Andromeda drops from 3rd to 15th (out of 20) on April's top downloads for PS Store*.

Lol I don't think you get it. HZD is outselling MEA despite only being on PS4. That's a bad thing for MEA, which is on PS, PC and Xbox.

EA doesn't give numbers and they haven't for years, I would expect something along these lines if they have anything to boast about.



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My guess is they are trying to prevent people from over analyzing any information and trying to prove their point of view based on the numbers they provide by trying to put a spin on the numbers.

No it doesn't. You really should try out the whole fact check and think part before you post.

www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1362489

To be honest, I doubted the game would those numbers even if there wasn't the negativity around it.  BioWare games don't sell really big like that.

That's what I said.  However, ME3 sold 3 million in the first month, and six million overall.  So if nothing is said about ME:A having the best launch or being the top selling ME game ever, then that pretty much says it didn't meet their expectations.  

So, I already bought it and don't want a refund. What's the point of this thread?

Didn't realise every post had to relate to you personally! The internet has a "scroll" function - maybe you'd like to use it to scroll down to a different post that interests you?

Sales 30 days after release is different from sales 3 days after release.

I don't like it, but it does give you more information about the business surrounding our favorite franchise. It's not accurate though on any level since much of the data is either missing or not included. I wouldn't put it past EA to distribute their spreadsheets only to investers via private server. They don't have to disclose anything because the way they're structured.

Dragon Age 4 will be designed just enough to succeed. It's the way EA and their abysmal investment group manage the portfolio. They're going to save every penny possible and whatever comes out is going to be enough for profitabliity. This doesn't include product viablity. That's Bioware's problem and f*** them if they can't deliver. It's just a commodity to EA. EA, Enthusiasm Annihilated.

Oh it's thread again, with the usual suspects all present and correct.

After Dragon Age II was released 03/2011, the franchise hit an all-time low in terms of popularity and Mass Effect, riding high after the success of ME2, was considered the "class" of BioWare's franchise line-ups.  Now, I really enjoyed the game, and have played multiple playthroughs, but the weaknesses were obvious in terms of re-used environments, spawning enemies, and a story that essentially crumbled in the third act.  Even with its issues, BioWare still released two solid DLC's and initially committed to an "Exalted March" expansion in an attempt to expand of the Mage Vs Templar narrative.  However, due the overall reception, the "Exalted March" expansion was cancelled and it was announced that efforts would be put into creating a new game instead.  At this point, EA had every possibility to kill the franchise as the brand's momentum was pretty much stalled at that point.  They had yet another opportunity to kill it when it was announced in 2013 that the game would be delayed a full year to add the different playable races to the game but they backed it as well.  What resulted from this patience was BioWare's best selling release to date.

You'd have to think that with the amount of money made by the Mass Effect franchise prior to the release of ME:A that, despite whatever sales projections they reach or not at this point, they would re-dedicate to the franchise like they did with Dragon Age.  Its clear they needed more time to tighten the technical aspects of the game and hopefuly are given that opportunity with MEA 2 so that it doesn't get off on the wrong foot like ME:A because there is a lot to like about the game.