Quick Cuts

Not much posting going on because I'm lazy sick.

• Take Two says Borderlands 2 was a hit with 5 million copies sold. It's interesting to note they said XCOM did well but they aren't saying any numbers. I suspect it was in the 2 million range, but not sure why they wouldn't announce it since a game like that isn't going to do BL2 numbers. Hopefully it is enough for AAA studios to keep making big budget strategy games.
• EA claims it now has 30 million registered users. Registered isn't necessarily "active" though. You routinely see 4 million logged into Steam daily (with around 80 million registered users), and I suspect that number on Origin is 1 million or less. It's making progress, but the storefront is still very awkward to use. Doesn't help when Origin-required games then have another layer on top with their Battle/Auto/whatever-log. 
• Interesting article about a theoretical one city block game. One of the things that always has bothered me about open world games is that most places are sparsely furnished, barely occupied, or just flat out unaccessible. I hope Spector or some other dev tries it out.