Gears Hits 3 Million Mark for Sales
January 19, 2007
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Microsoft officials have announced that Gears of War has sold more than three million units worldwide since its release ten weeks ago, with the action shooter being the top-selling title game across all platforms in December.
Microsoft also revealed that Gears of War’s latest downloadable content (released for free on January 10 and includes two new multiplayer maps) has garnered an impressive 750,000 downloads. In total, all of the game’s available Xbox Live content (including the maps, themes and video walkthrough) have seen 1.5 million downloads thus far, according to the company.
A month ago, Microsoft noted that Gears of War was the fastest selling Xbox exclusive title in history. Microsoft has since revealed that Gears of War was recently awarded a Platinum award by noted Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, making the game, alongside Blue Dragon, the second Microsoft Game Studios title in the past two months to receive this honor.
“Like blockbuster titles from Microsoft’s Halo franchise and the Grand Theft Auto and Zelda franchises, Gears of War is tracking to be one of the best-selling video games of all time and has established itself as the most successful new IP of the next generation,” commented Microsoft’s Jeff Bell.
