Gears of War: Reloaded Tops 1 Million Players in 3 Days

It had a really low Steam CCU (5k?) but as has been proven over and over again, Steam CCU doesn't paint the whole picture. Honestly, 1m is a lot more than I expected this soon, I'm betting the vast majority of this 1m comes from PlayStation, and then this would be yet another case of an "Xbox has no games" game doing really well on PlayStation, Lol.

really? It's on Game Pass and previous owners of Gears of War Ultimate (even of the physical version) got it for free.

I'd say 70% Xbox, possibly more. Already over 40k owners on TA.

Doesn't necessarily mean they'll all be playing it, on Xbox it's already available in 3 versions (Original, Ultimate Edition, Reloaded) and Ultimate Edition's remaster wasn't even that long ago, Reloaded is essentially the exact same thing except nicer graphics, there's like almost no other changes, Lol. So I don't really see it as a thing where Xbox players are going to be rushing to play it, in comparison to PlayStation users for whom it's the first time ever on PlayStation and likely millions of players who have never played Gears, or former Xbox fans.

Plus Helldivers 2 launched on Xbox on the same date.

I think unless you're a hardcore Gears fan (on Xbox) you're probably going to be waiting to play it.

On PS Store it has been Top 10 seller in 10 countries.

Maybe it's closer to 50/50 for consoles, PC...Doesn't really seem a factor, Gears seems to struggle with Steam's audience. Though it is being hammered on Steam review wise, a 4.55/5 on PS Store but a 51% on Steam, Lmao. And the PS Store actually has more reviews than Steam. I haven't looked into the issues but I'm going to assume it's yet another low effort-shitty PC port.

I'm really curious to see how Gears E-Day and a possible Gears 2-3 Remaster perform on Steam, it's starting to feel like Gears just won't ever be a "thing" on PC, for whatever reason, it doesn't seem like the PC audience is that into Gears, I mean it's not a disaster but it's nothing to brag about for an IP as big as Gears the performances of Gears Tactics/Gears 5/Gears Reloaded on PC.

Think it's just one of those things, there are some franchises far more popular on console, there are some franchises far more popular on PC. Maybe it can be explained as Gears 5 not being as good as OG Gears, but there's not much people caring about OG Gears either, Lol. Maybe it can be said that's because Gears Reloaded is a bare minimum remaster, so lets see how a more significant Gears 2/3 remaster perform and a back to basics Gears E-Day! I'm not dooming or anything, it's just going to be interesting to track Imo.

Once Helldivers 2 was announced, I completely lost interest in playing Gears Reloaded. I was only interested in playing the multiplayer.

Gears Reddit was in a flurry of people playing Reloaded and getting back into Gears of War 1 MP. A handful were PS5 players. It's anecdotal, sure, but it's more likely that the majority of people playing are those who received it for free.

Yes it does. It's not owners on TA, it's players. My fault.

Btw. it's already up to 58k. Helldivers 2 is only at 43k.

You misunderstood, I know TrueAchievements players are players, Lol. I was saying that all those who got Gears Reloaded for free aren't necessarily going to be rushing out to play it just because they got it for free, when it's not a major upgrade over Gears Ultimate Edition to begin with, it'll mostly be the hardcore Gears MP fans.

On Xbox US Most Played Helldivers 2 is at #16 and Gears Reloaded is at #32, I would say TrueAchievements is more accurate towards the hardcore crowd. I think a lot Gears purchases on PS will be for the Campaign but then get smacked down in the MP and move on fairly quickly, Gears MP is pretty hard to get into as a newbie.

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From my Xbox or on my GOG account?

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