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Gears Of War 2 Sells Like Hotcakes News

Microsoft announces weekend sales of 2 million copies and a new record for concurrent Xbox Live players...

By Gwynne Dixon
Posted: 12/11/2008
Gears of War 2

While the Master Chief might very well be the Zac Efron of Microsoft pin-up shooters, Marcus Fenix has now secured his position as the bad boy alternative after Gears of War 2 pulled in 2 million worldwide unit sales over the weekend.

According to Microsoft figures, 1.5 million people logged into Gears of War 2 on Live during the weekend following release, tallying 15 million gameplay hours and 19 million Achievements collectively while setting a new Xbox Live record for concurrent players in the process.

When Halo 3 was released last September, Microsoft kept figures for the amount of units shifted in the game's first 24 hours of sales very close to its chest, although the Redmond giant was happy to publicise US pre-order figures of 1.7 million copies.

We very much suspect that Gears of War 2 hasn't worried Halo 3's impressive sales records for the first weekend of sales. Nevertheless, with 2 million copies shifted on a single platform, this puts Gears 2 firmly into GTA IV and Halo 3 territory.

Shiam Jai, the first UK customer to get his hands on a copy of the game, had the following to say about his purchase (presumably with a Microsoft Taser inches from his eyeball):

"I've been waiting two years for this moment and now I've finally got my hands on it. It's going to be the greatest game of all time, made even better by being able to play it on the greatest console of all time.''

Better than SEGA's Mega CD? Surely not. Let us know your thoughts in the comments...

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User avatar By: Anonymous

Added:Mon 08th Jun 2009 15:25, Post No: 165

foreskin

User avatar By: Anonymous

Added:Sat 06th Jun 2009 02:30, Post No: 164

I can't play multiplayer in xbox live! this is a waste.

User avatar By: Anonymous

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

By: gfh-77

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.

User avatar By: Anonymous

Added:Sun 10th May 2009 20:27, Post No: 161

Xbox 4 life. Pc is for queers

By: freeradical

Added:Fri 01st May 2009 12:10, Post No: 160

Yeah, like swine flu cases.

By: SegaBoy

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.

User avatar By: Anonymous

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!

User avatar By: Anonymous

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).

User avatar By: Anonymous

Added:Tue 20th Jan 2009 02:40, Post No: 156

new ranking system would be nice

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