BioWare on Mass Effect 2 competition: We're not worried at all

CC: Mass Effect 2 producer Adrien Cho has said that he is not worried about the competition being released in Q1 as the highly anticipated 360 exclusive will 'blow people out of the water'.

[_insane_gamer_]

No matter what game I was creating. I would be afraid of other games.

If people have a 360 and PS3, what are they going to get? God of War 3 or ME2?

I wouldn't be THAT confident, as it could come and bite you back on the ass.

[ruleroftekken]

It'll do well on 360, but there isn't enough demand for PC unfortunately.

When a 360 gamer chooses a game to buy. They stick to it.

[dpdvxkpizbnwg]

No matter how well it sells, it'll be brilliant. :D

[ramon_v]

ME1 was well reviewed and sold very well and ME2 looks to improve upon original in every way.

GOW3 is not really that big of competition as
A) its release date is in March, where ME2 comes out in Jan
B) their genres are totally different. while there is some crossover, each game appeals to two generally different types of gamers.

they've got my money anyway, which i'll happily handing over on launch day. can't wait to take my character from ME1 through to ME2 (cause for me the "real" Commander Shepard is a hot lesbian with a sniper rifle)

[blizzard_cool]

Words of wisdom.

[Rockox]

Well said, Ramon. Especially the bit about your Shepard. My Shepard is a hot lesbian Adept. Good times.

[Bigpappy]

People who are going to buy ME2 on 360 are going to buy it no matter what else is released. Since it will be on 360, buying more than 1 game in large quantities is nothing new for 360 owners. 360 owners generally range from age 25 to mid 50's. Their userbase are hollywood stars, music stars, Rappers, business managers, computer techs,etc (People who work for good money or have too much of it). Not all fall in to that demographic, but a lot of them do. Men in that group like good FPS (the more violent the better) and WRPG's (Violent with open word exploration, lots of loot to steal, decisions to make).

[blu_yu_away]

Why choose? I got both pre-ordered and can't wait.

[kwicksandz]

pretty much how i feel.

Only RPG i can see rivaling ME2 is fallout new vegas and we know very little about it so far. Alpha protocol is a wild card. I expect great things from ME2

[Bnet343]

I can't blame them. There really isn't any threat to ME2. The game will be a masterpiece like every other BioWare RPG. Mmmm yeah I can't wait. :)

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

It's an action RPG so there won't be much competition. Besides, not many games release prior to ME2. The only other big game on the 360 shortly after is Splinter Cell Conviction. It should be fine!

Games would have a concern are those sandwiched in the middle of other big releases like SC:C and especially GoW3 due to FF13. Other games released during that period aren't that big.

[vhero]

I will be getting this PC exclusive game. (well you 360 fanboys can say its 360 exclusive? I mean I ain't no fanboy but meh). However its releasing just before final fantasy 13... Its really a stupid idea.

[Kamikaze135]

Lol...I'll be enjoying this game on my PC when it comes out! =D

[scruffy_bear]

getting it on the PC too

[mrv321]

Because PC gamers are made up buy PS3 fanboys... nobody has a PC anymore... /sarcasm.

I'm not a PC gamer, I'd like to be but I understand that their are MANY PC's out there able to run this game.

[dkblackhawk50]

Getting the Xbox 360 and PC...since when is it a Xbox 360 exclusive?

[we won]

Yes we know all PS3 fans supposedly are getting the game on PC. Why is the PC section always empty? The only time People talk about PC games are when they are on the 360. Where are the PS3 fans in the PC exclusive articles? People say that because the game is exclusive to Microssoft's xbox 360 in the console market and because they are speaking from the prespective of the console market, people are well aware the game is also on Microsoft's other Games for Windows platform.

[i3eyond the Circle]

That's like saying FF7 isn't a Ps1 exclusive because it released on PC.

Yet when FF13 was announced multiplatform it was like "Oh noes it should only be PS brand!"

So if the 1990's PC games were overlooked and console exclusivity was console exclusivity due to majority appeal.

Why is that so different now?

There is millions of PC gamers out there yet the 30million Xbox's reign over them in software sales for Xbox/PC titles.

