User blog comment:Kaloneous/Mass Effect 3 Ending DLC Denied and PAX/@comment-1786741-20120326203422/@comment-4933332-20120329221651

"Or more likely EA wants to grub for more money with an MMO set 200+ years in the future. " Yeah I guess you can be cynical and say they created an ending with ambiguities for future Mass effect series and future DLC. Maybe there is truth to that but I'm willing to give Bioware a little bit of slack that it isn't 100% purely due to commercial reason.

People are complex, they want to make money as well as sincerely creating a work they can be proud of. If you listen to some of Casey Hudson final hour interview, there's a clear sense that they wanted the ending to be unconventional and wanted to avoid the "final boss" showdown which they thought was cliche and video gamey. I do get the feeling that the writers sincerely wanted ot create an ending that was different and it backfired.