GROW UP.

You can quote me on that to.

Back to the Gears 2 sales (ignoring the fanboys who have come to the Micrsoft discussion area).

Gears 2 is looking amazing and should easy outsell number 1 (that still looks fantastic even now), pre ordered to.   Only 23 days to go before release here. 

Fable 2 also pre ordered, also looking amazing..   Only 9 days before release here

well the userbase is larger now then GoW 1 was released so no wonder GoW 2 preorders have surpassed it.

You missed CAL4MITY's point. Look at the bolded word in each of your posts

He said that sequels to good games will have a higher proportion of their first week sales from preorders, So the fact that it has higher pre order numbers does not mean it will have higher first week sales

Thank god Scottie, proof that the human race still has some hope. Someone gets it.

Well, my reaction to this is to question the word "already".  24 days to go, with a much bigger console install base, and pre-orders just passed those for Gears 1, then an unknown franchise?  Makes sense, not spectacular.  Right in line.  It's basically much like the gameplay previews of Gears 2 we've seen: very linear predictable improvement, rather than an amazing leaps and bounds improvement.

That's the risk with sequels, though, isn't it? Can't make too many changes, the built in fanbase might get upset, but they can't not change anything because the franchise might get dull and they want to draw in fans that didn't like the first game.

The only thing predictable here is that Gears 2 will have massive sales, be another 90+ rated game and be a top candidate for many GOTY 2008 awards. Makes sense, very spectacular.

I agree.

good news!