What's more believable a person saying they're gonna buy Mass Effect2 for PC or 360?

Go to any software retailer and ask "How many PC shipments of Xbox360/PC games do you get? and "How many PC preorders do you have in combined total to Xbox 360's?"

[we won]

I guess they think they are taking something away from the 360 by talking about the PC version as if people are lying about the game being only on the 360, when the game is really on a competing platform from a different company, in the same market?

Oh nozzz people shouldn't call GT5 PS3 exclusive because the PSP has a version.

[PotNoodle]

I'm getting the PC version too.. i rented it on 360, but then bought it on steam, loving it now (after the terrible intro to the game). So i'll be getting ME2 on PC too.

"Oh nozzz people shouldn't call GT5 PS3 exclusive because the PSP has a version. "

Well no... because the PSP doesn't have GT5.. it has GT PSP. Not the same game, so you can't say that at all. Thats like saying Halo 3 isn't exclusive to the 360 because halo 2 is on the original xbox.

I don't honestly care about sales of the game, thats irrelevant, its a simple fact that if the game is out on more than one platform, then it isn't exclusive. Dc universe won't exclusive to PS3, The Agency won't be exclusive to PS3, Left 4 dead isn't exclusive 360, and mass effect isn't exclusive to 360.

No fanboy rubbish here, at least not from me, i own a 360 and have the choice of buying it on that, but i'm buying the PC version instead, just like i did with the first one.

[Bodster]

I honestly havent even played the first one as i only have a Playstation 3 but now that i have myself a gaming rig ill be buying ME1 to see what the fuss is and depending on how i find the game will be anticipating getting this in release :)

[pippoppow]

I will not support the 360 so it's nice that I can get the game on the PC. The 360 is not required to play the game. Why is it that when anyone mentions the PC version of a game that's also on the 360 the fanatics go crazy. The fact is the 360 hardly has any exclusives and will continue to lack true exclusives throughout this gen. Upsetting isn't it.

Also it's nice to know that MS gets no royalties off of PC games.

[PotNoodle]

Bodster, its a great game. But don't make the same mistake i did, get chased away by the extremely boring introduction. After the first intro, it picks up and you get interested in the story.

[TheBand1t]

Last I checked, PC gamers have outlets that are not tracked by NPD. (Or any group for that matter.)

Direct2Drive, Steam, etc. are all not tracked by NPD. So how would you know that the 360 version is outselling the PC version?

Just sayin'.

[we won]

LOL U mad?

"Steam, etc. are all not tracked by NPD"
Data from the company/developer?
http://xbox360.ign.com/arti...

Just a example of companies abililty to be independant with data. I'm sure if the game did well on Steam they would have been more revealing with the numbers, then again PS3 fanboys said MSFT was hiding defeat in Black Friday sales and would get stomped in NOV NPD so who knows.

[TheBand1t]

"The Company points out these results are from retail only, and not digital copies downloaded from Steam."

So....what was your point? It says they showed only the Retail copies and not what peeps downloaded from Steam. :/ That tells us nothing except they released the retail sales and not the digitally downloaded sales.

[Nihilism]

PC version for me, and you people are tools if you think this game will not sell well on pc, like Bandit said, DD sales are not counted.

@ we won

PC is not a microsoft platform, they get absolutely nothing from the sale of the game. The developers paymicrosoft for the 'games for windows' certification. The games sales though, they don't get jack.

Microsoft doesn't get a cent from any game purchased by me, you're delusional, next you'll be including PC sales figures with 360 ones and saying "but they're all microsoft platforms", I can't wait till I can click negative feedback on you again, too bad that sucker is greyed out from the last time

[i3eyond the Circle]

Let me guess,

Your playing all these games on your Mac?

Or are you going to google some OS then say you play it on that?

[Nihilism]

No i'm playing it on windows, but the sale of the OS is separate from the game sale, I would buy windows even if I didn't play games, but MS still gets no money from the sale of the games, hardware, or software that I buy, aka, pc is not a microsoft platform

[Brock Danger]

The word "exclusive" is thrown around like it is today because consoles have become the major focus of gaming as they've delivered increasingly "hardcore," PC-like experiences over the last few generations.

