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[Calbeb]

Based on the NPD numbers, it looks like Mass Effect 3 actually sold really well. Not only did it top the charts for the month, but it supposedly sold twice as much as ME2 in it's first month. This actually places the sales much higher than expected.

http://games.ign.com.../1222926p1.html
http://www.joystiq.c...r-decline-cont/
http://venturebeat.c...-mass-effect-3/

Modifié par Calbeb, 13 avril 2012 - 12:17 .

[googler12]

The majority on 360 I assume. http://www.videogame...n_xbox_360.html
Nice to see MW3 drop so much.

[Calbeb]

googler12 wrote...

The majority on 360 I assume. http://www.videogame...n_xbox_360.html
Nice to see MW3 drop so much.

I think that's a safe assumption considering the early numbers.

Agreed on MW3, although Activision could have probably sold NO more copies after day 1 and made a huge amount of profit lol.

[LegendaryBlade]

A few things to consider.

Sales are likely to be frontloaded, a lot like DA2. Where it sells much higher than it's predecessor early on, but ultimately falls short in longterm sales. It is the better game than ME2 in my opinion though, so maybe in spite of the drama it will keep selling.

I do think, had they not f'd up the endings, they would of been able to stay on the top as long as Skyrim did.

[AJRimmsey]

expected high numbers,as the pre orders and a lot of stores ran out on day 1 and had to be restocked.

but these figures dont help the hater campaign,so expect a thread derailing attempt.

[Calbeb]

LegendaryBlade wrote...

A few things to consider.

Sales are likely to be frontloaded, a lot like DA2. Where it sells much higher than it's predecessor early on, but ultimately falls short in longterm sales. It is the better game than ME2 in my opinion though, so maybe in spite of the drama it will keep selling.

I do think, had they not f'd up the endings, they would of been able to stay on the top as long as Skyrim did.

If the game sold twice as much as Mass Effect 2 did in it's first month (which IGN lists as 2 million), than actually even if it is frontloaded Mass Effect 3 has already sold extraordanairly well for a Bioware game.

I'm going to be conservative and say that the game may have sold less than that, but even 2 million sales is actually really amazing.

Agreed about the ending's effect though. I think it would have gone from a great Bioware seller to an overall awesome one if the ending had worked for the fans.

Modifié par Calbeb, 13 avril 2012 - 12:58 .

[shepskisaac]

Fanatical retakes won't like this. You better run Calbeb!

[Calbeb]

IsaacShep wrote...

Fanatical retakes won't like this. You better run Calbeb!

lol. It's not like I created the NPD analysis.

[ashwind]

Game sale dropped 25% in March. I wonder if that has anything to do with the Black March movement =P

[shepskisaac]

Calbeb wrote...

lol. It's not like I created the NPD analysis.

But you bring troll news here!

[AJRimmsey]

yup fraid so

you posted a positive,which makes you a troll,and a Pr troll

in 3 pages you will be responsible for the roman empire and the spanish inquisition

Modifié par AJRimmsey, 13 avril 2012 - 01:04 .

[Kanner]

It... was the most anticipated game of the year?

And it sold well?

How does that even work?!

[Dridengx]

LegendaryBlade wrote...

A few things to consider.

Sales are likely to be frontloaded, a lot like DA2. Where it sells much higher than it's predecessor early on, but ultimately falls short in longterm sales.

False. It already sold more than any ME title. So I don't see where you claim it falls short of anything lol

[Vincent Rosevalliant]

Makes sense.
ME 1 and 2 were good -> ME3 sells better.

It's like Suikoden 4 being the worst Suikoden game of the series, while selling the most copy's. It's because 1-2-3 were good games. But because 4 was the worst, suikoden 5 did not sell well, even though it was great.
Success tends to skip a game.

A better example might have been DA:O -> Good DLC sales -> DA2 best sales -> less DLC sales -> discontinued DLC

The next game after this might just be doomed.

[jimmy_smith]

I see the pattern here,too.Vincent Rosevalliant

MGS2 is consider the worst in the series, but it's sell the most because MGS1 is great.
MGS3 is consider the best in the series, but it's sell number is lowest because MGS2 is bad.

The pattern is here, and we know it.

[Dragoonlordz]

IsaacShep wrote...

Fanatical retakes won't like this. You better run Calbeb!

Agreed. I created a thread which stated such results and more while back, a lot of those upset by the endings grasped at straws including members of retake among them, trying to switch and distract towards a few retailers who were selling the game cheaper, people trying to imply EA stock drops was due to ME3 and others claming returns were not accounted for. It was nonsense, the stock never dropped at all due to ME3, it in fact had risen due to ME3 and dropped when PGA12 came out. The sales are very good for ME3 contrary to their desires for it to fail so they would have some ammunition to use against Bioware. The fact is it is selling very well still, despite their best efforts to damage it.

More data.

ME3 PC VGC = 400,000
ME3 360 VGC = 2,250,000
ME3 PS3 VGC = 740,000

3.4 million to date (meaning just over a single month sales).

Modifié par Dragoonlordz, 13 avril 2012 - 02:52 .

[WarWolf7]

One of those links says 1.2M estimated.

[Blood-Lord Thanatos]

This is excellent news. thanks for the links, Calbeb

[Dridengx]

Vincent Rosevalliant wrote...

Makes sense.
ME 1 and 2 were good -> ME3 sells better.

It's like Suikoden 4 being the worst Suikoden game of the series, while selling the most copy's. It's because 1-2-3 were good games. But because 4 was the worst, suikoden 5 did not sell well, even though it was great.
Success tends to skip a game.

A better example might have been DA:O -> Good DLC sales -> DA2 best sales -> less DLC sales -> discontinued DLC

The next game after this might just be doomed.

