Gears of War: E-Day reportedly courts over 1.7m Xbox Game Pass players and makes over $37m since launch
Gears of War: E-Day's sales are reportedly lighter than you might expect from one of Xbox's flagship names, but pure sales numbers don't paint a complete picture of the bloody shooter's performance.
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Gears of War: E-Day's sales are reportedly lighter than you might expect from one of Xbox's flagship names, but pure sales numbers don't paint a complete picture of the bloody shooter's performance.
The short version
- A sizable chunk of revenue actually came from Game Pass subscribers paying for the game's Premium Edition upgrade.
- Game Pass seemingly affected those stats to a large extent, like many other Xbox-published games this generation.
- Around 1.7m Locust-grinders played the shooter through their Game Pass subscription and more than 722,000 of them also bought the game's $30 Premium Edition upgrade.
What happened
When you include pure sales, microtransactions and those Premium Edition upgrades, Gears of War: E-Day has seemingly made above $37m (about £28m). As Alinea noted, almost a million people paid something for E-Day.
Why it matters
"In a world without day-one Game Pass, many of these folks would have bought E-Day at $70," the analyst speculated.
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