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[InfoGuy101]

I don't think it really matters where the game is charted on the top 10 sales list of any kind. What does matter from a business perspective is how well it sold.

 

I know vghartz is considered very inaccurate but it's the only site I can think of that has any kind of numbers to work with on a world wide scale, so working with what's available until EA release sales figures on some kind here is a rough idea of how DA:I sold using vgchartz. 

 

Currently DA:I has sold 2.89 million copies (according to vgchartz tracking ending in Dec 2014) not including digital sales which can be 10% to 20% of games sales according to guesses from game sales analysis and gaming journalists (which I've read online and you can go cross check if you want with google)

 

So let's say DA:I has sold around 3 million in a one and half month period, which is better than the life time sales of DA2 which is 2.47 million (according to vgchartz tracking ending in Dec 2014).

 

I think with the available information DA:i is selling pretty ok, but that's just my view.

[LonewandererD]

Silly people, you can't use maths against him. Don't you know that maths can only be used to prove a point and loses power when used against you? Honestly though just because its not in the top ten doesn't make it a bomb. If I have eleven A grades students who are the highest scoring in the school and only post the scores of the top ten does that make the eleventh student a failure, nope

 

-D-

[dlux]

And one of the devs has already come out to confirm that Inquisitions sold much better than Origins in its opening weeks, which shows you how much ranking counts.

Maybe you were expecting an employee to confirm that the game didn't meet internal expectations (if that were true)? xD
 

And for the second month it didn't chart along with Inquisitions. Like I said, Origins failed. Sorry Dlux.

DA:O charted in it's first month (the most important month) although PC sales aren't included and the PS3 version was released 2 weeks afterwards.

DA:I didn't chart in its first month, although all versions were released on the same day and PC sales are included.

 

Not very hard to understand, but ok, believe what you want. heh

[LonewandererD]

Yet despite sales DA:I is still game of the year. Yeah, think sales are redundant at that point, the game was a success

 

-D-

[dlux]

vgchartz

VGChartz posts imaginary numbers.

 

Silly people, you can't use maths against him. Don't you know that maths can only be used to prove a point and loses power when used against you? Honestly though just because its not in the top ten doesn't make it a bomb. If I have eleven A grades students who are the highest scoring in the school and only post the scores of the top ten does that make the eleventh student a failure, nope

 

-D-

Games that don't chart in the top 10 have relatively low sales. DA:I didn't chart in the top 10 in Europe either.

 

AAA games need to sell very well in order to cover production costs, especially very expensive games like DA:I.

[LonewandererD]

So what, maybe its number 11. Again, just because it didn't chart doesn't mean the game is a flop. Instead of showing us chart that don't show the game as the best and you show the game as being the worst, otherwise I don't see any reason for there to not be a sequel. Shock and surprise there have been AAA that don't chart that still get sequels

 

-D-

[wolfhowwl]

Dragon Age: Inquisition never charted, although even PC sales are now included in NPD charts. The butchering of the franchise was in vain. 

 

Yeah, PC physical sales. We all know how relevant those are in 2014.

[zeypher]

Lol physical pc sales. I think most pc users go digital.

[AllThatJazz]

In that same NeoGAF thread, two pretty knowledgeable posters (Aquamarine and Shinobi) have stated the game has done fine. Aqua posts solid, reliable information (as opposed to hysterical hearsay) in every NPD thread, and stated that the game sold fine in November, and that not charting against the fall/winter big hitters does not equal 'sales bomb'. Which makes more sense than the Lulzy stuff posted by dlux. Shinobi, a very long-standing source of inside info on Bioware, has said EA is happy with the numbers.

Edit: yep, and that same thread posted sales of around 890k so far, that's US retail (non-digital) only. So easily in excess of 1 million retail worldwide, without factoring in digital sales. Maybe it didn't set the gaming world on fire (nor did the previous dragon age games), but Not bombed.

[LonewandererD]

So if EA is happy that means Bioware has pleased the masters and they get to live for another year, or game whichever comes first

 

-D-

[keyip]

Maybe you were expecting an employee to confirm that the game didn't meet internal expectations (if that were true)? xD

 

Generally what happens in those circumstances is silence. It's the most reliable source considering your charts don't give figures.

 

You may not like to hear it, but Origins flopped. Hard. But believe what you want, heh.

[xkg]

*Looks* @ December 2014 Top 10 List -> Just Dance ... who even buys shovelware poo like this one ?

 

Spoiler

[Miggs]

Top 10 list is probably dominated by the 10 - 20 year old age bracket.

That ain't where DA is.

[SirGladiator]

The fact that they've already sold 2.89 million, and I assume that doesn't even count the digital copies (which will be a pretty huge number), that's quite impressive for just a couple months of sales.  It seems likely at this point, that DAI will be the best selling game in Bioware history, perhaps by a sizable margin.

[katokires]

Top 10 list is probably dominated by the 10 - 20 year old age bracket.

That ain't where DA is.

