Gears of War: E-Day Courts over 1.7m Xbox Game Pass Players and Makes over $37m Since Launch, According to New Estimates
Alinea Analytics says 722,000 players paid $30 for early access, while Game Pass use lifted total players to 1.7 million.
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Gears of War: E-Day courts over 1.7m Xbox Game Pass players and makes over $37m since launch, according to new estimates
Gears of War: E-Day's sales are reportedly lighter than you might expect from one of Xbox's flagship names, but pure sales numbers don't paint a complete picture of the bloody shooter's performance. A sizable chunk of revenue actually came from Game Pass subscribers paying for the game's Premium Edition upgrade.
Gears Of War: E-Day–How’s It Selling? Let’s Unpack Things
Microsoft's latest console exclusive, Gears of War: E-Day, launched this week, and now we've gotten the first glimpse at how the game is performing commercially. Multiple analysts have weighed in, and there are numerous factors at play beyond pure sales, due to Game Pass and other factors. So let's break things down. Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics released a report that said the game has sold about 230,000 copies so far, with Steam sales accou…
Gears of War: E-Day Was Undercut by Game Pass, Says Alinea's Rhys Elliott, as 722K Early Buyers Paid Just $30
The first data on Gears of War: E-Day sales is out, and it's not looking good at all for Vancouver-based developer The Coalition. The studio was already reported to be very worried they'd be next in line for the chopping block after the second chapter of Xbox's Big Reset, which moved Halo, World's Edge, and Rare under Activision and laid off many employees across the division. Now, Alinea Analytics reports that the game has sold only 230K units …
The game sold an estimated total of 230,000 copies, with Steam dominating comfortably with 168 thousand units, while in the Xbox ecosystem (console and PC) 62,000 copies were sold. The reduced volume of traditional sales on the console is very low, but about 1.7 million players have already experienced the game through the Game Pass. Of these, 722,000 subscribers paid $30 for the upgrade to Premium Edition. Read more
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