EA Q1 2018 Results (MEA 'significant contributor')

Except sales and quality are two different things. MEA probably sold on the trilogy's past glory. Which is probably why EA gave the franchise to the B team in the first place. No matter the result, the game would sell by name alone.

While MEA is a terrible Mass Effect game and an OK game by itself to me, it's a good thing for Bioware if EA is happy with the sales figures. AndI guess by extension that makes me somewhat glad too now that Casey Hudson is back and I have the tiniest sliver of hope that their next game will be better again.

It's cute when people whining about how they can't stand Andromeda not being exactly what they wanted have to spout this lame excuse.

I agree... and that's why I personally refrain from using the term myself here or anywhere else.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to prevent people from lumping me in with others here and saddling us with demeaning terms of their own (like "rabble")... and it hasn't stopped you from continuing to defend him and his actions despite all of that.

I have access to some paid sites through my job that provide transcripts of earnings calls, so I don't think I can help you there.

Not really an exscuse lol. Games DO sell based off previous iterations. It's why if one iteration is great then odds are the next one sells better, if the next one is bad then odds are the next one after suffers. It's also why most new ips don't gain ground without super marketing itself cause there's nothing to go off of.

the dude isn't wrong, I bought Andromeda because of "Mass Effect" on the title.

Don't know if this has been linked before:

www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-07-28-the-four-times-ea-mentioned-mass-effect-andromeda-in-its-financial-results

They don't seem too optimistic?

You wouldn't "seem optimistic" if your salary was based on catering to losers who desperately want to feel validated in their psychotic vendetta against a video game.

But hey, interesting how their conclusion is based less on EA specifically saying it was a "significant contributor" to their income and is instead based entirely on how they don't talk constantly about it like they talk about upcoming releases and things that have already been announced.

That's probably close to the truth. MEA didn't flop in sales, but it might not have reached EA's expectations either. Right now I believe they are not working in MEA other than MP and patches, but with Hudson back that might change. If I have to guess, either we will see nothing at all or a stand alone expansion like The Old Blood.

Man that one poster who likes the game and basically called out another for just playing the trial is getting hammered. Poor guy.

No Eurogamer's spin is "MEA made money but fuck it nothing going to happen."

I included PC sales in my calculation?
I pretty much counted all 3 platforms sales at once, for sake of simplicity and to not speculate how much each platform sold digital over physical.

And besides BF One's They Shall Not Pass DLC and micro-transactions from other games, not a whole lot to skew overall sales difference from physical to digital in same quarterly fiscal year.
So let's go with 40% of it is physical sales for all platforms? It's 4,15 million copies sold then.
What about exact 50-50? 3,32 million copies sold, just narrowly eking EA's expected sales.

I get the feeling people are just heavily underestimating PC sales. From the sound of it, PC version of ME:A may have outsold XBOne version. Although mainly thanks to many people switching to PS4 from X360, then from X360 to PC.


Also EA keeps mentioning this is mainly thanks to ME:A sales contribution, not due to DLC's and microtransactions. Also this is their best revenue ever before in that fiscal quarterly year. Which means, ME:A may have outsold ME2, ME3 and DA2. Sure DLC's and microtransactions are inflating overall revenue to know for sure about ME:A sales figures, but there's that.

With past EA statement they're happy with BioWare after release of ME:A, even with acknowledging polarized reception and being out of GOTY contender list, it's now very safe to say ME:A sold well. Just nothing to brag about, for sure, yet nothing to be disappointed about either.