THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: TripleA on January 29, 2010, 09:11:56 PM
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. . . hasn't been out for a week :lol
http://www.newgamenetwork.com/news/783/mass-effect-2-first-week-sales/ (http://www.newgamenetwork.com/news/783/mass-effect-2-first-week-sales/)
Smells like hot bullshit to me.
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If you look at the numbers, it's actually sold-in, which is not the same as sell through. Although anyone who doubts Mass Effect 2 will pass two million worldwide is crazy. I think the actual estimates is that it will pass a million sell through by Saturday.
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So 'sold in' is a fancy way of saying shipped?
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Pretty much. The actual sell through numbers peg it a million worldwide by Saturday. It will easily surpass two million units sold.
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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 on Xbox 360 (PC sales were not tracked). 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 on Xbox 360 - 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.
EA has to be happy with that performance.
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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 on Xbox 360 (PC sales were not tracked). 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 on Xbox 360 - 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.
EA has to be happy with that performance.
VGChartz :teehee
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I'm surprised to see VGChartz shit being posted on this forum.
Anywho why would this be hot bullshit? It's a sequel to a very well received and high selling game, it has insanely positive reviews and word of mouth, a great marketing campaign, and it's space guys on XBox. Everyone on my FL is playing it.
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If you look at the numbers, it's actually sold-in, which is not the same as sell through. Although anyone who doubts Mass Effect 2 will pass two million worldwide is crazy. I think the actual estimates is that it will pass a million sell through by Saturday.
Oh I'm not disputing nor doubting Mass Effect 2 will cross a Million worldwide- It's an awesome game that deserves success at retail.
What I'm saying is this deliberate misinformation needs to stop.
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I'm surprised to see VGChartz shit being posted on this forum.
Anywho why would this be hot bullshit? It's a sequel to a very well received and high selling game, it has insanely positive reviews and word of mouth, a great marketing campaign, and it's space guys on XBox. Everyone on my FL is playing it.
It's hot bullshit because Mass Effect 2 hasn't been out for a week in ANY territory, therefore claiming the title has sold 2 Million units in its first week is completely false.
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It has most defiitely been out a week. Just because it went on sale on Tues doesnt mean it hasnt been in stores since. This is "shipped" after all.
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What deliberate misinformation? The article indicates "sold-in" in its first two lines.
Dragon Age had almost none of the benefits ME2 had leading up to its release and it did 400k in its first month in the US alone.
Why make an issue of this? Wrong forum.
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Why make an issue of this? Wrong forum.
This.
Including general sales talk anyway outside of the npd thread. Who cares if they are lying or telling the truth or what a game sells anyway for that matter relative to game discussion.
Besides nearly everyone reports sells to retailers not sell through in the game industry. It's a pretty common practice. Who cares either way.
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It has most defiitely been out a week. Just because it went on sale on Tues doesnt mean it hasnt been in stores since. This is "shipped" after all.
Ah, I see.
I didn't know we had officially agreed to replace "shipped" with "sold".
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I didnt know what we agreed on, I just read through the thread.
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"BIOWARE’S MASS EFFECT 2 HAILED AS 1st BLOCKBUSTER OF 2010
Game Earns Rave Reviews, Sells 2Million Units in Week One"
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There's a difference between "sold in" and "sold through" and we did agree that they are two different things, that's why we call them two different things. I don't know what your agenda is (just kidding, you have a Mario avatar, your agenda is obvious) but either get with the program or pack your bags to a forum that will be more forgiving of your Sales Age bullshit.
Tag and bag this thread, it's done.
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Who cares though?
In what world don't we expect corporations to either exaggerate or use whatever statistics put them or their products in the best light. It's like the people on GAF who get all upset when some marketing guy at Sony or Microsoft talks shit about the competing console.
That is their job.
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Mass Effect 2 is a very good game.
Mass Effect 2 is going to sell many copies.
Mass Effect 3 will be released shortly.
Why try to spin this? What is there to even spin? Go back to GAF and take your faux butthurtness with you.
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:bow Patel
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There's a difference between "sold in" and "sold through" and we did agree that they are two different things, that's why we call them two different things. I don't know what your agenda is (just kidding, you have a Mario avatar, your agenda is obvious) but either get with the program or pack your bags to a forum that will be more forgiving of your Sales Age bullshit.
Tag and bag this thread, it's done.
Mass Effect 2 has not been out for a week, so where exactly did they get the 2 million figure.
The only numbers they could possibly have at this point would be the shipment numbers, right? Then they should indicate this in the title of their PR release.
And in your mind you've successfully convinced yourself there's an agenda because I have the most popular videogame character of all time as my avatar.
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Mass Effect 2 is a very good game.
