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

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Gojimaster 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]®2=All&game2=Mass+Effect+-+X360[7635]®3=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.

GreyianStorm-- Thank you so much for posting this.  This table illustrates exactly what I was trying to say.  You are inspiring me to include more data in all my future posts.

He completely ignored that Mass Effect was a holiday release. Of course, it would and should outleg its sequel releasing in January. When you release a game this early, you do it no favors in regards to legs.