After a strong critical reception and intense advertising campaign, Mass Effect 2 had an excellent opening day in the Americas. According to VGChartz preliminary estimates, around 500,000 copies of the game were sold on day one. Extrapolating for the week, total sales should surpass 700,000 in the Americas by Saturday. With a strong launch also expected in Europe (the UK especially), total sales by Saturday could be close to one million units worldwide - about it line with the launch of Fable II back in October 2008. The original Mass Effect sold 2.1 million copies on Xbox 360 in total and 400,000 in week one - Mass Effect 2 will comfortably outperform that.
The other big release this week is MAG: Massive Action Game. Day one sales stand at around 140,000 units and the title should be good for a week one of just over 200,000 units.
Stay tuned for the latest updates and finalised week one sales once they come in.
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更新 http://www.vg247.com/2010/01/29/mass-effect-2-sells-2-million-in-launch-week/
EA’s announced that Mass Effect 2 has sold over 2 million units during launch week.It’s an outstanding achievement [no pun intended - JC] for a game which only launched in the US on Tuesday, and today in the UK and Europe.Already, the game’s gotten fantastic scores and a meta of 96 on 360 and 95 for PC.“Mass Effect 2 is poised to be one of the biggest games of 2010″, said BioWare boss Ray Muyzka. “We could not be more proud of the game’s universal acclaim and early commercial success.”
Go. And. Buy. It.PR below
