I don't want it on the current gen, because the Trilogy should stay as a last gen classic. Yes, it would still sell greatly, no doubt, but since the New Mass Effect game is coming out on current-gen, in my personal opinion, the Trilogy should stay as last gen classic in reminder that the Trilogy was one of the best games of that generation. There are many old games that returned as a classic for last gen as an HD version, but because New Mass Effect(Don't want to say Mass Effect 4)is taking on entirely different universe, I think it's best if the Shepard universe doesn't touch the generation of consoles it wasn't released on, therefore, giving the new Mass Effect its own generation to succeed in as well. I know it seems like a pointless opinion, but that's what I think.
hmm I purchased Halo: Combat Evolved on November 15, 2001 when I picked up the original Xbox on Day 1. Played it to death. Maybe more than any other game that generation. I still purchased the Halo:Anniversary re-release on 360 3 years ago. It was released a year before Halo 4. Did the revisiting of the original game effect 343's first foray into the series? No, Halo 4 was completely fresh and a new beginning to the Master Chief, from a gameplay and narrative perspective.
If the Shepard Trilogy does get a current gen update, it wouldn't have any more influence over the next game than it already does. The next game is being built from the ground up on a completely new engine (Frostbite3) for a new generation of consoles, by new devs in Bioware Montreal (not the creators of the series in Edmonton), completely separate from the Shepard narrative. If they re-release Shepards Trilogy, it's just a revisitation of a last gen classic with all the bells and whistles.
Come to think of it....this isn't new. I owned every Sonic the Hedgehog game on a single 'Greatest Hits' disc for the 360. Every Nintendo game (like, ever) is available on the Wii U for $5. NES Remix is a huge hit. Do you really think people forget that those were 'classics' of their respective consoles/generations?
No...which is why people will still pay to conveniently play these classics on their current consoles, instead of going to a thrift store or eBay and overpaying for old consoles and game cartridges.