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Gears Sells a Million

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that's-a-lot-of-fenix dept.

Gamespot reports that Gears of War has sold a million units in two weeks. This has made it the fastest-selling 360 game to date, beating out GRAW and CoD2 for the honor. From the article: "Microsoft dropped some other statistics as well, saying 'more than 850,000 unique gamers have engaged in 10 million [Gears of War] gameplay sessions while unlocking an impressive 7 million achievements.' Since the game went on sale November 7, the rate of Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, which are required for online play, has increased more than 50 percent. According to Microsoft, the impressive subscription rate is because more than 85 percent of Gears players play one of the game's various multiplayer modes, which include full campaign co-op." The GamerScore Blog wants you to know that rumours you have heard about Gears for Windows were mistaken. For the time being, anyway.

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  1. this is surprising by Karma+Sucks · · Score: 0, Troll

    I am truly surprised that people are willing to buy yet-another-FPS. Didn't we get enough of this with Quake? Why would you want to buy essentially the same game with some sprites changed? I just don't get it.

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  2. Hype by jedigeek · · Score: 0, Troll

    How much do you think Microsoft are paying to get this continued onslaught of dull Gears of War press all over the Internet?