Erik's most recent post = FTW.
People forget that the Gears audience isn't the Halo audience. People came on board (the few that did) for Gears weren't most Halo-ites. European sales confirm this.
H2 only sold 1.67 in others + 0.11 in Japan on *around* 15-16.5m consoles in 2004.
Gears of War sold 1.38 in Others + 0.08 in Japan on 6.5m consoles in 2006. Gears still has plenty of juice left (its still in every countries top 10 X360 lists).
So GoW has done 80% of what H2 did, on 40% of the consoles.
To me, this would show, and extrapolate the audience is different. Even though Gears is like a third person cousin of Halo, it's still important, as the userbase is far different. Heck, Gears outsold LOST PLANET in Japan. Thats just insane!
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
