User blog comment:Bluegear93/Mass Effect 3's ending, something came to my mind./@comment-4913722-20120524123759

don't game writers have the choice to change the game if they want to. There are so many hints towards a mass effect 4 its just not funny. Shepard can live for one. The StarGazer' even said after the boy ask for more about The Shepard quote All right, one more story. They have even said it is not the end of the mass effect universe before it was released. They probably just want to use Shepard for another game as he is Iconic to mass effect rather than make another character to start from scratch.