EA is shipping Mass Effect 2 day-and-date on both Xbox 360 and PC when it hits in early 2010. Associate producer Jesse Houston broke the news in a recent gamescom interview, explaining that there will be no content differences between the two versions, only controls will differ. This is in stark contrast to the original Mass Effect, which was released on PC later with additional content.

We learned a lot from building the PC version before, and having built it six months later there was a big difference. So we actually took what we learned from PC and put it back into 360. Fundamentally, we want you to have the same gameplay experience, but just with the difference in controls. This time round, doing it at the same time for a sim-ship, we can control the differences much more smoothly because it’s the same team building it now.

Peachy. Simultaneous releases made without comprises are always a good thing.

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