User blog comment:Kaloneous/Mass Effect 3 Ending DLC Denied and PAX/@comment-4948356-20120511150012/@comment-118213-20120512021319

It seems rather bizarre to me that they could have ever thought that ending was going to be well revived; even if your not generous with your assumption of their level of intelligence, it seems inconceivable that nobody could have foreseen such a negative reaction.

I've read [somewhere] that only Casey Hudson and one other writer gave input into the ending, meaning unlike the rest of the game it didn't receive the usual critique - if true, it just goes to show Hudson's supreme arrogance. It is very disappointing that the series lost Drew Karpyshyn, and reading his intended ending just makes you more depressed at the ending we got.

Who can really know, I can't imagine they're 'all idiots, perhaps some. I wouldn't put it passed EA to rush them either, so... the colossal amount of blame can spread around.