I would hardly call changing tactics admitting defeat, all they seem to be doing is gearing up to make an already great platform significantly better by offering an affordable and straightforward doorway into PC and console gaming, the majority of PC games support controllers and the majority of PC gamers already use an xbox controller too, all this does is consolidate those aspects and allow those that only have the budget for a single games console purchase every few years to access the content normally exclusively on a PC, meanwhile Sony will likely continue pushing live service flops and exclusive console only titles restricted to theiꦚr new console rather than backwards compatible.

This article misses the point on why Fallout worked so well, it didn't try to adapt a tv suitable variant of a game story, it told it's own story within the universe o꧑f the game, Mass effect can and should do this too, pick a time period, make some new original✨ characters and have their adventures unfold, maybe even throw in some nods to popular things from the games by having the characters be random ME 3 multiplayer playable characters, imagine an N7 phantom, a Geth juggernaut, a vorcha and a collector all forced to work together to survive somewhere on the frontlines during the events of ME 3s campaign or a story detailing all the stuff before Mass effect Andromeda kicks off. There's so many fun possibilities when you don't limit yourself to the main characters, he can cameo sure but it's seldom ever going to work if they try to focus on the story.