Microsoft's latest console exclusive, Gears of War: E-Day , launched this week, and now we've gotten the first glimpse at how the game is performing commercially. Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics released a report that said the game has sold about 230,000 copies so far, with Steam sales accounting for 168,000 and Xbox (across console and PC) making up the other 62,000. There is more nuance there, too, as Elliott said that 722,000 of the 1.7 million people who played E-Day through Game Pass bought the $30 Premium upgrade, which got them in early and awarded them with extra content. Including the 722,000 upgrades, nearly 950,000 people actually paid something for E-Day." Elliott concluded that these are "soft numbers" at a time "when Xbox badly needs revenue wins." In this environment, Elliott said E-Day's $70 edition is "functionally dead on Xbox." "In a world without day-one Game Pass, many of these folks would have bought E-Day at $70.
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