XNA GameComponent.Initialize() not called

Question

I have a game which creates an object in its Initialize() method:

    private GameComponent1 _thingy;
    protected override void Initialize() //Game1.Initialize()
    {
        base.Initialize();
        _thing = new GameComponent1(this);
    }

In the GameComponent1 class:

    public GameComponent1(Game1 game) : base(game)
    {
        _game = game;
        game.Components.Add(this);
    }

    public override void Initialize() //GameComponent1.Initialize()
    {
        //Do stuff here
        base.Initialize();
    }

However, in this case, _thing's Initialize method is not called. Why is this?

It behaves fine when the object is created in, say, Game1's Update method...

Answer 1

swap the order of this:

base.Initialize();
_thing = new GameComponent1(this);

to this:

_thing = new GameComponent1(this);
base.Initialize();

You need to initialize your components before, I believe.