Gears of War 3 Claims The Biggest Launch Of 2011

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focus Members Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited September 2011 in IllGaming
Gears of War 3 Sells More Than 3m Copies in First Week

Seb Parker, 22 hours ago, 7,910 views

Microsoft and Epic have reason to celebrate. The highly anticipated end to the Gears trilogy - Gears of War 3 - has eclipsed 3 million units first week. This covers a period of 5 days in both Americas and EMEAA. This both marks 50% growth over Gears of War 2 and means that it outsold the first weeks of both previous iterations combined.

Gears of War 3 also claims the biggest launch of 2011 so far, surpassing Pokemon Black /White's western debut. It also claims the 6th biggest X360 launch week all-time, worldwide, just behind Grand Theft Auto IV.

Gears of War 3 saw decent growth in both Americas and EMEAA, selling 2.15M units in Americas (up 850,000, 65%) and 850,000 in EMEAA (up 260,000, 31%). The franchise typically sees around 6-6.5 million units lifetime, but Gears 3 is set to buck the trend and should surpass 8 million units.

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/88023/gears-of-war-3-sells-more-than-3m-copies-in-first-week/

No flopping here.
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  • Alkindus
    Alkindus Members Posts: 1,677 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    Lol the dreamcast flopped 2 but it had the sickest games in it's era.

    You're gettin paid by MS ain't ya?
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    every exclusive shooter ps3 has > Gears and i like gears...Mcdonalds has over a billion served but their burgers suck.. so what you sayin.
  • John_Blazini
    John_Blazini Members Posts: 14,837 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    every exclusive shooter ps3 has > Gears and i like gears...Mcdonalds has over a billion served but their burgers suck.. so what you sayin.
    niigga whaaaaaaaaaaaaattt hahahahahahah
  • stoneface
    stoneface Members Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    Pound for pound, as far as the whole package, Gears series > every PS3 exclusive series, period. I got and love both systems but I swear that only ? that dont have 360s say otherwise.
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    blazini wrote: »
    niigga whaaaaaaaaaaaaattt hahahahahahah

    I aint lying. Im not even hating .. Gears is a good series i played the first two extensively but they are nto better than rfom series nor killzone in any facet

    The movement in multi player is wack as ? .. horde mode was the ? .. but its like they are running on a track
  • One Spliff
    One Spliff Members Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    every exclusive shooter ps3 has > Gears and i like gears...Mcdonalds has over a billion served but their burgers suck.. so what you sayin.

    mcdonalds burgers suck now ?

    what is the world coming to...
  • focus
    focus Members Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    I aint lying. Im not even hating .. Gears is a good series i played the first two extensively but they are nto better than rfom series nor killzone in any facet

    The movement in multi player is wack as ? .

    So basically you just suck at Gears.
  • joshuaboy
    joshuaboy Members Posts: 10,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    One Spliff wrote: »
    mcdonalds burgers suck now ?

    what is the world coming to...



    You eat meat? lol
  • One Spliff
    One Spliff Members Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    joshuaboy wrote: »
    You eat meat? lol

    yes...lol

    havent had a mcdonalds in a while tho
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    One Spliff wrote: »
    mcdonalds burgers suck now ?

    what is the world coming to...
    they always have its a larger white castle burger.. not the first choice


    Burger King #2 double whopper >
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    focus wrote: »
    So basically you just suck at Gears.


    Not at all i was a beast iwththe sniper and that perfect reload ?
  • One Spliff
    One Spliff Members Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    they always have its a larger white castle burger.. not the first choice


    Burger King #2 double whopper >

    we dont have white castle out here.

    havent had a double whooper in like 10 years...

    mcdonalds is kinda overrated now dat u mention it...
  • dallas' 4 eva
    dallas' 4 eva Members Posts: 11,216 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    every exclusive shooter ps3 has > Gears and i like gears...Mcdonalds has over a billion served but their burgers suck.. so what you sayin.

    You did not just say this with a straight face I hope. Gears 3 > every other shooter out right now, and once battlefield 3 and MW3 come out later on this year we can see which will be better. This ? said Killzone and Resistance are better than Gears ROFL.
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    I so serious.. im not comin with that geek like focus.. i have played the gears series. extensively.. not just tried it... play these series and come back and holla.. dont just dabble


    Focus is all about the numbers.. that all he cares about.. hes like 90's baby on hiphop.. and new ? nba fan.. STATS ON STATS ON STATS..
  • renagade410.
    renagade410. Members Posts: 647 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    The co-op is what makes gears and the multiplayer...i guess you could say the story as well

    i played 1 and 2 religiously its hands down my favorite 360 game. With that being said killzone 2 was a better game than gears 1 or 2 if u play solo. The multiplayer was really a matter of preference and the co-op hands down goes to gears

    As far as resistance i preferred the multiplayer in that over gears but i do know gears had the better multiplayer.

    End of the day it boils down to preference. Today i say killzone 2 was better but tomorrow i could say gears....thats why i said ? it and copped both.
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    Resistance 2 multi was wack.. it went haloish ill sy that.. r3 multi is back where it should be .. wish it had more r1 elements.. but the story in both of these games was bananas
  • funkdocdamc
    funkdocdamc Members Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    Honestly, Killzone 2 is like the most overrated game this gen. It's not a bad game at all, but to me, it's just not as great as people make it out to be. I'll still take KZ3 MP over KZ2 any day.

    Gears 2 MP was straight ? tho; ? was horrible. Gears 3 is the best shooter out (as of now) even tho that's not saying much considering nothing really dropped this year aside from Resistance 3, which is also a good game even tho I only played the MP beta.

    Gears 3 > Gears 2 < Gears 1, but that sawed off is annoying as ? .
  • One Spliff
    One Spliff Members Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    is'nt gears a 3rd person shooter ?

    whys it being compared to 1st person shooters ?
  • earth two superman
    earth two superman Members Posts: 17,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    3 million, well ? let me drop everything and go buy one now lol
  • funkdocdamc
    funkdocdamc Members Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    One Spliff wrote: »
    is'nt gears a 3rd person shooter ?

    whys it being compared to 1st person shooters ?

    ? .............it's a fanboy thread, why are you using logic?
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    One Spliff wrote: »
    is'nt gears a 3rd person shooter ?

    whys it being compared to 1st person shooters ?

    Its a shooter never made that distinction. never said it was wack either
  • earth two superman
    earth two superman Members Posts: 17,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    I love when arcade ? and Microsoft sambos stan a game like their long lost father helped design it. Just makes me wanna buy it even less.
  • One Spliff
    One Spliff Members Posts: 5,354 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    ? .............it's a fanboy thread, why are you using logic?

    lol...

    good point.
  • focus
    focus Members Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2011
    Killzone 3 and Resistance 3 haven't sold 3 million life to date, worldwide, combined.
  • Carlos Loozer
    Carlos Loozer Members Posts: 848
    edited September 2011
    Focus stays winnin in the arcade