Our Blog: 2.1 mil copies of GOW2 sold.

Holy wow. Gears of War 2 is rocketing off the shelves. Benjamin Schlichter at vcchartz.com reports:

Using the aforementioned data [from early retailer reports, and user polls] Gears of War 2 looks to have debuted to midnight and Friday sales of 1,400,000 units in North America, and 700,000 units in 'Others' territories. This would represent about two thirds of Halo 3's massive debut, which wound up with 3.8 million units sold it's first week on the market.

Due to the US Election taking place on the 4th November, the release date for Gears 2 was moved back to Friday the 7th meaning that "week one" sales will be made up of two days sales - expected to come in at around 2.5 million worldwide. The implication of this is that week two sales should show a lower than normal dropoff so it is entirely possible that the game may hit 3.5 million sold by the end of week two

• in just nine days.

The game must be awesome. Friends of mine on XBOX LIVE have reported that they have beaten the game already. (My copy is still on the way, I'm embarrassed to admit.) Have you beaten it? Has the game lived up to your expectations? Share your thoughts in the comments.

-Pete LeGrant

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