Microsoft and Epic were probably expecting big numbers from the launch of Gears of War 2 but maybe not numbers like these. Gears of War 2 sold 2 million units over the weekend. In addition to those numbers, more than 1.5 million people logged into Gears of War 2 on Xbox Live and racked up a total 15 million gameplay hours which helped to set a new record for concurrent Xbox Live players. Do you want even more statistics? These weekend warriors also unlocked more than 19 million achievements along the way. This is what Cliffy had to say about all of this craziness,
“We were so excited to launch Gears of War 2 on the same day all around the world, something virtually unheard of in the games business,” said Cliff Bleszinski, design director at Epic Games. “We wanted our fans, no matter where they live, to have a shared experience on day one, and that’s exactly what’s happened.”
I would tend to believe everyone knew this was going to be a hit but this was just over a single weekend. With the rest of the holiday season to go who knows where we will see Gears of War 2 end up with it’s final sales tally.
[Via Gamerscoreblog]
wow, 2 million and I haven’t bought it yet. I was on vacation.
Pretty impressive. I’m liking the game a lot so far, but I’ve run into a ton of major bugs in single player (getting stuck in areas as Dom when Marcus moves on, particularly in Act 2 on the barges)
Definitely some glitches and some moments [once again] that seemed like the writers got bored and wanted to throw something different into the mix ( vehicle driving / gunning ), … that wasn’t the most fun I had. Overall…I’ve enjoyed it despite some mistakes and major frustrations on my part.
I haven’t got to play Gears as much but it got my friends talking a lot about it and they’re enjoying their marathons. Those are some impressive numbers.
you can play the campaign as dom? how?
I’m totally going to use Dom, he’s my favorite character.