VentureBeat claims we're going to get a MET Remaster "Legendary Edition"

I wouldn't use whatever those numbers they have to determine if releasing a remaster would do well. The collection was released in Dec 2012. I only bought ME1 for the ps3. How many other ps3 players did that? What are the numbers for how many ME collection was purchased? Since it was released while dlc was still being released for ME3, I doubt there were many current players who bought the collection. As far as dlc goes, here's what came with it for each platform.

Xbox 360:
Cerberus Network
Mass Effect 3 Online Pass
PC:
Bring Down the Sky (on-disc)
Pinnacle Station (on-disc)
Cerberus Network

PlayStation 3:
Bring Down the Sky (on-disc)
Cerberus Network
Kasumi - Stolen Memory (on-disc)
Overlord (on-disc)
Lair of the Shadow Broker (on-disc)
Mass Effect 3 Online Pass

If I was a new player, I would be curious why ps3 gets all those dlc's included in the price, but not the 360 and pc. How many do you believe thought that as well? The other thing is that it's late in the year, so players would likely have purchased new games that recently released. They may have wanted to get the collection, but had other games that fill their time for however long. It's possible those people might be interested in getting a remaster that includes all dlc.

As a ps3 player, I've never player pinnacle station. If that were added in a remaster, that would be good. The other thing is if a player romances A/K/L, it's t'soni that shows up to tell Shepard Moreau won't evacuate. I like to have that changed in a remaster to have A/K, if romanced, to tell Shepard about Moreau.

I don't see them doing that, though anything is possible. I wouldn't be surprised if they did release a remastered trilogy this year. If anything, if they do confirm a remaster is in the works, it might be released in March 2021.

MEA was given 5 years. Look how well that turned out. Hopefully the time they have for their next project is managed better.

How many copies of ME1/2/3 have sold in the last year, 2 years,  3, 4 or 5? It's possible one of the games has sold more. How much dlc has been purchased in that time? It's possible EA is looking at the numbers, and believes releasing a remaster would do well if the price includes all dlc. Let's say they do release a remaster, and it's released before the end of 2021. It's possibile that the next ME title would be released as early as 2025 or later depending on when the next da game releases. So in that time, people will buy the remaster to keep them busy. What if EA is doing that to setup a remake of the trilogy and MEA? They get as much as they can with the remaster knowing that new players, and some of the old players, would get a remake. Of course this is all speculation, but then again everything that is said about a remaster is speculation until EA/Bioware confirms a trilogy remaster is to be released.

I'd be wary of alterations to the dialogue. I don't know if I'd trust whoever handles this re-release to actually improve that system. Any actual improvements I could possibly think of would require writing whole new lines to add in here and there, and I think that might be asking too much. Beyond that, I think perhaps ME2's sort of stifling P/R system kind of made the dialogue feel like I need to min/max in one direction to get any desirable results.