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Sequels Sell: Dragon Age 2, Crysis 2, Dead Space 2 All Hit Over 2 Million Sales

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by Phil Kollar on May 04, 2011 at 05:15 PM
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Ever feel like you're drowning in sequels? We feel you. Sequels are big business, though, and Electronic Arts has the evidence to show it.

As part of its announcement of results from the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, EA revealed that Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, and Dead Space 2 have all surpassed two million in sales. Four other EA titles releasing in the fourth quarter went over one million, and several other milestones were reached:

  • FIFA 11 has sold over 12 million units
  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has sold over seven million units
  • Medal of Honor, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and Madden NFL 11 have each sold over five million

EA also said that Dead Space 2 sales are 40% higher than sales of the first game over a similar period of time, which is good news for a franchise that at one point didn't seem like a surefire success.

All of these sales milestones add up to a strong quarterly report for the publisher, which claims it was the #1 Western publisher this past quarter for both consoles and PC. Congratulations to EA on its success, and we'll look forward to a number of games with "3" in the title (beginning with Mass Effect 3) selling strong next year.

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  • by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:18 PM

    Awesome. Over 2 million people have screamed in horror once again.

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:19 PM
    Dead Space 2 was great, but it is Crysis 2 that stole the show for me. By far one of the best shooters in years. I loved that game, and played it 4 times through. And considering I am someone who rarely ever plays a game more than once, no matter how much I enjoyed it, that is the highest honor I could give a game.
  • by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:21 PM

    Awesome!!!

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:32 PM
    The only EA game I bought was Need For Speed Hot Pursuit. Is Crysis 2 any good?
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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:32 PM

    That guy's going to get owned trying to take out babies with a plasma cutter.

    Anyway, yeah, 3 great games.  I've already played Dead Space 2 and Crysis 2, and I'm working on Dragon Age 2 right now.

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:34 PM

    I think this is good for EA. I hope that the sales keep up so they can keep making quality games. I can see Madden 12 and Mass Effect 3 reaching 2 million and higher. I can't wait for EA's E3/ Last year was game, game, game, game and I hope this year is Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3, and more great games.

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:43 PM
    good for ea but i'm still pissed about the quality i got from DA2 ( *** you bioware) so wish that didn't sell as well but still good for ea
  • by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:46 PM
    Nice to see Bad Company 2 doing so well. Hope for BC3 they go back to the pure comedy of one, leave seriousness to the main series.
  • by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:47 PM

    I agree with the statement above about the original Dead Space not looking as though it'd be a success....and that statement assumes even more truth in the wake of how stellar Dead Space 2 is.

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 05:49 PM

    Sweet. I can't wait for more sequels!Crysis 2 was (and is) freaking amazing, BF:BC2 is probably one of my favorite games of all time, and don't even get me started on how much I love Dead Space 2.

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 06:00 PM

    I only got Dead Space 2 and I must say that game is kick-ass

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 06:11 PM
    Dead Space 2 has been my favorite title of this year with Portal 2 in close second.
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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 06:23 PM
    Crysis 2 was hands down the best FPS campaign of the year (yeah I'm calling it that early, the only possible challenger is Rage but that's different.) On top of it's awesome story, beautiful graphics, amazing setting, and tight gameplay is replay value. So many ways to approach each scenario you'll want to keep coming back.
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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 06:33 PM
    Dead Space is finally one of the strongest franchises out there. Can't wait to see Dead Space 3. Just bought Bad Company 2, so do you think there will be a third game after Battlefield 3?
  • by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 06:39 PM
    Good to see Dead Space doing well! I didn't have much care for it until DS 2, then I bought DS 1. Loved both of them! Although if Crytek would respond to their website once in a while to let us PC gamers know what the hell is going on, that would be great...
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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 06:41 PM

    I'm actually proud for EA. They put out a lot of great content this year, so they deserve all of this money, I think.

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 06:42 PM

    Holy man EA really makes a lot of money , the thing is they really do top notch video games , at least EA deserve it, good quality products!

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 07:00 PM

    Crysis 2 was really good, so was BFBC 2.  I can't say for the rest.  But most sequels make a lot more than new IPs anyway.  People are more inclined to buy a (somewhat)sure thing.  

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 07:47 PM

    Yeah I'm glad for Dead Space... really liked the first and it's sad that you can attach that epithet to it.

    Just wish I could get around to playing it.

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    by Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 07:55 PM
    Dead space 2 by far my favorite GOTY, I freaking love it. Not to say that Isaac is a total bad#ss. I just wish there would be more DLC for it. Still finishing Portal 2 and I dont know which one is my favorite..
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