User blog comment:Loganmerrill/indoctrinated eyes/@comment-5131329-20120830194051

Real-World logic/cynisism: *shrugs* they wanted to get the EC out so they could get to work on other SP DLC (which people were complaining about a lack of), so they just kept them in?

In-game logic: Control and Synthesis, you're (Shepard) is essentially becoming a machine, so the eyes changing isn't too much of a stretch. This is Science Fiction, after all. So, it might just be a case of being over thought.