3.5 Million Copies of Mass Effect 3 Have Invaded Earth

[Lunar Templar]

Even if they don't sell all of them, it's fair to say they'll be Reaping huge profits.

One might even say that offering the early bonus mission was ... wait for it ... Massively Effective.

the bad puns, they BURN!!! *flails*

 

[Scars Unseen]

I still have chosen not to buy the game because I will not be strongarmed into using Origin.

This one is curious. This one wonders if you feel the same way about playing Valve games. This one notes that it is reasonable to expect a company to use its own service when distributing its games.

 

[Sartan0]

Still haven't bought it, don't plan to either until an Origin free version shows up.

Enjoy you wait, the day it goes Origin free is the day Mr Satan skates to work. It would like valve selling half life esp3 without steam

None the less we are not getting it. Sad but voting with your dollar is the only way to go. EA will likely end up like Ubi-soft for me. Aka: never buy anything they put out on the PC.

 

[Bvenged]

One might even say that offering the early bonus mission was ... wait for it ... Massively Effective.

Bad pun is bad... *chuckle*

Considering most of us Escapists called bullshit on this one, saying it was despicable (to say the least), I really wonder how many hypocrites we have on this site? I'm not calling anyone out as the 40% sales of the day-one DLC could have been composed entirely from people who are not on this site, but as a rule of statistics 40% of the people on this site who bought the game, bought the DLC...

I really do wonder how many of those argued & revoked the idea of the DLC, claiming chastity, just to go and hand over their cash anyway?

Because I'll be honest, I was tempted to get it too. But it is a disgusting move by dev/pub nevertheless so I stood by my motives and did not get it. Now I've saved myself £10 and know I wasn't exploited. Good times.

 

[Sartan0]

I still have chosen not to buy the game because I will not be strongarmed into using Origin.

This one is curious. This one wonders if you feel the same way about playing Valve games. This one notes that it is reasonable to expect a company to use its own service when distributing its games.

Certainly and it is reasonable for someone to not buy something because they do not approve of the cost in privacy a company tries to take in exchange for their 'service'. Much like how I don't use Facebook as I do not like what they demand in exchange for their 'service'.

 

[ServebotFrank]

One might even say that offering the early bonus mission was ... wait for it ... Massively Effective.

Considering most of us Escapists called bullshit on this one, saying it was despicable (to say the least), I really wonder how many hypocrites we have on this site? I'm not calling anyone out as the 40% sales of the day-one DLC could have been composed entirely from people who are not on this site, but as a rule of statistics 40% of the people on this site went and bought it...

I really do wonder how many of those argued & revoked the idea of the DLC, claiming chastity, just to go and hand over their cash anyway?

Because I'll be honest, I was tempted to get it too. But it is a disgusting move by dev/pub nevertheless so I stood by my motives and did not get it. Now I've saved myself £10 and know I wasn't exploited. Good times.

I guarantee everyone complaining about the dlc went ahead and bought it anyway. Similar to the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott.

 

[Scars Unseen]

A good game, unfortunately released by a band of massive fuckheads who work for a company that deserves to go totally bankrupt (at least marketing/sales-wise).

I still have chosen not to buy the game because I will not be strongarmed into using Origin.

This one is curious. This one wonders if you feel the same way about playing Valve games. This one notes that it is reasonable to expect a company to use its own service when distributing its games.

This one wonders whether or not you're aware that Origin is a digital distribution platform that charges full-on, store-copy prices for it's games. This one thinks you need to spend a little time reading up on the differences between EA's marketing and the way they've handled sales via Origin, and the way Valve do the same via steam. This one thinks you must not be aware of the fact that EA have barely hidden the fact that they decided to use a shoddy, semi-broken platform in the hopes of carving away at Steam's dominance as a platform purely for the purposes of fattening their own wallets without realising that Steam's success is largely due to convenience, low prices and ridiculously good deals.

This one is of the commonly-held opinion that EA have simply saddled their PC customer base with significant inconvenience all for the sake of charging store prices despite not having to pay retail costs or the price of having to manufacture as many game disks. This one doesn't think it's unreasonable for Valve to do the same thing provided that Valve offer a good service (which they do) at reasonable prices (which they also do) that is non-restrictive (yup) and is starting to actively facillitate user-made content (workshops!).

This one wonders if you always go on long winded rants rather than addressing the issue others mention. This one notes that Yureina accused EA of a tactic also pursued by Valve. This one merely wants to know if Yureina holds other companies to the same standard.


Okay. I can't keep that up. Basically, there are differences between Origin and Steam(but not so many as you seem to think), but I think that people should think about what they tolerate in other companies before they complain about it in another. Valve also makes customers pay retail prices for most new and semi-new games(e.g. Skyrim is still $59.99), and EA does have games that are not at full retail price(at least in Japan). There is anecdotal evidence that Valve's customer service can be bad at times, just as there is with EA(though EA's gets more attention). Whether the Workshops are a good idea or not remains to be seen(depends on how restrictive it gets), but it is certainly not filling a void, as user content got distributed just fine without it.

Origin currently has a bad rap partially based on fact, partially based on blind nerd rage, and often based on criteria that applies to Steam in equal measure(with much less outrage). Most of the people who decry the platform seem to have forgotten Steam's own growing pains, or maybe they just weren't using the service back then. I don't buy games from Origin personally because I refuse to pay the Yen exchange rate when I can just order from Amazon, but I don't get upset about Origin dependent games any more than I do about Steamworks games(which is to say that I wish neither existed, but it's not going to stop me from buying a game).

 

[Scarim Coral]

I bet the executives at GAME must be either raging/ weeping or kicking themselves for the potential profits they would of gotten if they had the game in the first place.

