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I think Gears 3 could break 5 million by the end of October, and maybe 6 million if it's lucky by the end of the year. That would be great to top Gears of War 1 and 2 in only 4 months.

Gears of war 3 and Kinect Adventures share the same demograph? What you say makes sense, but overall I expected CoD and Halo to be higher on the list then they are now. Maybe people are getting real hyped for MW3 and Battlefield 3.

To be fair PS3 has Resistance 3, and COD is a much bigger game on 360. Then again Black Ops on PS3 barely crossed the top 40.

As for EMEAA, I thought Gears would still appeal to regions in Europe outside UK. It's a pretty big game, and it's not like french gamers don't appreciate a good shooter.

Wii is dying, I don't know if it will get a million seller week this year. I don't think any home console will.

360 back over 3k in Japan cause of GEARS, PS3's price drop still holds and post solid numbers on the hills of the ICO-S.O.T.C. and Dark Souls. Wii, DS ,and PSP selling very well.

but yet again 3DS is king!

MS may need that price drop rhat they say they don't need to win the yr with, but i still don't think they'll do it.

lot of strange games up there and Dead Island is doing nuts for a new IP and it doesnt even have a meta of 90. Glad people are still buying Deus Ex, despite Gears out this week. Good for Gears, Only Xbox exclusive i truly like, great series

I love rope arrows! It's an underappreciated game mechanic. Loved them in Dark Messiah of M & M too.

I think the same company that made Deus Ex Rev is making Thief 4, isn't that a good sign though?

I meant Reach etc for demographic that's why I referred to Kinect seperately.  My view is that a fair bit of the spike wasn't new owners but people trading their standard 360 for a Gears custom console (probably half my friends in UK did that for example with their current consoles).  Therefore those people already owned Reach, etc.  In addition the huge shift to buying Gears cannabilized demand for Reach, etc.

Kinect I think is totally seperate I meant that due to it's fairly low, steady sales at the moment if there are enough new releases it gets pushed down the charts.  I doubt demand for Kinect dropped due to Gears simply that Gears, Dark Souls on PS3, etc. all pushed it down the rankings due to their higher debut numbers.

As for Gears it just doesn't have the same appeal outside US/UK and a few other territories as it does within them.  Just one of those things.  Could be all manner of reasons.  For example I have some German and French friends who don't like it simply because of the heavy xenophobic vibe it gives off as Marcus and the gang crow "too ugly to live" as they kill another Locust.  They disliked Killzone 2 for the same reasons.  Like I said who knows but the Gears vibe certainly doesn't have worldwide appeal despite the fact it's gameplay is undeniably polished and strong.

Pretty ironic that, in percentage terms, it caused the biggest spike in Japan though!

Hopefully 3DS is not overtracked in the west, that would be really disappointing considering how well the console is doing in Japan.

Interesting. Dead Island and Homefront both fell flat with reviewers and both have sold relatively well. I'm not sure what was different about Homefront that it captured gamers' attention, but I really think Dead Island caught some kind of pent up desire for some first person zombie action. There's been nothing really since L4D2. And Dead Island with it's tropical resort setting also gave it that classic sort of fun B-Movie vibe. So great timing to fill a void.

Ds & 3ds still outselling the psp ww at the same time.. take note people!