Gears of War 2= Epic fail?

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Rock_on_2008 said:
Gears of War 2 will have a hard time living in the shadow of its predecessor Gears of War selling 5 million copies according to VGchartz. Call of Duty 4 has sold around 5.4 million copies on the XBox 360 and counting. Halo 3 has sold 7.5 million copies and counting.

Gears of War 2 has a lot to live up to with XBox 360 owners having a lot of shooters to chose from. XBox 360 owners are oversaturated with shooting games IMO.

360 FPS games are not quite the same as other games when it comes to sales.  Most Halo and GOW owners like to do deathmatches/lan-parties/online-play.  When a new version of an FPS online-capable game on the 360 comes out, a significant percentage of the players upgrade.  Why?  Not primarily to have a new standalone game, but to get the new weapons, maps, etc. available in the sequel.

 

The same is likely to hold true for GOW 2... I want it not because I think the single-player storyline might be great (or even long)... I want it for the lan-parties I go to after it's out.