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Gears of War 2 Sells 2 Million in Opening Weekend

by Chris Faylor, Nov 12, 2008 8:33am PST

Related Topics – Gears of War 2, xbox 360, Software Sales

In the weekend following its worldwide launch on Friday, November 7, Epic's Gears of War 2 sold over 2 million copies across the globe, publisher Microsoft has revealed.

The Xbox 360 action game sequel saw over 1.5 million gamers log into Xbox Live during that time, a sum that set a new Xbox Live record for concurrent users.

Those 1.5 million gamers also racked up over of 15 million gameplay hours during the weekend, and unlocked more than 19 million achievements in the same time frame.

"We wanted our fans, no matter where they live, to have a shared experience on day one, and that's exactly what's happened," said design director Cliff Bleszinski. "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."

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"Those 1.5 million gamer also racked up over of 15 million gameplay hours during the weekend"

weak. thats hardly a gaming binge, imho

Nov 12, 2008 9:23am PST

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"Those 1.5 million gamer also racked up over of 15 million gameplay hours during the weekend" weak. t... : DewFuel
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  10 hours of gameplay over two days (+ Friday night if they're going it)? That seems like a lot when you c... : nudel
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    Average also means many people played it for less than 10 hours over friday, saturday, and sunday. Th... : BorenKets123
    - Ha! I know my cuz put in around 16-18 hours. Horde mode looked cool. : AxeMan808
    - Hard gaming? You must be one of those "hardcore" guys right? Grats. : ZoDD The Immortal

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Outside of a few great moments in Gears 2, anyone else enjoy the first games campaign better? Maybe its because i haven't played it in a while but i just remember a lot more fun gameplay moments in larger portions in Gears 1. I really couldn't get into the forced on rails stuff or the driving portions.

The first time through the driving area i tried to go off the path and the controls were so bad it took like 5 minutes of trying to turn the brick around to get on the 'right' path. What the hell is with the collision on that? you touch a wall and the damn thing stops immediately, and it feels like your going 5mph the whole time.

Nov 13, 2008 2:00am PST

Outside of a few great moments in Gears 2, anyone else enjoy the first games campaign better? Maybe its b... : bbmar23

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it feels like the 360 is knocking out these hits regularly now. if you call the wii some other category, I'd call the 360 this generations victor.

Nov 12, 2008 8:46am PST

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it feels like the 360 is knocking out these hits regularly now. if you call the wii some other category,... : Luminair
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I bought and played GoW a few years back and I remember thinking it was an alright game and I wasn't really going to buy the sequel. However, yesterday, my gf calls me and says her brother left his copy of GoW2 at her house and I should come over and play it with her. Today's a good day.

Nov 12, 2008 9:27am PST

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I bought and played GoW a few years back and I remember thinking it was an alright game and I wasn't real... : Defacil
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  So, your girlfriend has to lure you in with a game huh? : Fpsnut
  - She probably bought it herself. : Fpsnut
  - My wife just shakes her ass at me... that works. : vertdang
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  Just remember to pause the game for about 6 seconds to you know, take advantage of the #2 reason you went... : NobleAtreides
  - To download the Catan Demo? : SlingBlaze
- She is a keeper! : X-Nice
- a few years back? The game came out in 2006.... You make it sound like it's an ancient game =P : wangel

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I tried the first Gears on my 360 and with a gamepad it was not going to happen. Halo..same story. Gears 2 would be the same I imagine so I was not interested. I will say I enjoyed Gears and Halo on the PC and frankly the only way I would ever be able to enjoy Gears 2 or Halo3.

See, it's like this. Say your a Surgeon and have been doing open heart surgery for 20 years with a scalpel. Now one day you must perform the same operation with a chainsaw... Nuff said:)

Nov 12, 2008 7:25pm PST

I tried the first Gears on my 360 and with a gamepad it was not going to happen. Halo..same story. Gears ... : rodmanw

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Well that's nifty. I thought Halo 3 was the XBL "most people online" contender.

Nov 12, 2008 8:46am PST

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Well that's nifty. I thought Halo 3 was the XBL "most people online" contender. : ElArabDeMagnifico
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  wtf?GOW had a gigantic online community months after its launch, big enough to rival that of....yes, halo... : The Manatee
  - You make it sound like I was saying "I am right and you are wrong!" - t'was just a thought, nothing else. : ElArabDeMagnifico

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Does the 15 million hours of gameplay include time waiting in the lobby for a game?

Nov 12, 2008 8:59am PST

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  its part of the game. : DewFuel
  - Yeah, makes you nice and angry so that you're ready to curbstomp anything that moves. : nevicata

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High five, brah!

Nov 12, 2008 8:43am PST

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High five, brah! : gooblerampling
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