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Gears of War has long been hyped as the holiday title to get for the Xbox 360, and so far critics' reviews agree. It's no surprise then that the sci-fi shooter, which was released in mid-November, has already sold more than 1 million copies and is a frontrunner for Game of the Year in many people's books.
The Epic-Games-developed title also took a crown from the Xbox family's reigning king of sci-fi shooters, Halo 2, when it was recently revealed that the most played game over Xbox Live was Gears of War. Previously, Halo 2 had owned Xbox Live, besting all other Xbox and Xbox 360 titles in online play.
With all the online fragging Gears is facilitating, it's no surprise that the game is bringing some dormant gamers out of the woodwork and onto Xbox Live. According to Sandvine Incorporated, a network traffic tracker, 80 percent more users were drawn to Xbox Live since Gears of War's first week of release.
"The effect Gears of War and other games are having on networks indicates to service providers that online gaming is not just a craze," said Sandvine CEO Dave Caputo.
Since the game went on sale November 7, the rate of Xbox Live Gold subscriptions, which are required for online play, has increased more than 50 percent.
While Sandvine only pointed out Gears of War by name, it did mention that other games released that week also aided in the spike in Xbox Live users. Also released that week for the Xbox 360 were Viva Pi馻ta, Call of Duty 3, and Tony Hawk's Project 8--the latter two of which were also released on the original Xbox.
Gear得到的超高评价，已不用多说，该作品在11.7发售后，两周便超过了百万大关，无数人将它列为了几年最强作品之一。
同时，Gear夺走了长年被Halo系列占领的Live对战之王的称号，Halo2之后，Gear成为了Live用户最爱选择的游戏。
网战的便利，吸引了不少单机为乐的玩家们，据调查，Gear发售的1周后，XBOXLIVE用户增加了80%。
“Gear的成功告诉我们，企业对于网上服务的关注并不只是一时发热”Sandvine CEO说道
到目前为止XBOXLIVE Gold成员的数量已经增长了50%。
当然，同期发售的一些游戏（COD3，宝贝万岁）对这个喜人的成果同样有功劳。. |
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