Most of any gaming website or magazine is one-sidedly about console games, and with the war on between xbox and PS, the word exclusive has changed simply to talk about what you can get exclusively on those consoles. Kind of lame, I guess, but really not a big deal.

[i3eyond the Circle]

Then there you have it.

Because of people like you who would rather play on PC Microsoft will sell more OS's, NVidia and ATI will sell more graphics cards, Newegg will sell more hardrives, and so on and so forth.

You line the pockets of a chain that never ends and give the industry more dependency onto Microsoft <<Where it all starts.

For a person that would rather play in the highest quality, playing on the best and most supported OS for gaming plays its role too.

Not every gamer uses PC's and PC/360 exclusive might as well be 360 because it is consoles we're talking here.

*Looks at PC section* The PC gaming dedication seems to only show itself when a game is on the 360.....the obvious pattern is the sole reason I don't believe any of you.

[Nihilism]

you really are an idiot, I have bought evcery MS os since the start, because they are good, my continuing to purchase them does not increase MS's market share, i'm still only one customer. I choose which hardware manufacturers I purchase from, it is not a monopoly like the consoles where you have to purchase their propriety devices.

I couldn't care less about the pc gaming section on n4g, I don't even look at it or submit articles anymore, I go to other sites.

My points remain, my purchase of an OS is separate from the game purchase, the game sales give no money to MS, nor does the purchase of the hardware or software, your delusional if you think by gaming on pc microsoft wins out, as I said I have always bought windows and would continue to do so even if I didn't game on pc.

I know which version of ME2 will be superior, you keep trying to justify your console purchase, but if you had a decent PC you wouldn't be saying any of this, your comments are born of ignorance.

[i3eyond the Circle]

False.

I do have a nice PC, yet I still play on my consoles because its more enjoyable and is ready out of the box for gaming on my HDTV.

"your delusional if you think by gaming on pc microsoft wins out"

And yet I'm the idiot and ignorant one here that cannot muster up any rebuttal besides name calling and saying the most retard sh1t I have ever read in my life.

Nice work I commend you for your hard effort and obvious peak of knowledge.

Gaming on Ps3 helps Sony out.
Gaming on 360 helps Microsoft out.

Gaming on the Windows OS doesn't help Microsoft?

I work corporate and you would be amazed at how many small things people do to support the bigger picture whilst not even knowing they are doing it.

Your dedication and dependency to the MSFT OS makes sure they always have your next sale, upgrade and .##% on their charts<<Which keep shareholders firm on company futures.

Your dedication and dependency to the MSFT OS makes sure developers always have the PC version as a possibility and that they program their games to be compatible with Windows leading to them being dependent on Windows. As the days go by PC versions of console games are becoming more and more extinct. Alan Wake for example.

You either need to have had a heavy stake in the PC market or have a publisher willing to port to PC nowadays even to get these PC/360 games.

The power of the dollar stretches beyond.

Every electronic device you purchase uses energy, energy costs money, energy companies buy from fuel companies to power their electromechanical generators.

Who would of thought that by buying that new TV you played your role in getting some Middleeastern oil company sales.

I'm just pointing out that you guys are quick to say that you aren't helping MS when really you are and can't think out of the box to see why.

QQ me a river guy.

[Nihilism]

you've yet to justify any of your claims, you think you vague statements saying a tv purchase gives money to a middle eastern oil company is supposed to impress me, like I said again and again and again, which you can't get through your thick head, my buying OS's from the same company does not increase market share. Unless you can somehow tell me that it does, just shut up, you don't know what you're talking about. Microsoft gets no money from pc gaming, end of story. People don't buy windows specifically for gaming, that is only 1 very small reason.

[PotNoodle]

I **think** what he is getting at is, you could buy a 1000 games and play them on windows or buy 1, and the money made for microsoft would be no different between the two.

Yeah, gaming on windows benefits microsoft, but not on a game-by-game basis, more on the overall outlook on how many people use windows to game on, because it helps keep other operating systems from recieving much support from the gaming industry.

