Mark Darrah, an executive producer on Dragon Age: Origins and director of Dragon Age 2 and Dragon Age: Inquisition has disputed claims that Dragon Age is a niche series commercially.
In a thread on X where industry insider Shinobi602 was arguing with detractors about a perceived change in direction for Dragon Age, Darrah stepped in to discuss the successes of Dragon Age: Inquisition.
"Yeah I'm not sure where '[Dragon Age: Inquisition] is a commercial failure came from. [It's sold] over 12 million at this point. It massively oversold EA's internal projections. Oh yeah and was [game-of-the-year] in 2014," Darrah posted.
The other titles in the Dragon Age series are no slouches commercially, either. Dragon Age: Origins has sold over 3.2 million copies and Dragon Age 2 surpassed 2 million sales in 2011. Dragon Age's sister series Mass Effect has sold a similar amount of units but has done so with four games released to Dragon Age's three.
"I literally got some chotsky [junk present] (I don't remember what) from a csuite member because [Dragon Age: Inquisition] saved the quarter," Darrah later followed up.
Dragon Age: Inquisition also managed to secure the coveted game-of-the-year award from The...
