Valo_Soren wrote...
So pretty much it is selling well and their sales aren't being hurt at all, is what you're saying.
M12311 wrote...
Valo_Soren wrote...
So pretty much it is selling well and their sales aren't being hurt at all, is what you're saying.
No. What we are saying it is too early to see the impact of the RTM movement. I personally think its going to be a bloodbath for EA in the coming months.
ME3 will continue to implode sale wise, and SWTOR will lose 500,000 subs.
Valo_Soren wrote...
Say what you will think what you will but selling near 2 million copies in your first 3 weeks is not a failure it's actually a good thing.
You really can't compare ME3 to Modern Warefare or Battlefield. Those games will always sell ridiculous amounts because the market and audience for those games is HUGE.Aznable Char wrote...
M12311 wrote...
Valo_Soren wrote...
So pretty much it is selling well and their sales aren't being hurt at all, is what you're saying.
No. What we are saying it is too early to see the impact of the RTM movement. I personally think its going to be a bloodbath for EA in the coming months.
ME3 will continue to implode sale wise, and SWTOR will lose 500,000 subs.
Correct .
the downward pull of the first three weeks is lower than most games and it is malperforming compared to a lot of other AAA games though I would like to see if someone can dig up what AAA games it is outperforming . Like I said in the first post , this is the 3rd week mark and it is significant because the next few weeks will determine if there is upward momentum or downward momentum which will more than likely tell us the total damage done .
Modifié par Naltair, 29 mars 2012 - 04:22 .
It will slow down of course sales wise, but it is a commercial success especially for the type of game it is.M12311 wrote...
Valo_Soren wrote...
So pretty much it is selling well and their sales aren't being hurt at all, is what you're saying.
No. What we are saying it is too early to see the impact of the RTM movement. I personally think its going to be a bloodbath for EA in the coming months.
ME3 will continue to implode sale wise, and SWTOR will lose 500,000 subs.
Most places that do returns on games usually give store credit or buy them and resell, not sure this would affect overall sales. Plus I can't think of a store that accepts PC game returns... do they exist?leapingmonkeys wrote...
Is there any data on how many of the purchased units have been returned?
Naltair wrote...
Skyrim though was kind of a freak, but I am glad it did well commercially.
corkey sweet wrote...
word of mouth has a lot of power. Look how word of mouth ultimately destroyed DA2. it will eventually kill ME3 as well. word of mouth can drastically decrease a games sales
Naltair wrote...
It will slow down of course sales wise, but it is a commercial success especially for the type of game it is.
warrior256 wrote...
I don't know how to feel about this. On the one hand, I feel happy to see that the pressure is being put on Bioware as a member of the Retake movement. With such a devestating drop in sales, they can't afford to ignore us for long. At the same time, the part of me that still likes Bioware feels bad that what used to be a great company is getting hit so hard because of five minutes of cliffs. In the end though, Bioware still deserves this.
M12311 wrote...
Having worked in FP&A for public companies for many years, I would define commercial success very differently. Outgrowing your previous product sale wise, is irrelevant for most established public companies.
It is all about performance compared to forecast/budget/analyst expectations. And I have no doubt ME3/SWTOR expectations are very hard to meet as it is.
Kilshrek wrote...
M12311 wrote...
Having worked in FP&A for public companies for many years, I would define commercial success very differently. Outgrowing your previous product sale wise, is irrelevant for most established public companies.
It is all about performance compared to forecast/budget/analyst expectations. And I have no doubt ME3/SWTOR expectations are very hard to meet as it is.
There seems to be some discontent on the TOR side of things, and this is before factoring in the knock on effects from the ME 3 rage. I wonder how many subscribers TOR has lost due to players getting bored, and then players quitting because ME 3 players quit, and crippled their guilds.
And then that's not counting the ME 3 players who will not touch any DLC until the ending issue is addressed. And I don't think it will be easy, because I think most people don't want any truck with a simple clarification DLC.
xMellowhype wrote...
Wouldn't this be common? Millions people bought MW3 in the first week but since everyone has it the number is bound to go down in week 3.
If you can show this is truly unprecedented in the industry then it means a lot.
Modifié par Iwillbeback, 29 mars 2012 - 01:56 .
corkey sweet wrote...
word of mouth has a lot of power. Look how word of mouth ultimately destroyed DA2. it will eventually kill ME3 as well. word of mouth can drastically decrease a games sales
Valo_Soren wrote...
DA2 sold a million copies in its first few weeks which is why we got to down load Mass Effect 2 for free on PC.
babies8mydingo wrote...
play.com cut the price of ME3 today to £24, that's a big drop this quickly.
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