Despite Gears of War: E-Day’s imminent launch, sales on Steam appear to be slow, according to estimates from Alinea Analytics.
According to estimates from Alinea Analytics, Gears of War: E-Day sales slow on Steam: To date, the prequel to Microsoft’s series has received approximately 120,000 pre-orders and earned nearly $7 million.
Although there are many factors to consider for Xbox exclusive games, especially the impact of Game Pass, These are not special numbers Compared to such an important game, it aims to be an ambitious reboot of the saga that Epic Games originally created.
More so if we think Launch is about to begin Users who decide to purchase the pricey premium version will have early access for a few hours, which should accelerate sales.
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In this regard, over the past six weeks they will be placed Pre-orders are less than 20,000confirming that the pacing isn’t sustained at all, but at least appears to be growing.
Better than Halo, but much worse than blockbusters
net amount Figures not yet officially announcedAs we explained, Gears of War: E-Day is currently selling more units on Steam than Halo: Campaign Evolved did in the same period before launch.
However, comparison with current blockbusters e.g. Wardogs, which has sold nearly 570,000 copies before releaseobviously the distance is quite large. Stay at Microsoft, Call of Duty has approximately 450,000 pre-orders on Steam within the same time window.
And the previous episodes?
There are no exact sales figures, but we do know Gears of War 5 may have sold 1.75 million copies on Steamwhile the remastered version of “Gears of War: Reloaded” should rank much lower, with sales of about 280,000 copies.
Of course, things could change significantly in the meantime early accessand then be put together after its official release, but it’s clear that those hoping for bigger numbers for the so hotly anticipated prequel may be disappointed.