Mass Effect 2 is going to sell many copies.
Mass Effect 3 will be released shortly.
Why try to spin this? What is there to even spin? Go back to GAF and take your faux butthurtness with you.
Of course Mass Effect 2 is a very good game, I would give it an 8.5 out of 10 if I were reviewing it for an outlet.
But we're not talking about the quality of Mass Effect 2 here, I'd appreciate it if you stayed on topic :D
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What's this thread supposed to be about anyway?
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What's wrong with you? What is your problem? What makes you so sick that you come to a forum on the Internet and feel a need to convince total strangers that the companies that make video games are lying to them about how many copies those games have sold?
You are new here. You don't know us. We don't know you. But instead of talking with us about games, or game companies, or anything based in the real world, you instead desperately try to reveal to us some grand conspiracy encoded in the titles of sales-related press releases. What? What are you doing? Who cares? What does this have to do with playing games, making games, loving games, or even hating games? Nothing. You are not talking about games at all. You are talking about numbers that do not exist.
This is a sickness. You are sick. Go away before you get us sick, too.
That is to say: fuck off.
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What's wrong with you? What is your problem? What makes you so sick that you come to a forum on the Internet and feel a need to convince total strangers that the companies that make video games are lying to them about how many copies those games have sold?
You are new here. You don't know us. We don't know you. gBut instead of talking with us about games, or game companies, or anything based in the real world, you instead desperately try to reveal to us some grand conspiracy encoded in the titles of sales-related press releases. What? What are you doing? Who cares? What does this have to do with playing games, making games, lovingames, or even hating games? Nothing. You are not talking about games at all. You are talking about numbers that do not exist.
This is a sickness. You are sick. Go away before you get us sick, too.
That is to say: fuck off.
"I don't know what your agenda is (just kidding, you have a Mario avatar, your agenda is obvious)"-Synthesizer Patel
I think you need to take a break from your internet detective role, because you're seeing things in reverse.
EA = Videogame company
Mass Effect= Videogame product.
I'm quite positive this thread is discussing something to do with videogames :D
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Very few people here care about sales.
Even less care about the integrity of sales numbers as a concept.
This isn't GAF.
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This isn't an NPD topic btw.
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There's a difference between "sold in" and "sold through" and we did agree that they are two different things, that's why we call them two different things. I don't know what your agenda is (just kidding, you have a Mario avatar, your agenda is obvious) but either get with the program or pack your bags to a forum that will be more forgiving of your Sales Age bullshit.
Tag and bag this thread, it's done.
Mass Effect 2 has not been out for a week, so where exactly did they get the 2 million figure.
The only numbers they could possibly have at this point would be the shipment numbers, right? Then they should indicate this in the title of their PR release.
And in your mind you've successfully convinced yourself there's an agenda because I have the most popular videogame character of all time as my avatar.
They printed and SOLD 2 million copies of the game to retailers. Whether or not the retailers are successful in selling it again is of no direct interest to EA or its shareholders.
Can you Nfucks find something besides sales to talk about? Why do I have to explain this to you?
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Triple A thread. Would read again.
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There's a difference between "sold in" and "sold through" and we did agree that they are two different things, that's why we call them two different things. I don't know what your agenda is (just kidding, you have a Mario avatar, your agenda is obvious) but either get with the program or pack your bags to a forum that will be more forgiving of your Sales Age bullshit.
Tag and bag this thread, it's done.
Mass Effect 2 has not been out for a week, so where exactly did they get the 2 million figure.
The only numbers they could possibly have at this point would be the shipment numbers, right? Then they should indicate this in the title of their PR release.
And in your mind you've successfully convinced yourself there's an agenda because I have the most popular videogame character of all time as my avatar.
They printed and SOLD 2 million copies of the game to retailers. Whether or not the retailers are successful in selling it again is of no direct interest to EA or its shareholders.
Can you Nfucks find something besides sales to talk about? Why do I have to explain this to you?
Yet another person who passes judgment based on the content of a user Avatar, you and the "Wiiner" guy are going places.
I suppose posting anything that isn't a snapshot of a Mass Effect 2 bukkake is a big no-no, I'll get back to mining planets for minerals.
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TripleA is like a kindergarten kid compared to NintedosBooger in terms of trolling ability
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TripleA is like a kindergarten kid compared to NintedosBooger in terms of trolling ability
*Pauses the gift from God himself
I'm not sure I follow you, you believe this is trolling.
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I dont think this guy is trolling. Just genuinely confused. lol
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:rofl
Welcome to EB, TripleA. :lol
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I dont think this guy is trolling. Just genuinely confused. lol
(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8803/70794062.jpg)
As you can see I need a lot more Element Zero.
