News In the last 5 days

[Tarvis]

Since the last update, a few things have happened in the Gears world. Gears 2 unsurprisingly took over the top of the multiplayer chart, away from Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. However with the matchmaking issues, will it stay there for long?

NXE also went live on the 19th, whats everyone's opinions on that?

Cliff Bleszinski also did an interview a couple of days ago that can be read here. He discusses Gears 1 multiplayer and how it's effected Gears of War 2, how much more they can go with the Unreal engine, and also discusses Resident Evil 5.

Site wise, I've been working on recording videos and putting some of them on youtube. I've added the "top links" section to the right so it's easier to find our videos.

 

[Joe]

According to www.vgchartz.com, Gears 2 has currently sold 2.68 million copies in the 2 weeks it's been at retail. Keep in mind that the aforementioned website is pretty damn unreliable, but considering there was a press release about Gears 2 selling over 2 million in its first weekend, it's probably pretty close to the actual figure. November NPD numbers will be released in mid-December, and that'll tell us how much the game sold from release to Nov 30th.

The vast vast majority of games make 98% of their lifetime sales in the first 90 days after release. In mid-January when we get December's NPD data, I am betting that Gears 2 will have sold at least 5 million copies. The original sold 4.7 mil.

 

[Joe]

There was an update applied on this, anybody knows what it does?

 

[Tarvis]

Not me! someone make happy thabsgivin news post

 

[Joe]

k

 

[Joe]

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/11/27/epic-unleashes-first-gears-of-war-2-patch/

Supposedly fixed matchmaking, let's test this bitch out sometime

 

[Tarvis]

it was fast when me and logan played yesterday

 

[Bronson]

i want pleh. i rent tomorrow? you guiz pleh wit meh?

 

[Joe]

kay

 

[Joe]

Well the patch didn't really do jack for me when I tried to play public wingman yesterday night, oh well!

Sales of Gears 2 up to 3.01 million.

 

[Joe]

December US NPD Numbers:
Wii 2.15 million
DS 3.04 million
Xbox 360 1.44 million
PSP 1.02 million
PS3 726K
PS2 410K.

It should be pointed out that the DS selling 3.04 million is the highest sales number for any console in any month in history. The previous highest was the PS2 in Dec 2002 with 2.7 million.

Top 10 Games of December 2008

1. Wii Play w/ remote - Wii – Nintendo – 1.46 million
2. Call of Duty: World at War - Xbox 360 – Activision – 1.33 million*
3. Wii Fit w/ balance board – Wii – Nintendo – 999K
4. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel – Wii – Nintendo – 979K
5. Guitar Hero: World Tour - Wii – Activision – 850K*
6. Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360 – Microsoft – 745K*
7. Left 4 Dead - Xbox 360 – Electronic Arts – 629K
8. Mario Kart - DS – Nintendo – 540K
9. Call of Duty: World at War - PS3 – Activision – 533K
10. Animal Crossing: City Folk - Wii – Nintendo – 497K*

* Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, and Bundled Editions

Top 10 Games of Calendar Year 2008

1. Wii Play w/ remote - Wii – Nintendo – 5.28 million
2. Mario Kart Wii w/ wheel – Wii – Nintendo – 5.00 million
3. Wii Fit w/ balance board – Wii – Nintendo – 4.53 million
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Wii – Nintendo – 4.17 million
5. Grand Theft Auto IV - Xbox 360 – Take-Two – 3.29 million*
6. Call of Duty: World at War - Xbox 360 – Activision – 2.75 million*
7. Gears of War 2 - Xbox 360 – Microsoft – 2.31 million*
8. Grand Theft Auto IV - PS3 – Take-Two – 1.89 million*
9. Madden NFL '09 - Xbox 360 – Electronic Arts – 1.87 million*
10. Mario Kart - DS – Nintendo – 1.65 million

* Includes Collector's, Limited, Legendary, and Bundled Editions