The December NPD numbers are out (posted below) and the data points to some tremendous Gears of War 2 sales. With almost 750k sales in North America in December, Gears of War 2 has sold over 4 million copies world wide to date. To put it in perspective, that's almost double the amount of copies sold in the same time frame as the first game.
If the success of our Gears of War 2 co-op night is any indication, then we have no doubt regarding these numbers. It's our firm belief that the first game's strong co-op campaign helped drive sales into the second game with the promise of a brand new co-op campaign as well as the 5 player co-op Horde mode.
Platform Sales:
DS 3.04M
Wii 2.15M
X360 1.44M
PSP 1.02M
PS3 726K
PS2 410K
Top Games:
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE 1.46M
360 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 1.33M
WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD 999K
WII MARIO KART W/ WHEEL 878K
WII GUITAR HERO WORLD TOUR 859K
360 GEARS OF WAR 2 745K
360 LEFT 4 DEAD 629K
NDS MARIO KART 540K
PS3 CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR 533K
WII ANIMAL CROSSING: CITY FOLK 497K
Source: Gamedaily.com