Mass Effect 3 sales pass $200 million at retail
BioWare's end to the trilogy putting up solid numbers for EA
Mass Effect 3 is bringing in some strong retail sales for publisher Electronic Arts, who, as part of the fourth-quarter earnings announcement today, announced that BioWare's latest Mass Effect title managed to generate over $200 million in sales at retail.
The company, however, did not mention unit sales for Mass Effect 3 for either retail or digital. As of last month, the game had sold 1.3 million copies in the US.
It would appear that the outrage over Mass Effect 3's ending did not significantly harm the game's sales. BioWare tried to contain fans' furor by offering additional content for "further closure."
As someone who loved ME1, and really enjoyed ME2 - I was always going to buy ME3. And now that I have almost finished playing through ME3, I can definitely say that based on *this* play (hardcore diff, follow on from ME2 completion) the game is significantly worse/weaker than either of the previous titles.
The odds of me spending any money on future ME games has dropped significantly - especially if they are "managed" by EA. It appears to me they have done a fantastic job of destroying the franchise.
Posted:A year ago