This is shipped. I doubt the game will sell as much as the previous entries.

While I disagree with you in regards to me2 I thank you for telling me about this book series that I'm about to go read.

Hmm that's pretty lofty, especially with the super-packed window at that time of the year. What with the Switch, Horizon Zero Dawn, and others at that time, the competition will be stiff. I really hope that Bioware pull it off though, I love the ME franchise so much :)

A bit of an overreach, I think. 2 million on launch week would have been more reasonable, maybe 2.5. I hope it's good and it does well.

That seems reasonable. Here's hoping No Man's Lie didn't kill people's interest in space/planetary exploration with a rusty knife. Because honestly... I'm less excited for Andromeda for that very reason. Still excited enough to buy it mind. But first I need to upgrade my rig.

I'm assuming the game is about to get a marketing push/info blowout. There is supposed to be a multiplayer beta test(limited though). If everything looks good, and reviews well it should sell good. 3 million shipped first week is doable.

Its will sell much more than 3 million. This game have huge hype.

Hmm may I ask what you didn't like about ME3? Was it the gameplay or something else? I haven't tried the demo myself but if the classes are limited and everything else.... ugh! Gameplay wise I think it's the best. A lot like ME1 without all the weapon limitation but you'd get status debuffs if you go over weight and stuff. Fantastic mechanics, plot, and just over all atmosphere.

As for the ending being a Deus Ex Machina... it kind of is... but at the same time it really is not. There's a lot of interesting theories out there and ironically it's a very misunderstood ending which is deeply saddening in my humble opinion. I personally rank it up there with one of my all time favorite endings in a video game. It's straight up there with the whole Metal Gear Solid series, Tales of Symphonia, Revelations 2, and a few others. Such rich and raw emotions that come from an underlying message in the theme that flies out into the hearts and minds of the player, but there is no holding the players hand and explaining everything, and that's being nice as to if you believe the ambiguity is anything. The answers are in details from your journey across the trilogy as you save the galaxy from the ultimate threat.

I will say that there may be a couple retcons in the series which tack on to this confusion, believe me. The challenge of creating large games and a coherent story is easier said than done. If you have no game, you have no story. There's so many factors here and sometimes directions get changed. A good prime example of this with ME1 transitioning to ME2 the Inusannon and Thoi'han were scrapped races that were MAJOR plot points. If you recall ME1 the Inusannon were the Protheans. They made those pyramids, artifacts, you see them in your vision, and you see them on their world Ilos. In ME2 this was changed and the Collectors became the Protheans and it was very poorly written in the since that the Inusannon's were now the Protheans to the Protheans and the Collector Protheans were kind of an imperialistic master race who ruled the Galaxy and they stole technology and knowledge form other races. Hell, you either joined them if they deemed you worthy enough or the squashed you. This is a major key plot device from ME2 that was briefly explained if you don't dig in and it has huge implications on a potential choice in ME3. ME2 played heavily on themes like Lovecraftian philosophy. Then there's a problem that there were about 3 or 4 different endings being considered. The Dark Matter ending is quite well known and the seeds for the much speculated Indoctrination Theory were planted for that ending. Which is unfortunately not canon nor a fact! However thanks to the whole head cannon talk *rolls eyes* it can be if that's your story! I mean hell, The Illusive Man was also planned to be the final boss at one point. *sighs* It's heart breaking it comes to this.

Of course it's getting a huge marketing push ^.^ Maybe we'll see something at the Super Bowl, maybe after. Either way EA is cooking something up for the Marketing.

I couldn't agree more with your logic! :)

But hey! Resident Evil 6's ending wasn't terrible depending which one your going with. The Epilogues... ehh... they just top it off. I loved Chris's story quite a bit, especially paired with the prequel being the "Marhawa Desire" Manga which add so much to his story. So fucking tragic once you really KNOW Piers. I didn't care for him until I read those books and OHHH MEEEE GAWD! Q.Q

About Dragon Age 2. That game was exactly what it was supposed to be. EA decided the game wouldn't sell unless it had a number attached to it and that caused everyone's expectation to be raised. I wager that the game would have had good reviews and much better reception had the game been released as BioWare wanted it to be. A spin off title that is experimental. The Dragon Age series is fairly experimental and allows BioWare to try different things. Ehhh... rumor has it another one is in development and will be quite different form the other three. It may, or may not be drawing inspiration from an amazing franchise known as "Fire Emblem". Though that's just the word of the town, but lets imagine what BioWare could do with a relationship system like Fire Emblem. Are you drooling yet? :3

i doubt it will hit that much, unless its really really good. hopefully it is. but i can see the title selling 6 million lifetime and matching 3

though ME isnt as a huge seller as some might think it would be. i mean 6 million is great. but it isnt huge for a multiplate with the pedigree of Mass Effect

ME3 was great. the extended cut ending was ok. not horrible like people make it seem. im not a dragon age fan so i can comment on it. but im hyped for ME:A