Gears of War Tops Sales Charts
Congratuations are in order again! Not only is Gears of War the top title on Xbox Live, but news has come that worldwide records indicate that Gears of War has achieved the new record. The record they set is that of “Fastest Selling Xbox 360 Title”, which they achieved by selling a staggering one million copies worldwide in the first week.
Over across the pond in the UK, Gears of War is breaking records too according to industry data. In it’s first week Gears of War has shot to the top spot of the UK Video Games charts in it’s first week of release. It also nailed the title of the UK’s second fastest selling game, right behind Halo 2.
“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.”
Congrats again goes to the team at Epic Games, who have really created what is turning out to be an “epic” game!
[ From Gamasutra ]
im from ‘over the pond’ in the UK, and yep the game is doing great over here. Managed to get it the 20th, so i was lucky to get it only a few days after release.