Your theory is flawed and disproven. If that was the case I'll ruin your statement with this. Dragon Age Awakenings. funny how you left that out but mentioned DLCs lol. Anymore smoke and mirrors you want to show us to make a point against Bioware and Mass Effect 3?

Modifié par Dridengx, 13 avril 2012 - 03:05 .

[Quietness]

Dragoonlordz wrote...

IsaacShep wrote...

Fanatical retakes won't like this. You better run Calbeb!

Agreed. I created a thread which stated such results and more while back, a lot of those upset by the endings grasped at straws including members of retake among them, trying to switch and distract towards a few retailers who were selling the game cheaper, people trying to imply EA stock drops was due to ME3 and others claming returns were not accounted for. It was nonsense, the stock never dropped at all due to ME3, it in fact had risen due to ME3 and dropped when PGA12 came out. The sales are very good for ME3 contrary to their desires for it to fail so they would have some ammunition to use against Bioware. The fact is it is selling very well still, despite their best efforts to damage it.

More data.

ME3 PC VGC = 400,000
ME3 360 VGC = 2,250,000
ME3 PS3 VGC = 740,000

3.4 million to date (meaning just over a single month sales).

VGC is terrible they have posted discrepancies from 300k straight up to 2 million.

NPD Posted today and best we got from it so far is 

March 2012 Software Sales Chart•1). Mass Effect 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) - EA - Over 1.14 Million units

and

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg reports that Mass Effect 3 sold 943,000 units on Xbox 360, outselling the PlayStation 3 version 4 to 1.  

I cant wait to see how much is reported for Digital Download/ PC but VGC is really a terrible source.

Modifié par Quietness, 13 avril 2012 - 03:08 .

[Frailstrength]

Vincent Rosevalliant wrote...

Makes sense.
ME 1 and 2 were good -> ME3 sells better.

It's like Suikoden 4 being the worst Suikoden game of the series, while selling the most copy's. It's because 1-2-3 were good games. But because 4 was the worst, suikoden 5 did not sell well, even though it was great.
Success tends to skip a game.

A better example might have been DA:O -> Good DLC sales -> DA2 best sales -> less DLC sales -> discontinued DLC

The next game after this might just be doomed.

*chuckle* And the twisting begins. It will be more entertaining when people start saying that it was only the multiplayer that sold the extra copies (those will be the same people who said that the multiplayer would hurt sales). Also, don't forget to mention that the developers in Edmonton spent at least a month trying to figure out ways to make more money while at the same time hurting your desire to live. And then.... we can get into the discussion about how EA's money and budget had nothing to do with why ME2 and ME3 had such excellent production values (values that pretty much made ME1 look quaint by comparison). And after that, we will here how EA must have paid someone to lie about the sales numbers. That will be the consensus on the boards in a few days.

[Dragoonlordz]

Quietness wrote...

VGC is terrible they have posted discrepancies from 300k straight up to 2 million.

NPD Posted today and best we got from it so far is 

March 2012 Software Sales Chart•1). Mass Effect 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) - EA - Over 1.14 Million units (USA ONLY)

and

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg reports that Mass Effect 3 sold 943,000 units on Xbox 360, outselling the PlayStation 3 version 4 to 1.  

I cant wait to see how much is reported for Digital Download/ PC but VGC is really a terrible source.

NPD said ME3 has doubled what ME2 sold over same period. Also NPD only uses USA and does not include either UK and Europe or digital sales in that figure. You should know this if read it that is USA only data. I corrected your reply to reflect the truth incase your trying to mislead.

Modifié par Dragoonlordz, 13 avril 2012 - 03:26 .

[kbct]

"While exact sales numbers have not been made publicly available, NPD analyst Anita Frazier notes that "Mass Effect 3 sold more than twice as much as did Mass Effect 2 during its introductory month in January 2010." Back then, EA revealed that Mass Effect 2 sold more than two million copies in its first week, meaning at least four million copies of Mass Effect 3 have been sold-in to retailers (though sold-through numbers to consumers have yet to be announced)."

Am I missing something? Why do we care about sold-in numbers? Who cares how many copies were shipped to retailers?

I want sold-through numbers. I want to know how many were sold to customers.

[Calbeb]

Quietness wrote...

Dragoonlordz wrote...

IsaacShep wrote...

Fanatical retakes won't like this. You better run Calbeb!

Agreed. I created a thread which stated such results and more while back, a lot of those upset by the endings grasped at straws including members of retake among them, trying to switch and distract towards a few retailers who were selling the game cheaper, people trying to imply EA stock drops was due to ME3 and others claming returns were not accounted for. It was nonsense, the stock never dropped at all due to ME3, it in fact had risen due to ME3 and dropped when PGA12 came out. The sales are very good for ME3 contrary to their desires for it to fail so they would have some ammunition to use against Bioware. The fact is it is selling very well still, despite their best efforts to damage it.

More data.

ME3 PC VGC = 400,000
ME3 360 VGC = 2,250,000
ME3 PS3 VGC = 740,000

3.4 million to date (meaning just over a single month sales).

VGC is terrible they have posted discrepancies from 300k straight up to 2 million.

NPD Posted today and best we got from it so far is 

March 2012 Software Sales Chart•1). Mass Effect 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) - EA - Over 1.14 Million units

and

Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg reports that Mass Effect 3 sold 943,000 units on Xbox 360, outselling the PlayStation 3 version 4 to 1.  

I cant wait to see how much is reported for Digital Download/ PC but VGC is really a terrible source.

^ This is accurate for US boxed sales in March. That information was not available when I made the original post. The joystiq article linked was updated to include it.

Modifié par Calbeb, 13 avril 2012 - 03:33 .

[Calbeb]

Double Post

Modifié par Calbeb, 13 avril 2012 - 03:29 .