Mass Effect 2 sales in the toilet-- is the reason ME1?

[Mr Puggsly]

shio said:

Mr Puggsly said:

GreyianStorm said:

kitler53 said:
i would suggest clicking the following link:

http://www.vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Mass+Effect+2++-+X360[28815]&reg2=All&game2=Mass+Effect+-+X360[7635]&reg3=All&game3=&weeks=100

While that does show ME2 outselling ME1, you'll notice that it is actually now selling less per week than the original in the comparable weeks:

Week	Mass Effect	Mass Effect 2
1	394,757	961,290
2	271,280	268,077
3	144,359	151,848
4	136,931	83,891
5	164,229	55,156
6	92,295	37,865
7	55,936	26,541
8	37,851	20,627
9	35,324	16,721
10	35,212	-

As you can see, ME2 has declined extremely quickly. I know sequels are generally more front loaded, but it is down almost 20k per week on the original after just 9 weeks.

This list would have more validity if Mass Effect 1 was released in January.

Mass Effect 1

11/20/07 Microsoft
05/21/09 Microsoft
11/23/07 Microsoft

Mass Effect 2

01/26/10 Electronic Arts
(Add Date)
01/29/10 Electronic Arts

 

That's not a great excuse considering that the market was much smaller when ME1 came out, and there was alot of popular games being released around the time.

ME2 was released on a much bigger userbase AND was the top dog in january.

The reason ME2 declined so much is because of the PC version, which is eating away the sales of the X360 version. The fact that ME2 had a much bigger launch week, yet dipped far below ME1's sales so fast can support that the PC version is eating the console version's sales.

That's very possible considering Bioware has a large PC fanbase and it was also cheaper on the PC ($60 plus tax vs. $50 and no tax on Steam).

Nevertheless, Mass Effect 2 is still out performing the original and legs will likely sustain better than the original long term.