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Preorders Past the Original Already
Preorders Past the Original Already
Shacknews - October 14, 2008
Submitted by Animate (241) at 1:34PM PST on October 14, 2008
Pre-sales for Epic's cover-heavy action sequel Gears of War 2 (360) have surpassed the total pre-sale orders for the original Gears of War, publisher Microsoft has announced.
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3lstormy10 posted on Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) at 12:15PM PST on October 15, 2008. RE: Preorders Past the Original Already@apujanata,
Good point - but that's the way PR works.
Seriously, is this even news? The first one sold well. Most of those sells were not preorder situations. Isn't it common sense that the sequel gets more preorders than the first one since it is anticipated/hyped and the first one was well received?[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 294 ]bids
1apujanata posted on Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) at 5:10PM PST on October 14, 2008. RE: Preorders Past the Original Already@oznerol,
It is interesting that Microsoft didn't divulge the percentage increase of GoW2 preorder compared to GoW preorder. There are also no mention about GoW2 pre-order compared to Halo 2 preorder or Halo 3 preorder.
Anyone have figure for Halo 3 preorder ?[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
2oznerol posted on Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) at 2:13PM PST on October 14, 2008. RE: Preorders Past the Original Already@Joe80,
Before we all crap ourselves - it's a pre-order to pre-order comparison, not a pre-order to total sales comparison.
For the original Gears of War, I found this tidbit -
"Gears of War is second only to Halo 2 (which sold 1.5 million pre-orders and shifted a further million units across the counter in its opening day)".
Take that for what you will. Nice article either way.[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 1 ]bids
38Animate posted on Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) at 1:34PM PST on October 14, 2008. Article: Preorders Past the Original Already
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I think it certainly is news. I wager that Gears 1 had some of the highest preorder numbers of any game this generation and possibly last generation (top 10 perhaps). I think Oznerol pointed out Gears 1 was second to only Halo 2 (confirmed here:
According to Microsoft Game Studios Vice President Shane Kim, Gears of War preorder sales were second only to Halo 2 in the studio's history.)
The real significant thing about this news is how early Gears 2 surpassed Gears 1 Presales. It did it 24 days before the release of Gears 2.
Someone on VGC posted the following:"Putting some VGChartz numbers in, Gears 1 sold ~880k in NA/EU regions on the first week and Gears 2 will be be a simultaneous release on Nov 7 for NA/EU. I wouldnt be surprised if this number is doubled to ~1.5m to ~2m first week debut for Gears 2.
As a comparison to the most recent HD blockbuster, MGS4 did ~1.7m on its first week for all regions NA/EU/JP simulataneous release. I am quite sure Gears 2 can match or even exceed this first week level in NA/EU regions alone."
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Personally, I guess I would predict Gears 2 to do about 1.3-1.85 in its 1st week sales.