User blog comment:Markurion/Extended Cut or Prolonged torture?/@comment-84391-20120405215133/@comment-4947725-20120406123751

@Darth Something But as we've already seen the ending, I think that fan reactions against the extension will be greater than if it had bee there in the first place. Example: We currently have a 'Greedo Shoots First' ending that most people hate. If that is replaced by 'Han Shoots First', then that anger that people had towards the previous outcome won't just go away; it will linger. One way or another, people will be talking about the ending of ME3 for years to come. The extension can only lessen outrage now, whereas if it had been there at release it could possibly have been avoided entirely.

@Markurion The DLC will take a long time because they will want to release it on all three platforms simultaneously, and I think the XBOX 360 has a 3 month certification period for DLC. It could be that they have already finished it, but we will still have to wait 3 months for it to be certified.