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I'm not sure what that picture is supposed to imply... but Mass Erect 2 is amazing and you need to post in the other thread more
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I'm not sure what that picture is supposed to imply... but Mass Erect 2 is amazing and you need to post in the other thread more
Of course it's amazing, I posted earlier how I would go back and mine some more planets and that's what I'm doing while reading the site.
I did it for the conspiracy nuts who think this thread was made to troll the game.
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What's this thread supposed to be about anyway?
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there are planets with mostly element zero, google it
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I've got over 60000 Zero, theres just nothing to buy with it.
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Where did you get all that ZERO?!
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Triple A thread. Would read again.
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there are planets with mostly element zero, google it
I will after I'm done with at least 95% of the side missions, there are way too many story spoilers floating around.
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The Wiiner Invasion of 09 continues in 2010 :gloomy
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. . . hasn't been out for a week :lol
http://www.newgamenetwork.com/news/783/mass-effect-2-first-week-sales/ (http://www.newgamenetwork.com/news/783/mass-effect-2-first-week-sales/)
Smells like hot bullshit to me.
Smells like ignorance to me. :P
A little tip
Game x has sold y in first week usually refers to first few days,it has a lot to with the way the sales are tracked,combined with the release days,usually before weekends...
Not to mention that EA knows how some game is doing via retailer feedback and preorders are fulfilled in first few days.
A little example
On Monday Chart-Track will release its UK charts and ME2 sales will be refereed as first week sales or debut week sales despite the fact that ME2 was released on Friday in UK and tracker recorded "only" first two days.
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Nobody really gives a flying fuck and sales conspiracytards are the worst faction of the Sales Age bunch (I'm assuming TripleA is from GAF).
What's next? Reposting Mama Robotnik .gifs?
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I contributed. :o
Bought the Xflop version, though. Will get it on Steam too when it gets ultra cheap.
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So Sales age has officially invaded the Bore? :-\
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Sales age is cool for finding out you bought a game no one else did. I liked it when I was one of the 1,200 people that bought Klonoa on the Wii.
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So Sales age has officially invaded the Bore? :-\
It's always good news when awesome games sell well.
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Nobody really gives a flying fuck and sales conspiracytards are the worst faction of the Sales Age bunch (I'm assuming TripleA is from GAF).
What's next? Reposting Mama Robotnik .gifs?
This is not an NPD thread, what are you talking about.
Edit: I will be posting my Mass Effect 2 review soon btw.
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Nobody really gives a flying fuck and sales conspiracytards are the worst faction of the Sales Age bunch (I'm assuming TripleA is from GAF).
What's next? Reposting Mama Robotnik .gifs?
This is not an NPD thread, what are you talking about.
Edit: I will be posting my Mass Effect 2 review soon btw.
It's not an NPD thread, but it's obviously a sales thread.
We don't take kindly to sales threads around these parts.
If you want to share your thoughts on Mass Effect 2 in the existing thread, feel free. But there's no need to threaten us with a "review."
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Nobody really gives a flying fuck and sales conspiracytards are the worst faction of the Sales Age bunch (I'm assuming TripleA is from GAF).
What's next? Reposting Mama Robotnik .gifs?
This is not an NPD thread, what are you talking about.
Edit: I will be posting my Mass Effect 2 review soon btw.
It's not an NPD thread, but it's obviously a sales thread.
We don't take kindly to sales threads around these parts.
If you want to share your thoughts on Mass Effect 2 in the existing thread, feel free. But there's no need to threaten us with a "review."
Who said it was a sales thread, this started as a thread discussing the deliberately misleading nature of a PR release.
And concerning the bolded part; I'm seriously wondering whether or not you're joking. Because if you think posting a review is a threat then I honestly think you need some professional help.
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well, as long as you promise not to use numbers or anything
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Or grammar
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SHOW ME YO' GAMERTAG MOTHA'FUCKA
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well, as long as you promise not to use numbers or anything
Why would I put sales numbers in a review?
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SHOW ME YO' GAMERTAG MOTHA'FUCKA
I finished it on PC.
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well, as long as you promise not to use numbers or anything
Why would I put sales numbers in a review?
I mean describing the graphics as a 7.5 or something
numbers :yuck
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You rang? :-*
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This isn't an NPD topic btw.
Could've fooled me. gtfo
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Nobody really gives a flying fuck and sales conspiracytards are the worst faction of the Sales Age bunch (I'm assuming TripleA is from GAF).
What's next? Reposting Mama Robotnik .gifs?
This is not an NPD thread, what are you talking about.
Edit: I will be posting my Mass Effect 2 review soon btw.
It's not an NPD thread, but it's obviously a sales thread.
