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selnor on 30 January 2010
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Scoobes said:
selnor said:
daggy said:
FaRmLaNd said:
Microsoft were talking specifically about Germany. Where the pc market is bigger then the console market. That same cannot be said about the rest of the world (bar a few select countries).

Considering the delay between the 360 and pc release of mass effect I very much doubt the sales would be very close.

few select countries? How about the entire Asia (except Japan), Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and Oceania. And let's not PC-centric nations like Portugal, France, Netherlands, etc...

I'm not saying that Mass Effect 1 PC sales would be close to the X360 version, but I'm damn sure that it's not as low as 300k.


Dude get over it. Youve seen the proof. Gears Of War 1 was just as bad. That has sold over 6 million. 360 sales of the game are somewhere over 5 million. Because PC version came out when the 360 version was at 5 million it makes the PC version somewhere between 0-1 million. Remeber though the 360 version will still be on sale. I would put the PC version of Gears around 4-600,000. And 360 about 5.5 - 5.8 million. Again thats using this sites accurate figures. MAybe only Asia and Germany buy the PC versions and EVERYWHERE else buys the console versions?

Why are you bringing up the sales of Gears of War 1 when we're talking about sales of Mass Effect 1 & 2? You can't just compare the breakdown of PC games to 360 games for any PC/360 game for reasons stated below. Factors you SHOULD but haven't taken into consideration:

- Gears came out 1 yr after the 360 version, was poorly ported and still has problems for many PC gamers today that means it's actually unplayable. Mass Effect PC version came out approx. 6 months later and was a relatively good port and was slightly improved over the console version. This would have an effect on sales ratio of PC:360 of these 2 games relative to each other.

- This site doesn't track PC sales figures, so we have no way of knowing how well or poorly the PC version of Mass Effect has sold. Considerring EA are releasing this sequel at the sametime as the 360 version suggests the original's PC version DID sell well enough to warrant a same day release for the sequel (i.e >300K).

- PC sales of any game tend to be much longer and drawn out compared to console sales which are much more front-loaded. Digital distribution platforms really help with this.

- In certain markets in Europe and Asia, PC gaming is MUCH larger than console gaming. This is the main reason MS stopped releasing games on PC and 360. Games like Alan Wake have now gone 360 only so PC gamers have to buy a 360 to play it. Same with Halo 3, Gears 2 and Fable 2 & 3. I would argue that even in console-centric markets PC gaming is still more popular than believed due to digital downloads but we have no way of proving or disproving that.

- Bioware still have a very big PC fanbase that remember the days of Baldurs Gate. The sales of Dragon Age Origins proves this.

- Numerous publishers having seen the success of Steam are now releasing their own digital distribution systems and online profile schemes. It seems odd they would be investing like this unless PC games were at least bringing in some decent revenue.

You would be right except for 1 small thing. Every big PC/360 game or M$ exclusive has sold 80+% of it's sales on 360 over PC. Gears 1, ME1, Fable, Halo the list goes on. The majority of PC gamers out there buy and play MMO's, or strategy games. This whole belief of loads of PS3 owners buying a gaming rig to play certain games is so far out of the order. Sales prove it. You will be lucky to see StarCraft 2 hit 1 million first week sales when it's released let alone ME2 on PC. PC players will have downloaded it illegally or will have no rush ( busy doing instance runs on WOW ). Thats why console exclusives hold so much weight and M$ know it. Dont you think if the PC version sold millions then M$ would realise it's hurting there console? They know the 2 markets dont work together and sales show this.