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Gears of War 2 sells 2.1 million units on first dayDela @ Nov 10, 2008 04:29 | 9 comments In yet another example of how successful video games are becoming, the Epic title Gears of War 2 reportedly sold 2.1 million copies in its first day. VG Chartz gained early access to the sales figures of the game, which sold 1.4 million in its first day in the United States alone.
It's November 7th release puts another blockbuster on the shelves alongside the Xbox 360 console for the holiday season. Later this month Microsoft will push out a system update for the Xbox 360 that will completely change the user-interface of the console.
As impressive as the sales may be so far, last year's release of Halo 3 generated 3.8 millions sales in its first day. Providing key content at the right times during the year is vital to the success of Microsoft's console.
This year's game line-up for all three consoles is sure to generate an interesting battle between them again this year. |
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Comment by: grkblood (Nov 10, 2008 07:38) the one game i actually wouldnt mind buying for the 360. not that i would go and do anything rash like that and buy a 360. o well, i can always talk my roommate into getting it for his. on a side note its 230 and i just finished the campaign for resistance 2. I'de like to play gears and see which is better. R2 is pretty sick though. |
Comment by: b18bek9 (Nov 10, 2008 08:41) fan boy comments...why compare games to one another when they are exclusive to 2 different consoles?lets stick to the subject as we all know GOW2 was gonna sell a couple million the first week...Not like noone didnt know that i wonder how many consoles it will help sell.... |
Comment by: fgamer (Nov 10, 2008 13:43) After being pirated several weeks before it's release it really shows that piracy is really not an issue for the 360 although easily hackable. I could see it selling 2.1million, I mean every person on my friends list is playin it, good game too, although it has a few annoying bugs. |
Comment by: lxhotboy (Nov 10, 2008 16:53) Quote: Question is why call someone a fanboy and what does it really matter if the game is an exclusive? Thats all the more to compare them. I honestly had been wondering the same thing after looking at multiple reviews for both GOW2 and R2. I wanted to swap consoles for a few weeks after i finished beating GOW2 campaign but one of my cousins is in Iraq and the other in Germany. When someone has the luxury of completing both games please post your opinion. Both are top notch games.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Nov 10, 2008 17:29) GOW was not all that and strangely...GOW2 not all that either....FO3 on the other hand! |
Comment by: emugamer (Nov 10, 2008 17:36) Originally posted by b18bek9: He complimented the game and you call him a fanboy? That's one word that is sooooo over-used in these threads. Obviously he wants to play it to make a fair comparison. And his comparison to R2 was a "side note." These threads have become a race to see who can throw around the term "fanboy" first.
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Comment by: Trenholm1 (Nov 10, 2008 18:52) well gears of war 2 may have the earlier date to buy it but i still i wouldnt waste my money on gears of war 2 cause of the live setup, it takes you about 1 hour to find a match, which is kinda boring once you've beaten the game on every difficulty. |
Comment by: DoggRuff (Nov 10, 2008 21:18) Quote:Originally posted by b18bek9: |
Comment by: mike.m (Nov 11, 2008 04:03) Just finished this game last night. If you thought GOW 1 was good, this one is so much better in everyway. The only downside I can see is that it leaves a lot of unanswered questions in the game, but I guess they will answer them in GOW 3. On the otherhand, another problem, as with any online games, is playing online, having friendly conversations with others, and then someone starts talking-on and on that you KNOW is not over 17+ just by the sound of their voice. Other than that, excellent game. |