Mass Effect: Andromeda – not more successful than its predecessor

BioWare’s controversial sci-fi game is number one in the UK sales charts, and becomes the third biggest release of the year.

Despite the mixed reviews, and endless YouTube clips of embarrassingly bad animation, there was still little chance that Mass Effect: Andromeda would be anything other than a major hit.

According to Chart-Track it had the third biggest launch of the year, behind Ghost Recon: Wildlands and Horizon Zero Dawn. However, it failed to outdo the first week sales of Mass Effect 3, and enjoyed only the third best debut for the series. Presumably meaning that it also failed to beat Mass Effect 2.



Chart-Track seem to be hinting that there wasn’t much in it though, and that the decline of PC retail sales may have been the deciding factor. In the end the PlayStation 4 accounted for 55% of the game’s retails sales, the Xbox One 41%, and the PC just 4%.


There were no other new entries in either top 40 this week, although a number of Xbox One games did rise up the chart, thanks to retailer promotions for Halo Wars 2 and hardware bundles featuring Rare Replay and Ryse: Son Of Rome.

This week sees no major new release of note, which will likely mean that Mass Effect: Andromeda will hang onto its number one spot for a second week.

UK individual formats chart – 25 March 1 (-) Mass Effect: Andromeda (PS4)

2 (-) Mass Effect: Andromeda (XO)

3 (3) Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)

4 (1) Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PS4)

5 (2) Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands (XO)

6 (5) Lego Worlds (XO)

7 (4) Lego Worlds (PS4)

8 (9) The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild (NS)

9 (6) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)

10(8) Forza Horizon 3 (XO)

UK all formats chart – 25 March 1 (-) Mass Effect: Andromeda (PS4/XO/PC)

2 (1) Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands (PS4/XO)

3 (2) Lego Worlds (PS4/XO)

4 (3) Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4)

5 (4) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4/XO/360/PS3/PC)

6 (6) The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild (NS/Wii U)

7 (5) FIFA 17 (PS4/XO/360/PS3)

8 (7) Rocket League: Collector’s Edition (XO/PS4/PC)

9 (8) Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare: (PS4/XO/PC)

10(10)Forza Horizon 3 (XO)

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