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

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darthdevidem01 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.

ME1 came out in the holidays though.

I wasn't aware of that (RPGs never interest me, so I don't keep track of when any are releasing). Even so, I doubt that ME2 will get much of a holiday boost. I think it will end up rather like KZ2, too early in the year to still be in the public eye to receive a massive holiday boost. I also think that ME2 is more vulnerable to the whole concept of sequels selling primarily to buyers of the original. ME2 will find it harder than most games to get new buyers, despite its stellar reviews. This is all just my opinion, of course.