EA Says Mass Effect 2 Has Sold 2 Million Units
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Hey, you guys remember in ME2 when that stuff happened? Good times...BrotherhoodOfSteel said:
...so you're complaining that the combat is better, even though I've yet to meet a single person who saw the combat in ME1 as something other than a necessary evil to get to the story? Whatever man, whatever.lockeslylcrit said:
I don't agree with that. There have been a lot of prolific games that have tried to beat us with the moral choice stick out of sheer bandwagon obligation. Fallout 3, GTA IV, BioShock... hell, Infamous made such a huge deal about it, but the resulting moral choice system just felt silly and forced. I'd say the modern gaming world would be quite different without the likes of KOTOR and Mass Effect. No one does it as well as BioWare, though; that much is certain.Grampy_bone said:
On topic, congrats are in order for ME2's success. They absolutely deserve it. Bring on the legions of people who pretend they're indifferent to the game because they don't own an Xbox 360!
40 perfect scores and tied for highest metacritic score on the Xbox 360!? Now THAT'S something to put on a resume!
Dommyboy said:
scotth266 said:
The game wasn't only pirated on PC. Many people have modded Xboxes still and pirate games, it's just that the majority of pirates are PC gamers.Keivz said:
I know that the game was pirated by the masses still, though the game was so popular and well done that the about of buyers overcome the pirates in a way. Mass Effect 2 was available by torrent almost a week before it's official launch anyway, though the game still succeeded, as shown by these numbers. Which is different with other titles, like if a game fails, it is because the game itself is poorly made, not because of the pirates. Piracy is just a thing all developers must face.
I know that some people mod Xboxes to pirate games... and PS3s may be joining the piracy game soon to boot.Dommyboy said:
However, going by common sense, pirates wouldn't seek to pirate pirated shitty games. So therefore the developers that make good games suffer more, because their games draw more attention, and therefore more piracy. Which means that piracy is still their biggest problem, because while they can make a profit off of their games, they have to be counting on a certain part of the "consumers" that they plan to sell the game to will just steal it.
How many MORE good games could we have coming out of Bioware if nobody pirated their stuff? What about 2D Boy, the makers of World of Goo, whose creation was not only almost universally praised, but universally pirated (at a 90% piracy rate)? These studios are essentially watching a lot of potential earnings being stolen from them. The profits that studios make off their games fund future projects and expansion, and allow them to make more risky development decisions: because of this, anything that threatens the bottom line is incredibly detrimental to them.
Agreed.JeanLuc761 said:
True. Though I disagree with perfect score of any game so far made by humanity. ME2 has been an large improvement over ME1, but not perfect.Crimsane said:
Also, I'm enjoying my copy of ME2 I got yesterday (I'm a brit, hence the release date).
I guess......its still their first FPS as far as I am concerned.... I swear modern gaming and film are the only things where you can take all the good stuff out of,lower the qaulity of and reduce options of and people come running by the zombie horde for more........
Oh and DA is half a game....albeit ok to good game....but still quit unpolished and unfinished......
Oh and DA is half a game....albeit ok to good game....but still quit unpolished and unfinished......