Andromeda sold high but missed high
Just saw this video on the sales figures of ME:A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj6St0tbaGI His assumptions seem legit and believable to me. ME:A seem to have sold / will sell around 3-4 million ...
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Very interesting, but I haven't checked his sources myself. Just because it sounds plausible doesn't need to be even close.
That being said I am inclined to follow his views, mostly because I agree that companies like EA sometimes have a massive discrepancy between their target expectations and market reality (=> competition).
If I remember correctly ME1 did not perform as well as Bioware expected, what maybe lead to its sell-off to EA. But after that modest start of Andromeda ... maybe someone at EA remembers and thinks of it as a good sign :ealight_bulk:
Now to my view of ME:
I personally stand my ground that ME3 is now (including all DLCs) the best ME part.
It has best graphics, best game mechanics, a PvE team orientated MP, weapon mods and levels and an end to the epic journey of Shepard.
ME2 is great (and I perfectly understand that most say it's the best part; for me it lacks many things that were fixed in ME3 though) and I still like ME1 (even after 10 years!).
There is a lot they miss with their so called 'target'.
There is things like, me alone knows about 4 or 5 people who badly wanna play this game but currently don't have a PC thst will run it - and can't afford to upgrade. We are in financially difficult times for a lot of people. Sales figures even arent always a good judge of popularity. How many right now are in the same position? Wanting the game but lacking a platform to play it on due to finaces.
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Yeah, and here in my country, with political scandals happening only too often, dollar is spiking up again. If the game follows suit the variable exchange, it'll be impractical buying the thing.
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I have a feeling they really need to stall on moving games up platforms and PCs for a while, so people have a chance to catch up again or sales will drop even more. Not so many can afford the latest platforms arm. Once our current PCs in our house arent viable we wont be able to afford new ones for a while and they are a few years old now. We used to be able to keep up but uust can't right now.
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Then build your own and buy mid end stock.
Simple.. Buy a decent box, psu. cheap motherboard, ram. Decent cpu when you can. Since Cpu is everything. Gpu really isn't important. All our video cards are like ready for games in 4 years time now. When it comes to building it, buy a decent keyboard and mouse.. and you're sorted. Spread cost over time and buy only where everyone else on avg say's is good enough. Problem with video cards is they tend to stay quite high price for a long time. So buy them seperately.
They haven't even made games that can utilise most of the mid/high end cards.
As for the game.. meh.. I don't really have any issues with it.
Probably the main issue for me, is really the lack of interaction with your team, lack of customisation, lack of powers.. etc.
The bugs don't really bother me, unless they're fatals. The glitches make the game funny..
But I'm very forgiving of games now. Given up expecting professionalism from developers.
As for EA.. well besides the 2nd worst customer service on the planet.. they're owned by steam on that account. Don't really have an issue with them either, business is to make money.. if they were as bad as many people claimed.. they'd be as bankrupt as most of the companies they've bought over..
Same goes for other big publishers/devs like Blizzard, 2k etc.. As for the price of games.. they've always been dirt cheap.
Most softwares cost around £500+ for a single licence.. it's only in the last 5 yrs or so they've kinda dropped abit. WinXp cost me £700 a licence on release and people are complaining about the cost of games.. be thankful they're cheap.. the sheer cost of buying office software and multi licences for running a business are insane. Which in turn drives all your production figures up.. then your wages.. and misc million other costs.
People need to remember also, that you're not really paying for this game.. but you're also paying in advance for the development of all future games that company makes.. they don't get paid until they release it.
It isn't like farming.. and 2 crops a year.. or just having a job and getting paid monthly.. these guys are paid every 3-5 years.. mistakes like biowares.. small wonder they were bought out, stripped down.. and so on. The might make good games, but they also need to make money.
And everyone wants it cheaper.. than last time... this is why there's bugs in games on release.. why they cut corners.. the very people complaining.. are the ones who are to blame.
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