I bet UBI goes for a Xbox360/PC hybred engine with awesome graphics and special effects with canned/ scriped missions and "Quake" style multiplay.
That way they get an "Action" game that looks great is extremely "Shallow" (no pun intended) and will sell tons of copies due to it being a PC to console port.
If you all think I"m that far off, just look what happened with the "Call of Duty" series.....
THe original COD was PC only then went to both platforms and now COD 3 is only going to be console.
These current game companies see more $$$ in action console ports than in PC only study sims these days.
I really hope I"m wrong though.