Originally Posted by azarhal 
BioWare themselves said that Dragon Age Origin sold better than Mass Effect and was more popular.
Yes, if you read the last line "Mass Effect, of course, was released on two platforms - whereas Dragon Age was released on four (including Mac)." it explains sort of why…fast forward to mass effect 2(which this article is not talking about and it did as well or better then then dragon age…whereas dragon age 2…not so well.