PoE sold 500,000 units, including backers, after 5 months.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pillars-of-eternity-reaches-new-sales-milestone/1100-6431677/
PoE2 has been out 2 months, with 200,000 (+33K backers) units sold on Steam. So... I don't see a reason to be negative at this point.