 

[Yureina]

I still have chosen not to buy the game because I will not be strongarmed into using Origin.

This one is curious. This one wonders if you feel the same way about playing Valve games. This one notes that it is reasonable to expect a company to use its own service when distributing its games.

This one doesn't feel the same way about Valve games, since you can buy Valve games on Origin too [http://store.origin.com/store/ea/en_US/pd/productID.81565900/sac.true].

Edit: In all honesty though, it's about trust. Even if the "spyware" issue apparently has been resolved, I don't trust EA to not try to pull some more shady bullshit on it's customers who use Origin. They have a bad record and everyone knows it. Also, when it comes to ME3 (and BF3 for that matter), they took series' that had been distributed and usable either with DRM-stores (Like Steam) or fresh out of the box with no DRM and made everyone use their service without a choice. Valve isn't perfect, but I trust them more than I will ever trust EA.

Call me hypocritical if you wish, since I am a known Steam whore, but I will not be strongarmed into using a service I don't want to use. By anyone.

I'm not raging, trying to cause a scene, or attempting to convert anyone else to my feelings. I simply am sticking to my own personal viewpoints and standards. And that is all that really matters.

Origin currently has a bad rap partially based on fact, partially based on blind nerd rage, and often based on criteria that applies to Steam in equal measure(with much less outrage). Most of the people who decry the platform seem to have forgotten Steam's own growing pains, or maybe they just weren't using the service back then.

Also, this argument is bollocks. Nobody cares about Steam's past anymore because of what it is today. In turn, Origin isn't competing with the Steam of 8 years ago, but the one of today. Competitors have to be good in the present to be considered worth any attention. That's why in the MMO scene so many new MMO's get butchered by WoW.

 

[Freechoice]

I am glad to say I am not part of the 40%. I am not boycotting the game. Oh no, of course not. If you want them to know that what they are doing is wrong you must show them how many people will purchase the game without the DLC... which, as it turns out, failed miserably. I have no faith in consumers.

EA finds your lack of faith... enterprising.

Of course, they probably did lose sales because of Totalbiscuit and the leaks. That's saying something, but it's not enough. It's never enough and that's why triple A games continue to slide. Gamers don't grow up. Sad fact for the medium.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I bet the executives at GAME must be either raging/ weeping or kicking themselves for the potential profits they would of gotten if they had the game in the first place.

Badassfully.

Then maybe GAME shouldn't have lost the game.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

I am proud to say I brought on day 1 and got the "evil" DLC and I am enjoying the game.

Also you do know know that a origin free version is impossible on the pc unless pirated, also origin is not evil.

This. Well, except for the part I struck through. Replace that with "I got it on the PS3, so I don't need to worry about Origins, just slightly glichy servers."

I understand the Origins haters in principle. My response: go get the game on PS3 or X-Box360. Download an appropriate save file and transfer via USB (will work on PS3 - don't know about X-Box).

 

[Scars Unseen]

Edit: In all honesty though, it's about trust. Even if the "spyware" issue apparently has been resolved, I don't trust EA to not try to pull some more shady bullshit on it's customers who use Origin. They have a bad record and everyone knows it. Also, when it comes to ME3 (and BF3 for that matter), they took series' that had been distributed and usable either with DRM-stores (Like Steam) or fresh out of the box with no DRM and made everyone use their service without a choice. Valve isn't perfect, but I trust them more than I will ever trust EA.

Call me hypocritical if you wish, since I am a known Steam whore, but I will not be strongarmed into using a service I don't want to use. By anyone.

I wouldn't call you a hypocrite at all. I'm just thinking that people should be honest about what really bothers them about the service, and your above statement nailed it. If you don't trust a business, there's no reason why you should deal with them at all, given a choice. Despite the similar written policies, Valve is trusted a lot more than EA by quite a few people, myself included, and that colors the way they look at the two platforms. How this affects each individual's purchase decisions varies, of course. For me, it means I don't purchase purely digital versions from Origin(where I do from Steam), but I'm not bothered so much as long as I have a physical copy to fall back on. Obviously for you, the distrust goes a bit further, and there is nothing wrong with that.

 

[Screamarie]

This just reminds me of how much I'm NOT playing ME3 now *SAD* Mine is still shipping. It's in a town that's only for hours away but the wonderful people at the U.S. Postal Service decided I didn't deserve my game within a timely manner and now I probably won't get it until at least Monday.

So to all you UK complainers from the less than 24 hours to me3 thread that it wasn't coming out until friday, I hope you're happy.

 

[Phlakes]

Even if the end is rumoured to be disappointing, It will still be one of my favourite game franchises of all time.

That all depends on what you're expecting from it.

Spoiler: Extremely general, vague, basically not-spoilery-at-all spoilers here just in case people don't want any preconceptions shot down

If you just remember it's Shepard's story, it should be satisfying enough. And it's not like anyone should've expected a 20 minute celebration scene like the end of Return of the Jedi in the first place. But more open-ended conclusions aren't for everyone.

 

[Arkayn]

I', not going to read everyones comments but I did skim and everyone missed one VERY IMPORTANT DETAIL, and that detail is the From Ashes day one DLC was included with the collectors editon.

So you could say 35% bought the collectors edition and 5% actually bought it seperate for example.

So lets not get too upset and enjoy our game. the first may be better or worse etc but in it's own right, ME3 is still a very good game on a whole.

 

[Klagermeister]

Shame I have to wait a few more days before I can play it...
I purchased it at the midnight release, but I swore off video games for a month-ish (ending on my birthday on wednesday).

Just a few more days... Just a few more days....