate in the gunner seat but once again fix the lag, instead of just us based servers chuck in a ANZAC server to.

As nice as it would be for everyone to experience Mass Effect as possible I'm not sure people should be getting so excited about it coming to the PS3. It'd be great for PS3 only owners but multiplatform might not mean PS3. I wish EA would be more blunt about which systems the sequel will be coming to. And I hope that if it is coming to multiple systems one version doesn't lag behind in quality.

EA meant Multiplatform for Mass Effect 2 as in Xbox 360 and PC. The game wasn't confirmed for the PS3 and probably wont be. Microsoft and BioWare have a deal and EA isnt going to break that deal to lose more money. Im just surprised it isnt coming this year. I was hoping Microsoft's lineup to have Mass Effect 2 on it.

Considering that Microsoft was the original ME publisher -- they basically funded the creation of that IP -- I'm sure they still retain some say over where it goes. Even though EA/Bioware retain ownership of the IP, Microsoft could easily have a right of first refusal clause, so it shouldn't be assumed that "multiplatform" means PS3.

Last summer, people assumed Tecmo was going to turn around and publish NG2 for PS3, even though Microsoft was the publisher on 360 and likely paid for much of the development. People didn't and still don't understand that publishers aren't inclined to invest in things that they have no control over. They tend to protect themselves, understandably.