How well is MEA selling?

Fallout 4 despite it faults, has a very active player base right now. Even a game as old as skyrim still is pretty active. 

Fallout 4 has an active player base as well, partly because of player access to Mods. Those have added new types of gameplay and fun to that game that will keep me going back for a long time....at least until the next Fallout.

That sort of longevity isn't part of EA's business model, though.

The original Skyrim was still a top seller on Steam. Years later there are still screenshots on almost every online forum showcasing new shaders, new player made armor and graphics. If the game was a one and done it would never still be in public consciousness the way it is now. 

If it did not contribute to sales and revenue Bethesda would not have doubled down and focused on an easy way to get mods to players. Witcher 3 has a strong modding community as well and that also has helped the game's bottom line and fanbase grow, and it has helped to keep the title top of mind. 470,000 customers downloaded a mod and endorsed it, that activity has an impact and factors into a customer's purchase. Keeping your customer engaged in your title for years has a direct impact on your sales for your next title. If they play it, and shelve it by the time your next game or sequel comes around you need to spend more money to re-engage your customer. People flocked to Skyrim Special Edition in droves, many of them had never actually deleted the original and the ease of getting those mods and "new" content contributed to Skyrim SE sales. They sold almost 1 million units retail in the first week!  

if ME:A could be modded most of the negativity on this board would not be here, powers would be buffed, guns would be adjusted and the conversation would be around what were the best mods. We would have "Realism" Mods and conversion mods. There would be a buzz, and excitement rather than the general gloom that seems to be in every other post. Players would create mod packs to make the game what they wanted it to be. Customer engagement is even more important for

Customer engagement is even more important for ME:A because of multiplayer. New things to do in Single Player means more people available to hop over to multiplayer matches. I didn't play ME:A for multiplayer, but I tried it due to my engagement in the Single Player game. You can never make enough DLC to offset the loss in excitement and reach of an active player modding community. 

You can never make enough DLC to offset the loss in engagement and reach of an active player modding community. You can't practically make enough DLC to offset that loss. 

I highly doubt the game is going to flop commercially, it probably will be considered a flop by the people who go online and post about games, but that isn't the large part of the purchasing power anymore.

This is a checklist game, but not an EA checklist, but a fan checklist.  Look at all the features in the game and those are things that people have been saying are needed in a Mass Effect game. People wanted large worlds to roam with a rover, a lot of interactions with your squad, fluid combat, crafting system, and more.

I agree what you said about BioWare should listen to their fans and if they do they'll never be in this position that they're in in the first place.

And that's exactly what I wanted all of the above but they've failed to deliver.

This is just a personal guess but I think EA wanted them to hit the 2-3 million copies sold. Since ME3 hit 1.7? Let me go look...


www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Mass+effect+3

Ahh, ok, so just the 360 sales alone hit 1.9

Interesting.