We don't take kindly to sales threads around these parts.
If you want to share your thoughts on Mass Effect 2 in the existing thread, feel free. But there's no need to threaten us with a "review."
Who said it was a sales thread, this started as a thread discussing the deliberately misleading nature of a PR release.
And concerning the bolded part; I'm seriously wondering whether or not you're joking. Because if you think posting a review is a threat then I honestly think you need some professional help.
who
the fuck
cares
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Nobody really gives a flying fuck and sales conspiracytards are the worst faction of the Sales Age bunch (I'm assuming TripleA is from GAF).
What's next? Reposting Mama Robotnik .gifs?
This is not an NPD thread, what are you talking about.
Edit: I will be posting my Mass Effect 2 review soon btw.
It's not an NPD thread, but it's obviously a sales thread.
We don't take kindly to sales threads around these parts.
If you want to share your thoughts on Mass Effect 2 in the existing thread, feel free. But there's no need to threaten us with a "review."
Who said it was a sales thread, this started as a thread discussing the deliberately misleading nature of a PR release.
And concerning the bolded part; I'm seriously wondering whether or not you're joking. Because if you think posting a review is a threat then I honestly think you need some professional help.
It is a sales thread and you figured with your crack sleuthing skills, managing to decode that "sold in" is not the same as "sold through," that somehow:
1) This is worth a thread
2) We wanted to hear your conspiracy theories and whining about how sold in is not sold through
3) Using it as a passive aggressive attack on those evil, lying publishers
It's inane Sales-Age bullshit with the conspiracy angle - probably the worst facet out there. I'm sure you thought this was some exciting, breaking news, and that we cared to hear about a PR statement about sales. Sorry.
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This place sure has been catty as of late
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This isn't an NPD topic btw.
Could've fooled me. gtfo
So it didn't.
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well, as long as you promise not to use numbers or anything
Why would I put sales numbers in a review?
I mean describing the graphics as a 7.5 or something
numbers :yuck
No there is only a final score.
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So Sales age has officially invaded the Bore? :-\
It's always good news when awesome games sell well.
360 fans are like cheerleaders of a perennial losing team. They get so sick of other teams whooping their ball team's asses that they've resorted to signing petitions to have the scoreboard removed. "Bu...Bu...the numbers on the score board shouldn't matter, it's the play on the field!"
Lol, good job, Bioware. I have a small spot in my heart reserved for the developer responsible for BG2 and the infinity engine that made games like Planescape Torment and IWD2 possible.
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Nobody really gives a flying fuck and sales conspiracytards are the worst faction of the Sales Age bunch (I'm assuming TripleA is from GAF).
What's next? Reposting Mama Robotnik .gifs?
This is not an NPD thread, what are you talking about.
Edit: I will be posting my Mass Effect 2 review soon btw.
It's not an NPD thread, but it's obviously a sales thread.
We don't take kindly to sales threads around these parts.
If you want to share your thoughts on Mass Effect 2 in the existing thread, feel free. But there's no need to threaten us with a "review."
Who said it was a sales thread, this started as a thread discussing the deliberately misleading nature of a PR release.
And concerning the bolded part; I'm seriously wondering whether or not you're joking. Because if you think posting a review is a threat then I honestly think you need some professional help.
who
the fuck
cares
Here is the thread, the review is 5 minutes and 35 seconds long. No spoilers in the review:
http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=33246.0
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This isn't an NPD topic btw.
Could've fooled me. gtfo
So it didn't.
Wait, oh my goodness, it's true! The reports just came in and announced: shittiest comeback EVER.
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This isn't an NPD topic btw.
Could've fooled me. gtfo
So it didn't.
Wait, oh my goodness, it's true! The reports just came in and announced: shittiest comeback EVER.
I'm not sure I understand what you are saying, are you saying you were looking for a comeback.
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Nobody really gives a flying fuck and sales conspiracytards are the worst faction of the Sales Age bunch (I'm assuming TripleA is from GAF).
What's next? Reposting Mama Robotnik .gifs?
This is not an NPD thread, what are you talking about.
Edit: I will be posting my Mass Effect 2 review soon btw.
It's not an NPD thread, but it's obviously a sales thread.
We don't take kindly to sales threads around these parts.
If you want to share your thoughts on Mass Effect 2 in the existing thread, feel free. But there's no need to threaten us with a "review."
Who said it was a sales thread, this started as a thread discussing the deliberately misleading nature of a PR release.
And concerning the bolded part; I'm seriously wondering whether or not you're joking. Because if you think posting a review is a threat then I honestly think you need some professional help.
who
the fuck
cares
Here is the thread, the review is 5 minutes and 35 seconds long. No spoilers in the review:
http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=33246.0
thx