Mass Effect Andromeda in third place for NPD March 2017 Report

It is pointless comparing ME:A's launch to ME1 and 2. ME1 launch was XBOX360 only and ME2's was XBOX360 and PC only.

ME3 is the only reasonable comparison.

Just going to comment after only reading a couple of posts.

I do have a couple of problems with just saying "it ranked x for the month" and then making conclusions based on a simple ranking. EA doesn't share its internal numbers ever, even games like FIFA, Madden, or The Sims which seem to print money for EA they don't talk about copies sold, so I highly doubt they had access to Origin sales (not saying it might have happened, I just won't assume they do). Another problem is even if they aren't first doesn't mean they didn't reach internal predictions for sales, back in the Q3 financial statement EA forecast that Andromeda is expected to have three million units sold in the first week, both Breath of the Wild and Tom Clancy games could have sold a lot more then that for they have hardcore fanbases that probably would still buy those games if all it was is an IOU in the box. The final problem is Breath of the Wild was released March 3rd, Wildlands was released March 7th, and Andromeda was released March 21st which gives the games in #1 and #2 two to three times the amount of time on the shelf.

Of course with all that said you could be right and they could be well below the three million copies sold they forecast, but I think that would be the only situation where EA would do anything negative against BioWare otherwise they met the goals EA had for the game.

Nice alternative facts there - Andromeda was 25% off TWO DAYS after launch. It's been more discounted than either of those two games.

Google "Mass Andromeda sales" and youre meet with a huge list of sites offering cheap deals.

any of you ever read some comments on youtube?
The amount of hate and FALSE flak in all andromeda's videos is staggering.
The hate bandwagon has been on mass effect while other mediocre games get praised (nier aytomata, i own it, story and is for 14yo kids).
On the other hand you see GtaV selling millions.... a game which is boring af and the excessive handholding in aim.

I know that since a long time: the masses are made of consumers with shallow taste and shallow mindset.
Wildlands and other ubisoft type games seliing tons is proof that alone.

I'd like to point out that Ghost Recon Wildlands got shitty reviews across the board and is still topping the charts, so if this means anything at all it's that most people don't give a flying fuck about reviews.

It's metacritic score is actually lower that Mass Effect so really, what is the point of this thread?

Zelda, a fucking system seller, sells less than that shitty game. What's the point, honestly?

Oh it's you again, the dude who thinks the USA = the entire world. Talk about alternative facts, huh?

P.s. I googled exactly that and I didn't get a huge list. Not even a tiny list. In fact, the only discount I see was a launch deal that isn't applicable anymore. You persistent liar.

Dutch is your ass sore yet? All this ass talking it must be. How the hell do you reach that conclusion? MEA was against massive releases that appeal to casual gamers and hardcore. ME has a much smaller audience and still managed 3rd place. That's actually good.

I'd be interested in seeing how the game sold after you take out the pre-orders, or what was the drop off week one to week two. Those would paint a better picture than just raw sales numbers.

Honestly, it would probably be a good thing if they missed their numbers, because if there isn't some sort of penalty for releasing a game in the state they did, it would just cause a more aggressive budget projection next time, a more aggressive deadlines.

They said they expected three million in the first few days and 30-50% of the games total sales in the first week or so, selling six million overall. Those are pretty much what ME3's numbers were. So if the game didn't have as successful a launch as ME3, than they may be behind their budget. But who knows.

I agree.  I don't think MEA was bad enough to want the game to be a total flop but I hope it missed its projections just enough to make EA and BW take a look at what they did wrong.  Problem with EA is you never know how they'll react, they are so big with so many studios and titles they are as likely to just slash the budget next time around and not care about the result as they are to try and seriously fix anything.

With the reception MEA has received I don't think there is any chance BW doesn't know they need to do better, you can just never be sure about EA.

Really? I saw a discussion about this that didn't seem to settle either way. If that's the case I think, with caution due to the limited info the article provides, ME:A did quite well all things considered.

This thread makes me wish we had official weekly numbers like at the box office.

Zelda sold something like under 2 million units in all of march if we extrapolate Switch sales. EA wanted MEA to sell at least 3 million units by the end of Mar 31. You can guess yourself why this is a thread worthy topic.