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Forums - Sales Discussion - Top selling HD game of 08: MGS4 vs Gears of War 2

c0rd on 14 December 2008

An early thread made me wonder if the top PS3 exclusive may top the 360's for the first time in 09. However, after checking the numbers I realized the 360 may not even make the cut for 08. While I'm aware MGS4 came out much earlier in the year, I find it interesting nonetheless.

Here are the stats of both games:

Gears of War 2: (3,187,025)
America Others Total


2.12m 1.08m 3.20m


1,306,571 589,673 1,896,244


330,703 201,966 532,669


169,305 101,258 270,563


186,156 87,297 273,453


119,116 94,980 214,096


Metal Gear Solid 4: (3,617,387)

(Worldwide sales)
4 weeks ago - 24,726
3 weeks ago - 27,731
2 weeks ago - 38,065
1 week ago  - 33,984


The current difference in sales is 430k. There are three weeks left in the year, so Gears 2 must outsell MGS4 by ~145k a week to make the cut. Can it make it? While the most recent week has shown possible signs of slowdown for Gears 2, it still outsold MGS4 by about 180k. Also, after last month's NPD, some suspect Gears 2 may be overtracked. What do you think?



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BenVTrigger on 14 December 2008

it was already proven gears2 wasn't being overtracked Capps came out and said when they broke 3 million sold and it lined up with vg chartz.

either way it will be very close



SpartanFX on 14 December 2008

gears is over tracked here ,,,Epic said the game is almost hitting 3 million shipped but we have it at 3,100,000 sold to customers.



 

 

 

KatinJin on 14 December 2008

No Epic said it was 3 million sell through as of the end of the first week in Dec. Not shipped.



Zucas on 14 December 2008

Katin- they wouldn't comment on sell through because it doesn't matter to them. More than likely it was shipments they were commenting on. Considering nothing on NPD numbers would suggest otherwise, it is definitely shipments.



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Lurker on 14 December 2008

MGS4 has been out a bit longer. It would be more interesting if they came out at the same time.



akuma587 on 14 December 2008
Lurker said:
MGS4 has been out a bit longer. It would be more interesting if they came out at the same time.

But Gears of War 2 came out in the holiday season, where there is generally a much larger number of people purchasing games/video game systems.

Not saying what you are saying isn't true, but that there is a counterpoint.

 



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S.T.A.G.E. on 14 December 2008

Gears 2 will make it to 4 million within a month or two.



Godot on 14 December 2008

Best selling HD game of 08 = GTAIV.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 14 December 2008
Godot said:
Best selling HD game of 08 = GTAIV.

True but I believe he's talking about exclusives of 08.