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shio on 04 February 2010
Munkeh111 said:
shio said:
coolbeans said:
That seems off unless everyone (me included) REALLY underestimates the PC market when it comes to actually buying the ip (EA said 2 million sold to retailers in basically it's first week).

And that is not even including the digital sales of the PC version! ME2 is killing in the digital market.

How so? It is 5th on Steam at the moment

Steam (By Revenue) - January 24 though January 30, 2010
         1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 LE (Pre-Order) - EA DICE
         2. Mass Effect 2 - BioWare
         3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward
         4. Mass Effect 2 Digital Deluxe Edition - BioWare
         5. Global Agenda (Pre-Order) - Hi-Rez
         6. BioShock 2 (Pre-Order) - 2K Marin / Digital Extremes
         7. Mass Effect - BioWare / Demiurge
         8. Psychonauts - Double Fine
         9. Tropico 3: Steam Special Edition - Haemimont
        10. Company of Heroes Complete - Relic

      Direct2Drive - January 24 though January 30, 2010
         1. Mass Effect 2 Digital Deluxe Edition - BioWare
         2. Star Trek Online Digital Deluxe Edition (Pre-Order)- Cryptic
         3. Mass Effect 2 - BioWare
         4. Star Trek Online (Pre-Order) - Cryptic
         5. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 LE (Pre-Order) - EA DICE
         6. Mass Effect - BioWare / Demiurge
         7. Civilization IV Complete - Firaxis
         8. Red Faction: Guerrilla - Volition
         9. Dragon Age: Origins - BioWare
        10. Aion - NCSoft

      Impulse - January 24 though January 30, 2010
         1. Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment - Ironclad
         2. Gratuitous Space Battles - Positech
         3. Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy (Pre-Order) - Ironclad
         4. Armada 2526 - Ntronium
         5. Sins of a Solar Empire - Ironclad
         6. Mass Effect 2 Digital Deluxe Edition - BioWare
         7. Light of Altair - SaintXi
         8. Mass Effect 2 - BioWare
         9. Sword of the Stars Ultimate - Kerberos
        10. Star Trek Online (Pre-Order) - Cryptic

It even greatly increased the sales of ME1.



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Lurker on 04 February 2010

It's because it's on PC. If it was exclusive it probably would have done more than Fable 2 first week numbers.



Scoobes on 04 February 2010

I'm gonna guess it probably sold between 1.3-1.6 million if you include the sales of the PC version. It definately sold more than 64K wordlwide on PC. So in a way, it did sell over 1 million 1st week!




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Scoobes on 04 February 2010
CGI-Quality said:
lvader said:
ME2 is as much an RPG as something like Metal Gear Solid, I'd go as far as to say that if it is meant to be an RPG then it's one of the worst ever. It's mainly a 3rd person shooter with a very strong interactive movie.

I guess we'll forever clash then, because I wouldn't put Mass Effect in the same category with something like Metal Gear Solid. Not to say one is better/worse than the other, just not too comparable IMO.

The RPG elements were heavily diluted from the original game whilst the shooting elements were heavily improved and when you're off the ship it plays more like a TPS. But then the story and conversation elements remind me of Heavy Rain, lol. I don't think it can be called just an RPG or just a TPS. Guys, just call it what it is: a Shooter/RPG genre shattering hybrid.

The only other game that comes to mind when using this definition is Deus Ex, which just so happens to be my fave game off alltime. Mass Effect 2 might come close




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selnor on 04 February 2010

It was out late in EU guys.

ME2 only had 2 days on this info in EU.

IT was released in US Tues. So put together correctly you'll probably find ME2 sold around 1.4-1.5 million first week.

Tommorrow is 1 full week in EU.



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selnor on 04 February 2010
lvader said:
ME2 is as much an RPG as something like Metal Gear Solid, I'd go as far as to say that if it is meant to be an RPG then it's one of the worst ever. It's mainly a 3rd person shooter with a very strong interactive movie.


After playing Mass Effect 2 it clearly made me realise just how much role playing is actually missing from titles like Fable or Final Fantasy. Never before have I felt like I was grooming a character and the world around me as I have in Mass Effect 2.



Lyrikalstylez on 04 February 2010

Hopefully the game will bring in the green to both EA and Bioware, Because they deserve it



GodOfWar_3ever on 04 February 2010
selnor said:
It was out late in EU guys.

ME2 only had 2 days on this info in EU.

IT was released in US Tues. So put together correctly you'll probably find ME2 sold around 1.4-1.5 million first week.

Tommorrow is 1 full week in EU.

Thats definitely not an excuse...Some games are considerably smaller in EU than in NA

examples : L4D, ME, God of War...



selnor on 04 February 2010
GodOfWar_3ever said:
selnor said:
It was out late in EU guys.

ME2 only had 2 days on this info in EU.

IT was released in US Tues. So put together correctly you'll probably find ME2 sold around 1.4-1.5 million first week.

Tommorrow is 1 full week in EU.

Thats definitely not an excuse...Some games are considerably smaller in EU than in NA

examples : L4D, ME, God of War...

It's not an excuse. I was saying this isnt 1 weeks worth of sales.

It's 5 days for US and 2 days for EU. Thats amazing for ME2 to hit 1 milll in that time. You can basically add 3/4 and 1/4 of US and EU respectively sales for this weeks onto the first figure to give us 1 weeks WW sales of ME2 opening first week on sales.



GodOfWar_3ever on 04 February 2010
selnor said:
GodOfWar_3ever said:
selnor said:
It was out late in EU guys.

ME2 only had 2 days on this info in EU.

IT was released in US Tues. So put together correctly you'll probably find ME2 sold around 1.4-1.5 million first week.

Tommorrow is 1 full week in EU.

Thats definitely not an excuse...Some games are considerably smaller in EU than in NA

examples : L4D, ME, God of War...

It's not an excuse. I was saying this isnt 1 weeks worth of sales.

It's 5 days for US and 2 days for EU. Thats amazing for ME2 to hit 1 milll in that time. You can basically add 3/4 and 1/4 of US and EU respectively sales for this weeks onto the first figure to give us 1 weeks WW sales of ME2 opening first week on sales.

Most games are released just to 2 days worth of sales in EU...