He likely died because of that. As for why it's centered on Earth, Mass Effect has always been a human based story, focused on humans and their expansion into the stars. More then that, it's centered on one man who to -him- Earth means something.
Stop trying to pander to me, it only makes me think less of you.
The creator of the game has said he doesn't want to do a 4th one. And Nintendo has said they wouldn't dream of demanding he do a 4th one.
Shonen Jump would be a utter licensing nightmare that would require millions on millions of dollars in sales to break even, which is not likely.
And I expected nothing less from Sony. Given that for some reason, up till Patapon 3, they charged the same amount for Digital releases that they did for UMD, they have always had their heads right up their asses, right along with all of their third parties (I'm looking at you NIS and Atlus) when it came to pricing, I can totally see them not wanting to bother with passport. The only reason they did in Japan is people would be setting fires outside of their HQ if they had to rebuy Monster Hunter.
Idea Factory, Compile Heart and it's cohorts in JRPG design have proven time and time again they can only make DLC loaded shitfests that only the most die hard otaku will enjoy. To the rest of you, please save your money.
To the Otaku who loved this game, why do you help keep Idea Factory around? Haven't you cursed the gaming world with enough evil?