There ain't where DA is? Depends. DAI is deffinetly the same mindless bullshit and it is there, and losing.

Previous Bioware games however are different.

 

I really hope the franchise ends. I wish the end of this game. I know it is selling A LOT, and will sell more than Origins for sure, but I really hope they spent like ten times more money making Inquisition and that 3 million copies mean FAILURE, I hope they were wishing at least 10 million, PLEASE GOD LET THEM FAIL.

Nothing would make me more happy than seeing developers crying in despair for losing their possibility to keep telling the Thedas story in AAA games would make me the most happy person in the story of the universe.

[theluc76]

There ain't where DA is? Depends. DAI is deffinetly the same mindless bullshit and it is there, and losing.

Previous Bioware games however are different.

 

I really hope the franchise ends. I wish the end of this game. I know it is selling A LOT, and will sell more than Origins for sure, but I really hope they spent like ten times more money making Inquisition and that 3 million copies mean FAILURE, I hope they were wishing at least 10 million, PLEASE GOD LET THEM FAIL.

Nothing would make me more happy than seeing developers crying in despair for losing their possibility to keep telling the Thedas story in AAA games would make me the most happy person in the story of the universe.

DAO is still there to enjoy, and I still do. So far Origins is the only Dragon Age game.

 

Let EA leech their drones wallets. No need to rage as its time to let go, EA scrapped DA, its over. 

[ikarinokami]

for what this game costs, those sales numbers are terrible. Never will understand why bioware felt the need to so alter their biggest selling game ever.

 

The fact that you can find it at 50% off at so many places this soon after release lets you know how underwhelming the sales have been. Madden doesn't go on sale in the first two months.

 

they need to split the games. one line for those for wanted Baldur's gate perfected

 

and the other line for them to try "new things" and "innovate"

 

I am going to die laughing if this game gets outsold by Pillars of Eternity.

[Lebanese Dude]

*Looks* @ December 2014 Top 10 List -> Just Dance ... who even buys shovelware poo like this one ?

Spoiler

Well it's Christmas season.

When you want to buy a gift for little Timmy, you default to buying games that are relatively generic, presumably fun for everyone, and/or allow him to shoot prostitites in a drive-by.

[xkg]

There ain't where DA is? Depends. DAI is deffinetly the same mindless bullshit and it is there, and losing.

Previous Bioware games however are different.

 

I really hope the franchise ends. I wish the end of this game. I know it is selling A LOT, and will sell more than Origins for sure, but I really hope they spent like ten times more money making Inquisition and that 3 million copies mean FAILURE, I hope they were wishing at least 10 million, PLEASE GOD LET THEM FAIL.

Nothing would make me more happy than seeing developers crying in despair for losing their possibility to keep telling the Thedas story in AAA games would make me the most happy person in the story of the universe.

 

Seriously it's hard to tell, but is it some kind of sarcasm ?

I don't like DA:I so I wish they will change the direction in the next one, but why would you want them to fail completely, is there anything you would gain from that personally? Unless your wish is out of pure spite I can't find any other logical reason.

[Matt VT Schlo]

DA:I got me to buy a copy - first for me in this series. My brother got one and he was the same way. Its not how you just out of the gates, but how you sustain that race.......

 

I love how some doom and gloom a great game cause it fails to be a carbon copy of the original.

[pdusen]

they need to split the games. one line for those for wanted Baldur's gate perfected

 

and the other line for them to try "new things" and "innovate"

 

Franchises that don't innovate are either Call of Duty or dead.

 

And this isn't Call of Duty.

[katokires]

Seriously it's hard to tell, but is it some kind of sarcasm ?

I don't like DA:I so I wish they will change the direction in the next one, but why would you want them to fail completely, is there anything you would gain from that personally? Unless your wish is out of pure spite I can't find any other logical reason.

No logical reason at all. Well... perhaps... logically do you picture the franchise going back to what DAO was? If not, then it is completely logical. If you do, I'm just being hateful.

If they turn Street Fighter into a Mario Kart clone is it unlogical to wish the franchise ends?

Of course there is no pure logic, neither there is in wanting a franchise to continue, it isn't at all about logic, but given that it is something subjective there is logic in my subjectivity, if that is what you ask. Given that there is no logic in life, in existence, in the concept of self or in the very idea of logic, well, I guess I'm being logical enough.

[WillieStyle]

No logical reason at all. Well... perhaps... logically do you picture the franchise going back to what DAO was? If not, then it is completely logical. If you do, I'm just being hateful.
If they turn Street Fighter into a Mario Kart clone is it unlogical to wish the franchise ends?
Of course there is no pure logic, neither there is in wanting a franchise to continue, it isn't at all about logic, but given that it is something subjective there is logic in my subjectivity, if that is what you ask. Given that there is no logic in life, in existence, in the concept of self or in the very idea of logic, well, I guess I'm being logical enough.

I picture someone earnestly trying to communicate ideas to others and coming up with this post. I despair for my species.