User blog comment:Mexican215/Yes another ME3 ending blog..Why ME3 shouldn't be the end of Shepard/@comment-6293599-20130219221742/@comment-24174486-20130223012500

In the sense that each Shepard has their own canon, if Shepard dies during the Suicide Mission, then their death is canonical in that playthrough. ME3 doesn't happen because they're not alive to experience it.

The reason ME3 is the last game and that they shouldn't make a sequel based solely on one ending where they can survive is because ME3 concludes the story of Shepard's fight against the Reapers. The Reaper threat is ended one way or another, whether or not Shepard survives. There's no indication that Shepard will have further adventures, and the idea of retconning the player's choice and the ending of the trilogy into being nothing more than a dream simply because you don't want the story to end is just silly.