Back when Mass Effect developer Bioware was bought by Electronic Arts, it was no question that the days were numbered as for Mass Effects exclusivity on the Xbox 360 outside of its first outing. With Electronic Arts having a reputation for having no bounds when it comes to platforms its games are released on, it wouldn’t be a crazy notion for anyone to think that Mass Effect may end up on Etch a Sketch or better yet Lite Brite if it were to make EA just a little bit more money, but it turns out that all thoughts of grandeur of the sort may be a wee bit premature.

“I believe we’ll be Xbox 360 exclusive for at least a short period of time,” BioWare senior manager Matt Atwood revealed to CVG on the subject of the sequel’s release plans.

“We’re still working out the details on that, but we’ve had a great relationship with Microsoft and done very well.”

Xbox 360 fanboys are sure to be jumping up for joy when they hear something like that. I geuss there’s nothing like backing your purchase decision, even when it sometimes doesn’t work.

[Via CVG]

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