Fri, Feb 12, 2010 | 03:07 GMT
Mass Effect 2 becomes best-selling January release ever in only one week
Shepard and the crew vas Normandy may have been leapfrogged by Nintendo’s portly plumber, but that didn’t stop Mass Effect 2 from taking home a nice consolation prize.
You know, nothing special. Just the award for best-selling January release ever.
“Previously the best selling January release was NFL Street for the PS2 in 2004, selling a little over 325,000 units in its first month. Typically, January sales are reserved for the overflow from the Holidays and whilst the industry has come to the conclusion long ago that games can succeed in the off-season, few publishers have dared to release a big AAA title in the January month since 2005 (Resident Evil 4 for the GameCube, January 2005,” EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich told Industry Gamers.
“Clearly, the success of three new releases, Mass Effect 2, Army of Two, and Darksiders is unequivocal proof that publishers should not avoid a January release date for their core targeted AAA titles,” he added.
Do you hear that? It’s as though millions of backlogs just cried out, and were suddenly silenced. Oh well. We think we’ll manage, somehow.
9 comments
#1
Psychotext
12/02/10, 3:12 am
Top notch stuff. Loved the game, now bring me some DLC!
#2
RGW1982
12/02/10, 3:33 am
That’s What Happens When There’s Literately No Competition.. All January Releases Were Garbage.
#3
Michael O’Connor
12/02/10, 4:20 am
“That’s What Happens When There’s Literately No Competition.. All January Releases Were Garbage.”
Yeah, Bayonetta is bloody terrible! And that Darksiders? Whatever, it’s pants!
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12/02/10, 5:07 am
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#5
Blerk
12/02/10, 8:30 am
Can we have RGW put to sleep now? He’s obviously suffering.
#6
The Hindle
12/02/10, 10:16 am
RGW1982 have you ever been on Jeremy Kyle by any chance you strike me as the kind of person to go on
#7
Mauller
12/02/10, 2:49 pm
Also, @RGW1982
Why are you putting a capital letter at the beginning of every word? Are you typing a title?
#8
Gheritt White
12/02/10, 3:00 pm
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#9
mightyhokie
12/02/10, 3:39 pm
All in all, this is probably the best game I’ve played….and that is saying something. Its pretty much flawless, and the story is top shelf, gameplay is tight, voice acting is the best, its just incredible….