[Nihilism]

Apple is welcome to step up and support pc gaming like microsoft at any time, the trouble is they offer no support and no incentives for developers to make games for it, I honestly wish games were compatible with all OS's, but it comes down to them individually.

[vhero]

It's funny as the only major 360 exclusive out in 2010 is Halo Reach.. The rest are all on PC too. If Halo Reach even makes 2010 that is.

[vhero]

@i3eyond the Circle - you chat a lot of crap dont you? there are more PC's in the world than ANY console and as much as I agree with your FFVII analogy that was one of the few console games back then that came to PC unlike today. Today most console games make it to PC unlike in the 90's where as the PC market was very separate from the console market. I mean you even got special console versions of PC games like Red Alert for PS1 was completely different from PC version etc.. So stop with the fanboy crap and stick to the facts which you plainly know yourself and are ignoring.

PS2 had thousands of games that NEVER made it to PC or other console and the PS3 are getting a lot of true exclusives. Even the wii has a LOT of games that will never make it to the PC. However near all 360 games are ported to the 360 already or are going to be. Gears 1 proved this theory. The reason for this is simple 360 is built a LOT like a PC so porting the games is Very easy compared to other consoles which saves on development costs and makes some extra profit for developers. Plus piracy on 360 surely isn't helping.

[Letros]

1080p on the HDTV, no jaggies, no screen tearing, no framerate problems, accurate/precise mouse control, ability hotbar, no multiple discs!

Ya, this is one to get on my PC.

[kraze07]

I'll also be getting this for the PC. It's funny when people make it seem like everyone that says they're getting a game on the pc is a sony fanboy.

[mjolliffe]

We'll have to wait and find out, it's going to be a good competition to see who wins most sales of Q1 2010 :)

[rawd]

Glad to see the PS3 Mass Effect beta testing is going smooth.

[karan8624]

ololololololol

[Cosquae]

What? I thought ALL PS3 owners had PCs? Didn't you get the memo?

[MGSR THE HD VERSION]

"glad to see the PS3 Mass Effect beta testing is going smooth."

no my freind, when a UT3 engine based game is 360 lead as well as EXCLUSIVE, there is only one way for a ps3 port to end IF there even is going to be one.

here you go. http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

and when this crappy port comes out IF it ever will, you will not have any more requests, as it will be too late for a reconsideration once the damage has been done.

be careful what you wish for, you might just end up with an other useless Frisbee inside of your ps3 :)

[Tr10wn]

UGHH

here you go. http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

Thats a CO, CO, CO, CO COME BACK BREAKER!! Fatality!

But yea back to the point Bioware is working hard to keep the game exclusive for MS in general Xbox 360 and Windows they already said that the day EA buy the company i think they don't want a PS3 port because 1 the game will not sell well on PS3 is a waste of money and 2 the most hypocrites people of the world are the PS3 fanboys today they said the game suck because they can't play it and the next day the game is awesome because they finally have a chance to play the game i just finish 3 to 4 times.

[sunil]

@MSGR

Articles from 2008? Ok I get it

PS: I hope you meant Unreal Engine... because... Batman AA (a game i enjoyed playing) did look good on the PS3 and did it on the 360

[militant07]

i bought mass effect 1 on pc today (i already completed it on 360 months ago) but i wanted to test my new vaio laptop abilitys

and its f*cking annoying, 2hrs tring to install but couldnt, it wont start it doesnt even give any error!

[champ21]

laptops arent ment for gaming. most of them come with integrated gpus, and slow as hell hard drives.

A desktop even 2 years old with a 8800gtx will run circles around any console.

[mcgrawgamer]

would love to see the specs of this vaio.

[militant07]

not so powerful but good

bluray (R/burner)
ATI Mobility Readeon HD 3650
Memory 4GB
Intel Core 2 Duo process T940 (2.53GHZ)
FULL HD screen (1920*1080)

there was another model which more powerful but it doesnt have the other feature i prefer the most (full hd screen/blu ray reader and burner) - 1700$

[kewlkat007]

Any other BIG WRPGs coming out around the same time? This game already has a user-base that will probably grow when this installment is out. It will be success based of Reviews and Sales, now about the actual game we'll see.

