Darksaviour69
November 22nd, 2006, 14:05
It took the PS2 15 months to get its first Million selling game, Capcom's Onimusha: Warlords. But Today on the Xbox360's birthday, Gears of War has broken the 1 Million Mark, in just 2 weeks, 3 months sooner than the PS2.
Gears of War is also the most play Xbox game, Knocking Halo 2 of it's perch earlier this week.
Some more statistics from Microsoft "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 over 50 percent. According to Microsoft, the impressive subscription rate is because over 85 percent of Gears players play one of the game's various multiplayer modes, which include full campaign co-op.
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Gears of War is also the most play Xbox game, Knocking Halo 2 of it's perch earlier this week.
Some more statistics from Microsoft "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 over 50 percent. According to Microsoft, the impressive subscription rate is because over 85 percent of Gears players play one of the game's various multiplayer modes, which include full campaign co-op.
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