Comments on: Mass Effect 2 sells 2 million in launch week

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:39:59 +0000

Just completed it. So, so awesome.

Will wait for a little more DLC before I do a second playthrough though.

By: The Hindle

The Hindle — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:32:07 +0000

Can see it doing 3m total sales, Bioshick 2 and Avp ae just around the corner so going to be intresting in the next few weeks

By: onlineatron

onlineatron — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:36:10 +0000

Got it today for my birthday (WISH ME HAPPY BDAY NOW!) but haven’t had a chance to play it.

I’m too busy being pathetic and letting my ex-gf take me out for the day.

By: BabyJesus

BabyJesus — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:55:04 +0000

Bioware getting the numbers they deserve, there is a gaming god.

By: Hunam

Hunam — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:07:26 +0000

That’s and odd statement considering Bioware have a loyal and large PC fanbase.

By: mescalineeyes

mescalineeyes — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:00:18 +0000

also, its not really multiplatform, no matter how much PC kids are trying to prove they matter — they don’t, at least not sales wise.

By: The_Villa

The_Villa — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:16:51 +0000

You know, the realase week for this game started 3 days ago.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:18:29 +0000

2m sales is great after the first few days. Who on earth would think it wasn’t? No-one is that stupid.

By: The Hindle

The Hindle — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:04:04 +0000

Its good i can see it being in me top 3 of this year and its good to see people think 2m is good sales. Most people dont

By: Uncontested

Uncontested — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:43:26 +0000

What I want to see is how many of those are on PC and how many are 360, considering the first game wasn’t put onto PC for a while after it was released on 360.

By: Pyrix

Pyrix — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:42:14 +0000

Played it for about 4 hours now, and it is very good, I’m just not sure I like the ammo system, definitely makes it too much like a shooter.

I’m free all day tomorrow so will really get stuck into it, and hopefully it will enthrall me as much as Mass Effect 1 and Dragon Age: Origins did. It definitely looks that way so far.

By: OlderGamer

OlderGamer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:17:30 +0000

These are FF type numbers. But I do agree, this game is less RPG in the traditional sense. However I do think that more and more game generas will cross blend in the near future. I think it is good sense to add some type of RPGish style to most games. It adds depth and conection that games would otherwise lack.

A good example would be CoDs “levels”/perks. We can see it in other games too.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:04:00 +0000

I’m really getting into it now. Didn’t seem to be pressing the Mass Effect buttons for me at the start but it’s growing on me in a big way.

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:00:34 +0000

My only issue with the game is static squadmate armor even the different outfits you get after doing the loyalty missions, its the same outfit just different colors. Also the scanning minigame for minerals most boring thing ever.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:55:24 +0000

I’ve played an hour-and-a-half and oh my god, this is… amazing.

Already. Everything is amazing about this game. Words fail me.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:31:27 +0000

First four days would probably sound even better.

By: Seraphemz

Seraphemz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:48:57 +0000

has it been a week already? I thought it came out Tuesday…

By: zoopdeloop

zoopdeloop — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:34:41 +0000

Developers did a very well done job here…ME is one of the shooters i truly admire since it has RPg elements and isn’t just an ordinary generic shooter.

@12 Winning what?turn the fanboyism on eh?as i recall these sales are for 360 and PC

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:31:40 +0000

@13 Agreed.

It really is a great game, I have spent multiple hours walking around in the new Normandy, its freakin huge! My favorite character is Moridan, He is a complex character by far my favorite along with Jack, she is just a complete bitch.

By: The Hindle

The Hindle — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:31:35 +0000

An example of how bad the other forums are is with EG,Something compleatly unrelated to the Ps3 or the 360 but it turned into a fanboy war thats how pathetic its getting

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:28:44 +0000

And more to the point, the insinuation that RPG’s are somehow bad sellers is fucking insane.

DAO, Oblivion, Fallout… And now Mass Effect. That genre is in no short demand.

By: endgame

endgame — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:26:15 +0000

“I mean for an RPG that has to be impressive.” it’s not. it’s a 3rd person shooter first and then a rpg. dao is a rpg.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:20:05 +0000

Very amazing.

I don’t know how the 360 does this. I am starting to think it’s the mixture of it being the winning platform, and it’s social network.

There’s no reason this shouldnt happen elsewhere.

By: Goliath

Goliath — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:15:31 +0000

I don’t read the comments at N4G anymore. I don’t even read the articles depending on the source. I’ll admit that VG247 has the most civil comment section I’ve seen but there aren’t as many posters as other sites. Many of the commenters seem to regularly post and are quite civil even when they disagree. I don’t know if this site’s comment section even has a mod or why it would even need one.

By: Gheritt White

Gheritt White — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:08:59 +0000

N4g used to be really good and the site still does its job as an aggregator. The comments are just comedy though – I’m perpetually fearful VG247′s comments end up like N4G’s (or CVG’s, or EG’s for that matter).

By: Goliath

Goliath — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:05:09 +0000

Who runs N4G? That site needs to be burnt to the groud. I swear, everyone who posts there must be 15 years old.

@ reask

Considering they’ve heavily marketed the game as a competent shooter rather than mediocre RPG, it’s not surprising.

By: reask

reask — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:02:29 +0000

Wow that is MW2 type figures.
I mean for an RPG that has to be impressive.

By: The Hindle

The Hindle — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:58:52 +0000

Wouldnt go to N4G full of idiots Gherrit

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:57:27 +0000

SHIFT’S OVER!

[/runs to nearest GAME to get 360 CE]

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:53:02 +0000

Very impressive. Top notch game.