No one on here is a real PC gamer, only when a good Xbox 360 game thats also on PC comes out, do Closet PC gamers come out.

[karan8624]

What else did you expect them to say?

"Man, the competition, we're pretty much crapping our pants right now"

The answer will always be the same on that question

[mjolliffe]

Well no, but not that it's such a good game that it's going to blow everything living away.

[rawd]

I'm just wondering why you took a pic of yourself in your kitchen with sunglasses on

[havikzero]

Why wouldn't you take a pic of yourself in the kitchen with sunglasses on?

[rawd]

Good point

[ironmonkey]

very big difference why pay when pc is downloadable free on the net plus im sure this game will also get leaked as usual on 360 the banned console are still playable just not live. im sure most of you know that tho

[havikzero]

Because I have money

[Gamer71]

People like you deserve to die a horrible, painful death; hope yours is soon. :)

[ramon_v]

are you freaking kidding me? why pay??
how about because:

a) if you don't pay and download it free you are STEALING
and
b) piracy hurts everyone. if only a$$hole like you illegally download the game, devs would would go bankrupt and great games like this would not be made

if you don't pay for it, then you shouldn't play it.
if you got the ban hammer on your xbox... good. i'd say it was deserved.

@rawd below
Somali Pirates? LOL. There's someone to aspire to be like... do you remember how that story ended?

[jharv]

Probably because people actually purchase games on the XBOX 360, so this will sell no doubt.

[spunnups]

IMO Mass Effect is Microsoft's (At the Moment) 3rd or 4th most popular franchise behind Halo, Gears, and Maybe Left 4 Dead. Plus, they have always been very popular with the PC crowd. Confidence is fine, arrogance is not, no matter how elite you are perceived.

[Fishy Fingers]

What competition do they have?

[cyclindk]

Did I miss something, are there, like, any OTHER sci-fi shooter RPGs coming out ANY time next year?

[Wile]

That's what I was thinking.

[Odreus]

I am happy that SCEA is releasing it in the PAL territories. The best news for me, so no ME2 for me. God of War 3 all the way ...

[Demon5500]

BioWare have some thing special right here, I spent 3 hour with this game no spoilers but wow they have done an amazing job, with the story and the action is so in your face bad ars#, No screen tares no slow down silky smooth, I do not care what platform you guys love do your self a favor get this game weather pc or 360/ps3 Wii, you owe it to your self. This game will get Many awards, And it was the 360 version I sampled can not wait to get final retail, It has uncharted 2 quality's about it, but full on action...:)

[divideby0]

it will do well on the 360....there is nothing really out there for it..I have not purchased a 360 game since Gears last year...
BUT, I am gonna wait for this game to drop in price especially since there is no online...

[psiom]

I think ME2 will do well. I predict it's gonna be similar to how Uncharted 1 > Uncharted 2 progressed.

Uncharted 1 was loved by many but was also considered flawed and could have done better in reviews, Then UC2 came along and blew everyone away. ME2 is probably an equally big step up on its predecessor and will make a lot of people very happy.

[Aomizuchi]

What a joke article. I would be saying my game was the best too if FFXIII was coming out. FFXIII will be the game of the year and most likely the best of it's genre. The ME series is good, but it's nothing compared to what Square-enix brings to the table. SE games have such a big following that there really isn't anything that can compare to it or even come close to it. That's my two cents.

[havikzero]

I hope FF13 is good, but it may take me a while to rent it pending on the release dates of alan wake, crackdown 2, alpha protocol, and fallout: new vegas. I don't think FF13 is going to effect the sales of ME2 very much. They are just too different.

[horndog]

oh noes! It ain't coming to ps3. They are lucky if they even get a port 2-3 years down the road. LOLOOOOOLOLOL.

[jalen247]

I think Mass Effect 2 will sell well. Maybe 2 mill life time which is pretty good. There are too many great games being released in 2010 for any one game to sell millions upon millions more than everyone else. Well maybe except its GT5 or Halo because those games sell a lot of copies. I think some great games may actually get lost in the shuffle which is unfortunate.