And as an added bonus, it improves the role of The Illusive Man as a villain in the story. The most straightforward reasoning is that the Mass Effect 3’s Destroy ending won’t be canon. There are several possible explanations for how the Geth survived to appear in Mass Effect 4. Every species survives the invasion of the Reapers, the Mass Relay system within the Milky Way galaxy is restored, and everybody ultimately succeeds in their efforts throughout the trilogy. The catch with this is that a significant repercussion of this ending is the Geth’s demise. If players opt to go the Paragon route, making Shepard the prototypical hero of the story, the control ending is the obvious choice.
The Illusive Man would have chosen the control ending but, as the Catalyst explains to Commander Shepard, he would have ultimately failed as a result of his indoctrination. The Illusive Man's desire to control the Reapers was along the right idea, but he was ultimately doing it for the wrong reasons in his lust for humanity's superiority. What makes a villain interesting is when their goal makes sense and can be understood, despite how misguided their thought process is. The Illusive Man believed that humans should control the Reapers, not destroy them, and Mass Effect 3 offers the perspective that the villain actually had a point.
Cerberus' involvement in Mass Effect 3 feels ham-fisted, but the control ending does strengthen The Illusive Man's role in the story.
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