Gears hit' s 1M sold in under 2 weeks!

As “Gears of War” continues to emerge throughout the world ahead of the holiday sales rush, the Xbox 360 juggernaut has sold an impressive 1 million copies world-wide in just its first two weeks of release—elevating the game to the fastest-selling title of 2006 and fastest-selling original Xbox game of all time.

The battle continues to rage on Xbox Live as well, as more than 850,000 unique gamers have engaged in 10 million gameplay sessions while unlocking an impressive 7 million Achievements. On top of being the #1 title on Xbox Live, “Gears of War” has also driven new members to the network, as paid registrations per day have skyrocketed more than 50 percent since the game’s launch.

Propelling its rise to popularity, Gears of War has been crowned the best next generation game of the year by over 45 publications, earning a 95 percent average review score as tracked by www.gamerankings.com. Critics everywhere overwhelmingly agree and have united to make “Gears of War” one of the best-reviewed games of all time.

“From the very beginning, we knew ‘Gears of War’ would be an industry-defining hit,” said Shane Kim, corporate vice president at Microsoft Game Studios. “As we watched both the game and its hype grow, it became obvious that ‘Gears of War’ was the rare title that could live up to such incredible anticipation, and judging from the reaction of critics and fans, it’s done just that.”

Badass!

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Meh, PS3 launch was mucj mpre interesting...

What are the other 6 million or so 360 owners doing then?

There are two rules to success:

1. Never tell all you know.

I can' t wait till the post-Holiday season sales figures are released to see how well Gears of War has done!!!

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

why did around 94 million people with ps2 skip Mgs2 and mgs3?

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Well, that' s good news, not particularly shocking, but good. It' s nice to see a quality game take off.

Halo 2 sold 7M in a year, hopefully Gears will perform as well.

why did around 94 million people with ps2 skip Mgs2 and mgs3?

Because a nice majority of PS2 owners werent serious gamers, just mainstream brainwashed morons who love MADDEN BOY, MADDEN!!!

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

MADDEN BOI, YOU SAY MADDEN BOI? MADDEN, YEAH EVERYONE LOVES THAT MADDEN THERE BOI, MADDEN PLAYERS ARE SERIOUSSSSS PLAYERS TOO, NOT ONLY DO THEY BUY MADDEN, THEY ALSO BUY NCAA, MLB, AND NBA, THATS PRETTY SERIOUS GAMING THERE BOI!!

(This whole statement has been sarcasm, do not mistake it for anything else)

In Europe much of Sony' s success was due to Fifa and Pro Evolution. Those + the GTA series.