Gojimaster said:
I made a similar post one month ago claiming that ME2 had disappointing sales, and many people here thought I was crazy. Its funny how fast the tide changes at vgchartz.
One of my points was that ME2 requires having to play ME1 to get the full experience. A lot of people who didn't want to play ME1 or didn't like ME1 won't want to play ME2.
RPG games, by nature, are very long and laborious. ME is a great idea for a series, but it does somewhat restrict casual gamers who don't have a ton of time to invest in playing the previous games. I barely had enough time to do a superficial playthrough of ME2 myself.
I think many game developers will think twice about making a game like ME in the future-- it is never good to segment your audience. This is too bad, because ME2 is one of the better games that I have played in the past few years. |
Ok, it took a while but I was wondering if someone was going to mention this.
- Though the 360 base is larger now than in 2007, there are many that have not played ME. Some turned away because they didn't play ME, and the experience IS enhanced if you do. Its not neccesary, but that had to have turned away a lot of people initially.
- ME released during a hot holiday period. ME2 released AFTER one. Sorry, great January games do not sell as good as great holiday release games (see RE4 for GC vs PS2). So making the decision to release and focus on Dragon Age for holiday instead of ME2 was at the expense of ME2 sales.
- And, as has been mentioned, piracy.
That said, the game hasn't sold bad. Far from it. And we'll see what type of legs it has. But its a trend we've seen this gen, where good ssequels to good games don't sell as much as the original (GeoW, Resistance, Bioshock, Assassin's Creed, etc).
