Gears of War Now Triple Platinum
Gears of War, the hit Xbox 360 game from Epic Games has gone triple platinum. The game was already the fastest selling Xbox 360 game selling 2 million compies in just over 6 weeks after its early November release.
The game overtook Halo 2 as the most popular game on Xbox Live, a spot Halo had help since Xbox Live began service in 2004. Not long after the release of Gears of War Xbox live service nearly doubled.
In a release of the sales mark Microsoft commented that it was the third highest selling game of 2006 despite only being on the market for under 2 months and it is the most popular Xbox exclusive title ever.
Gears of War appears to be the newest popular franchise. Other popular franchises include Halo on Xbox, Zelda and Metroid on Nintendo, and Grand Theft Auto on Playstation.
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