Gears of War 3 Pre-orders are ripping up the charts. Â Could it have a little something to do with the beta code that is included if you pre-purchase the game? Â Maybe. Â But at this point the game has been pre-ordered around 450,000 units with around four and a half months to go before launch. Â Our source indicates that this is a record setting pace for Epic’s sequel. Â Putting these numbers next to other highly anticipated titles like Halo: Reach who had 103,000 pre-orders at this stage or Call of Duty: Black Ops which had 78,000 pre-orders, Gears of War 3 is outpacing two of the best selling week one games of all time.
The multiplayer beta for pre-orders just went live, and things seem to be running smooth as silk for Epic. The re-tuned matchmaking system makes finding games a breeze, and the game not only plays better than its predecessors, it looks better with a much deeper level of interaction in the levels. Â Will a drought of Xbox 360 exclusives in 2011 propel Gears of War 3 to sell more than it ever has before? Â It’s likely.
Rod Ferguson went on record recently to iterate that Gears of War is moving past just the core gamer and into pop culture status. Â A feature that is found in other wildly successful franchises like Halo and Call of Duty. Â With this increasing awareness from the general public and a game that delivers on all fronts, as judged by the exceptional beta, it looks like Gears of War 3 and Epic are setting themselves up for one hell of a 2011.
