Gears Of War 2 already tops two million sales

[StompingFreak]

Gears of War 2 has been producing all sorts of crazy statistics since launch, as it has topped two million sales and seen 1.5 million play in online last weekend.

The success is mostly down to the worldwide Gears of War 2 launch, rather than the usual staggered launch that sees the US get their games a few days earlier than Europe.

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

The first weekend after the game went on sale saw over 1.5 million people play Gears of War 2 on Xbox Live, unlocking 19 million achievements and clocking up a staggering 15 million gameplay hours between them.

Source (http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=6961)

[DinnyHoon]

Awesome. Now when are they going to fix MM?

[Jedi Minds UK]

That about 60 Million pounds in little under a week. EPIC must be rolling in it.

[xI Reverend Ix]

2million sales and it still takes 30mins to get into a game, lol.

well done Epic, i'm enjoying this more than gears one, it seems more user friendly to me. A patch will make this game even better.

[Mazzy]

bah, fallout3 sold 3 mil. but ob its multi format.

for all the moaning about MM, play private matchs, its hella more fun than playing one game every 30 mins, win or lose it puts you back into lobby WTF? why have a voteing system? when u get to only play one round.....

[Xg Corkin]

I get into games straight away by myself and when im in a part of five. Its only hard when you in a party of two, three or four and TBH the same happens in Halo 3 when your in a party of three.

[Mazzy]

well i had a group of 5 last night and it never found a game in 20 mins, so we get a 6th in for 3vs3. there is something wrong with it atm.

[xXMFx Massacre]

I dont see this mm problem i can get a match in under 2 minutes?? only gripe is the underpowered shotty,The over powered chainsaw and the underpowered sniper FIX it and the game will be awesome!.

[Xg Corkin]

I can find a match in a party of 5 or by myself straight away :confused: I must be lucky.

[Terbinator]

Wingman i usually get into a match straight away, sometimes the wait is about 2 mins for other game modes.