Mass Effect 2 sells 2 million copies in week one

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daggy said:

Twistedpixel said:

You'd have to sell a lot of copies to make any appreciable money at $10-15.

Not as many as you'd think, especially in today's Digital Distribution.

I remember when Garry's Mod sold 35k in 8 days on Steam when it was 50% Off ($5). Now imagine how much Mass Effect sold at $5, from a 75% Off promotion, which happened several times on Steam and D2D.

Mass Effect probably already reached 500k on PC, and who knows how much it will still sell. It still has many years of sales ahead.

Even if it sold 5 million copies during that $5 sale, its probably less than $20M in the hand for EA. Which I must add is both an unrealistic figure and less than 1/4 of the revenue they will make at full price on the Xbox 360.