Mass Effect 2 also may have had an impact on play of Modern Warfare 2, evidenced by the first significant drop in Modern Warfare 2 play in January beyond its slight downward trend through January 25. After Mass Effect 2’s release the Modern Warfare 2 curve appears to be on a new downward trend; however, we will need more time to pass to see how long this trend lasts and where it will end up. It is worth noting that usage of Mass Effect 2 quickly started to show a decline. With the exception of Modern Warfare 2, this is a fairly common trend for hit titles. So it will be interesting to see if the Modern Warfare 2 usage goes up as Mass Effect 2 usage declines.
When looking at a longer list of core January title releases (along with Modern Warfare 2 to retain the same scale as in previous charts), it is clear that nothing was even close to the usage of Mass Effect 2. Army of Two: The 40th Day, Bayonetta and Darksiders: Wrath of War all had very similar reach curves peaking at nearly identical levels while Dark Void and Divinity 2: Ego Draconis were both played by significantly smaller audiences. Based on these usage estimates, DFC forecasts that in the U.S., Mass Effect 2 outsold all other major January releases by a factor of at least six-to-one.
Forecasted U.S. Xbox 360 sales during January:
2 Comments
February 10, 2010
Mass Effect 2 Game of the Year? and there is more DLC to be had so this game isnt over yet!
June 18, 2010
Poor Dark Void. I bought it recently for 20 notes and I’m really rather enjoying it. Nice to see Darksiders and Baynoetta make some sort of dent though.
I completed Darksiders last night and it’s a wonderful game, I really hope there’s a sequel underway.