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The Steam version of “Gears of War: E-Day,” the new title from Microsoft’s Xbox studios, has launched into early access and surpassed 20,000 concurrent players, marking the best start in the series’ history. The game has no PS5 version and is Xbox/PC exclusive only, but its strong Steam debut became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (“Geha”) board. At the same time, some pointed out that the numbers look weak compared to the early-access scale once hit by “Starfield,” a title that posted huge results as an Xbox exclusive — and once counterarguments noting that Game Pass players aren’t included in the Steam count entered the mix, opinion split over how to read the figures.
What people said
https://x.com/IdleSloth84_/status/2106089581955436908
Apparently it's lower than the Halo campaign numbers
Gears E-Day early access: 20,000
Flop confirmed.
Yep, and it's selling through Game Pass and downloads too
Not like those sketchy estimated numbers Resident Evil throws around, right?
The Japan PS5 version is totally dead now lol
https://x.com/IdleSloth84_/status/2106103518562287674
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Translated from English
Grand Theft Auto 6's PEGI rating has been published, revealing new details
• Certain weapons can inflict greater damage, including detailed decapitations and dismemberment.
• Cocaine can be snorted
• Drugs can be used during gameplay
• Sex scenes
• "Occasional" sexual fetish scenes
• Payment of a private dancer who can move her hands around a stripper
PEGI:
Hey, stop, delete that
Wolverine already proved stuff like this can get through Japan's CERO rating, so with a few edits (let's be honest, mostly the sex scenes) it'll pass fine
Just hurry up and make Gears 6 already
Honestly, for me 4 and 5 are the spinoffs, since Marcus wasn't even the main character in those
That's your takeaway after playing 4 and 5?
Gears makes most of its money off in-game skins and microtransactions, so it actually rakes in plenty?
Gears 5 was already stuffed with paid skins
That's because Mexico is, for some reason, a huge Xbox market
so maybe just make a thread for bashing Sony directly instead
Mad much? lol
The beta was pretty average too, and the graphics looked like stuff we've already seen.
Even stacked against PlayStation games, the graphics are the best the series has ever looked
Same here
I'm bad at multiplayer so I'm looking forward to the campaign
the story's always been good
Nothing beats pure, unadulterated 12 teraflops
You mean that QSSR thing where the feature's been live since yesterday on Wolverine and Yotei, but not a single third party has agreed to support it yet?
There's no way they could build and ship an update like that in just a day or two, are you dumb?
Nobody's going to go along with "we made the official announcement, so third parties, support it starting now"
Unless, like Xbox's disc-to-digital program, they actually verify every compatible title before making the official announcement
Looks like PC Game Pass starts on the 7th
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HTqI-jLa0AAvVJr.jpg
https://x.com/aarongreenberg/status/2106146386224005437
Nah, JD's annoying, right? lol
Is there anyone who actually likes that guy?
Steam sure is something
Background and Key Points of This Topic
The Gears of War series has long been developed as an Xbox-centric IP, and it’s worth noting upfront that this latest entry, “E-Day,” has no PS5 version and is positioned as an Xbox/PC (including Steam) exclusive. Early access refers to giving a subset of players advance access before the official launch, and Steam’s concurrent-player count only reflects people playing through Steam specifically. The 230,000 early-access figure for “Starfield” raised for comparison in the thread is cited as a benchmark representing the largest scale ever for an Xbox-exclusive title, and opinions split over whether this time’s 20,000 looks weak by comparison. That said, this title is also being offered simultaneously on Microsoft’s subscription service Game Pass, and players who access it via Game Pass aren’t reflected in the Steam concurrent count. The thread repeatedly raised this distinction, and it’s worth noting for readers that several posters argued it’s premature to judge the overall level of excitement from the Steam figure alone.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch Hardware/Industry (“Geha”) board thread “[Bad News for PS Fans] Gears of War: E-Day Steam Version Tops 20,000 Concurrent Players Even in Early Access, Marking Its Best-Ever Start lol.”
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