Americas Pre-Order Chart: Week Ending 26th Mar 2011

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kowenicki said:

ithis said:

It's an honet question, don't hate on mee too much because of it:

Couldn't part of GeOW3's high preorder numbers be due to the lack of big 'core' Xbox360 exclusives?

it could... but it isnt

Gears is a massive franchise.

6m Gears 1

7m likley for Gears 2

proves this.

Now that Bungie finally left Microsoft, the hype for Halo has gone down and Epic Games has an opportunity to gain a bigger fanbase here. Also Gears 3 was announced almost a year ago, where a typical 360 exclusive isn't know about until the year of launch, or even in the case of Forza 3, only four months before release. Ontop of that Gears 3 has the same "Finish the Fight/Trilogy" methedology behind it, and this game is taking 3 years to develop instead of 2 like Gears 2.

If a lack of games was the reason for high Gears3 sales, then Mass Effect 3 (a strongly 360 oriented title), and Forza Motorsport 4 would start to see modest pre-orders, but they don't.