Mass Effect 3 Ships 3.5 Million

By Matt Mann / March 9, 2012

Mass Effect 3 is a critical hit, with a Metacritic rating of 95 right at this moment and now news has come in indicating that the game is somewhat popular as well! According to EA, the game which has only been out in the US for the past three days and just now releasing in Europe has shipped 3.5 million copies already. In addition, John Riccitiello the head of EA the game said Mass Effect 3 sold 890,000 copies within the first 24 hours of release. Riccitiello stated:

"we anticipated it doing well, so we're happy"

In addition, Riccitiello also stated that the day one DLC that everyone was talking about has sold extremely well. Apparently 40 percent of the people who bought Mass Effect 3 also purchased the From Ashes DLC:

"The tie ratio at the register is the highest in their history"

In other words, we can expect to be seeing much more day one DLC from EA games in the future. Finally Riccitiello also mentioned that Star Wars: The Old Republic is doing extremely well with 1.7 million active subscribers and as he called it:

"the most successful MMO through this period in the history of the industry"

I have been playing through Mass Effect 3 and as of right now I would have to agree with all those great reviews for the game. I did have the glitch where I had to enter a new face for my character but I was able to match them fairly close. For those of you who have had a chance to play the game, what are your thoughts on Mass Effect 3?