Gears of War hits 2 million mark - cool network effect
GameSpot is reporting 2 million copues of Gears of War have been sold. Yep, death match, single player, multi-player co-op - it's all good. the surprising thing, however is the network effect that occured by selling such a great game with great online play:
"Since the game went on sale November 7, the daily rate of Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, which are required for online play, has increased more than 50 percent."
That's a pretty profound bump where the software has caused people to pay for service they wouldn't otherwise pay for. What I'd like to know, is how many purhcase decisions were made to buy a 360 based on GOW.
It certainly was no accident that this game was released the same week as the Wii and the PS3. I'm sure Microsoft was working on that timeline with Epic for months. I'm sure many people who were on the fence, or just couldn't wait to get their hands on a PS3 made the plunge.
Link to Gears of War hits 2 million mark - Xbox 360 News at GameSpot
