It will outsell ME2. Calling it here.
Brand recognition has reached an all-time high for Mass Effect, and it's the "conclusion" to the trilogy. Think of all the people who in the past few years have purchased ME1 and/or 2 used (which doesn't count for sales) and now want to finish the story. Additionally there is now a multiplayer feature (which will likely require an online pass) so more people will want to buy it new as opposed to at 55$ week 2 used.
Very, very simple economics behind this.
Brand recognition has reached an all-time high for Mass Effect, and it's the "conclusion" to the trilogy. Think of all the people who in the past few years have purchased ME1 and/or 2 used (which doesn't count for sales) and now want to finish the story. Additionally there is now a multiplayer feature (which will likely require an online pass) so more people will want to buy it new as opposed to at 55$ week 2 used.
Less than Skyrim.
http://www.ggsgamer.com/2010/11/08/bethesda-announce-record-sales-figures-for-fallout-new-vegas/The follow-up to 2008′s Game of the Year Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas has exceeded all expectations, shifting an incredible five million retail copies at launch.
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http://www.ggsgamer.com/2010/11/08/bethesda-announce-record-sales-figures-for-fallout-new-vegas/The follow-up to 2008′s Game of the Year Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas has exceeded all expectations, shifting an incredible five million retail copies at launch.
An amazing success for BF 3 .
More than 3 millions.
ME3 will have an action mode, with a default set route for conversations so that you won't have to make a choice, and thus can't make a particularly "wrong" choice since it will go through something akin to a canon view of ME. Multiplayer. Shock intro sequence in Call of Duty's vein.. and the story will probably make more sense if you didn't play the first ME and didn't see how powerful the reapers were supposed to be. Since in ME3 you have all the time in the world to escape alone without the support of a fleet, have the time to come back and save the earth since the reapers will actually wait for you, or something. C'mon, the most advanced "civilization" of the universe, capable of annihilating (and having done so) all intelligent life and it will take them that much time to make a human reaper or whatever it is they want to do with the earth ?
ME3 is going to be Bioware biggest hit, and probably the first step toward making pure third person shooters because if that game is a success, with the direction it took, it can only mean that they will want to take even more of that juicy market. Maybe they'll even try FPS..
http://www.ggsgamer.com/2010/11/08/bethesda-announce-record-sales-figures-for-fallout-new-vegas/The follow-up to 2008′s Game of the Year Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas has exceeded all expectations, shifting an incredible five million retail copies at launch.
Moreover, Obsidian's post-New-Vegas success will cause it to now begin outselling BioWare games, and everytime BioWare breaks a new threshold, Obsidian would have already crossed it earlier.
It will fail to break the 4 million sales barrier.
Moreover, Obsidian's post-New-Vegas success will cause it to now begin outselling BioWare games, and everytime BioWare breaks a new threshold, Obsidian would have already crossed it earlier.
ME3 is going to be Bioware biggest hit, and probably the first step toward making pure third person shooters because if that game is a success, with the direction it took, it can only mean that they will want to take even more of that juicy market. Maybe they'll even try FPS..
Sadly you are correct even if Fallout is more of an Obsidian franchise than Bethesda's.Unless Obsidian decides to stay Bethesda's bitch and focus on making sequels or spinoffs of their games, they will NOT outsell Bioware. Not with their own games anyway.
This influx of Mass Effect popamolers means that BF3 will soon be set to "Easy" difficulty.
Moreover, Obsidian's post-New-Vegas success will cause it to now begin outselling BioWare games, and everytime BioWare breaks a new threshold, Obsidian would have already crossed it earlier.
I doubt it. Origin will kill part of the PC sales, the bad demo killed some more, and the insane ammount of DLCs means that unless you spend 800 USD in DLC you won't get all content anyway, so buying it used and losing one doens't make any difference (multiplayer doesn't required online pass IIRC). Also, it's the end of the trilogy, I expect that in less than a year we will get the aweshum "Mass Effect Trilogy GOTY Boxset", with all 3 games and DLCs, so late buyers will keep waiting for it.It will outsell ME2. Calling it here.
Brand recognition has reached an all-time high for Mass Effect, and it's the "conclusion" to the trilogy. Think of all the people who in the past few years have purchased ME1 and/or 2 used (which doesn't count for sales) and now want to finish the story. Additionally there is now a multiplayer feature (which will likely require an online pass) so more people will want to buy it new as opposed to at 55$ week 2 used.
Very, very simple economics behind this.