Gears 2 Sales Refuse To Slow News
Epic confirms triple-platinum status for the Xbox 360 sequel; could it rival the 8m units of Halo 3...
By Jon WilcoxPosted: 09/12/2008
Gears of War 2 continues to be one of the most popular titles currently being played over Xbox Live, currently laying in second position, and sales of the shooter are also holding up well, with confirmation from Epic Games' Vice President that it has passed through the three million unit mark.
Speaking briefly to Edge, Mark Rein confirmed the figure, which had been hinted at by Microsoft Games Studios chief, Phil Spector, in an interview with Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb: "Microsoft [the game's publisher] confirmed to me this afternoon that Gears of War 2 sell-through surpassed 3 million units as of last week."
According to the publication's online spin-off, the original Gears of War took ten weeks to break through three million units, whereas the sequel has only taken four. In addition, it's worth pointing out that it took Halo 3 twelve weeks to sell 8 million units – only five million more to go...
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Added:Mon 08th Jun 2009 15:25, Post No: 165
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Added:Sat 06th Jun 2009 02:30, Post No: 164
I can't play multiplayer in xbox live! this is a waste.
Added:Wed 03rd Jun 2009 03:38, Post No: 163
yea... they fixed it and multiplayer is still [#@!?]. they should just patch the entire [#@!?] matchmaking bull[#@!?] and put the server search back in.
EPIC [#@!?] sucks and I hope they read this comment. I paid more than I was supposed to for the LE and I got this [#@!?] game instead. If they put this matchmaking [#@!?] into Gears 3 I'm going to [#@!?] kick their asses.
.... [#@!?] you gfh-77.. dumbass
Added:Mon 11th May 2009 23:42, Post No: 162
like anonymous people are queers too, lol xbox 4 life i guess you dont have a life either.
just grow up true gamers dont care what system they play on its all to do with the games they like to play, if its only on pc you play it on pc if its only on consoles you play on a console its that simple and if the games good enough for consoles its good enough for pcs.
just to finnish off i doubt youll be playing your 360 in 10 years time so why say 4 life, for a start you got a friggin qwerty keyboard in front of you so use it, your not sending a text message on your cell phone your sending it on either an ipod a ps3 or a pc/mac.
Added:Sun 10th May 2009 20:27, Post No: 161
Xbox 4 life. Pc is for queers
Added:Fri 01st May 2009 12:10, Post No: 160
Yeah, like swine flu cases.
Added:Fri 01st May 2009 11:22, Post No: 159
Trying to remove *all* torrents is like trying to hunt for the proverbial needle in a haystack... Even when you've got them all, they'll be more the next day.
Added:Thu 30th Apr 2009 21:49, Post No: 158
on piracy, doesnt he have the right to say "this is property of Epic Games" and have the right to remove it off torrent systems...
I would love to see GoW 2 on my pc. GoW was a great sucess in my opinion!
Added:Mon 26th Jan 2009 16:07, Post No: 157
Let us choose what type of game we want to play, not vote on it. Everyone always skips Guardian and Warzone and only want to play Execution. Also, the same maps are used over and over, like River (which sucks anyway).
Added:Tue 20th Jan 2009 02:40, Post No: 156
new ranking system would be nice