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January 4, 2007 Link to this post
Halo 2 - eclipsed in 8 short weeks?
Several days ago, Major Nelson posted the Top Live Games of 2006 - broken out into 360 games, Arcade games, and Original Xbox games. There's no combined list, but the way it's written, quite a number of the people commenting on the post are assuming that MN is saying that Gears of War (the top 360 game) is the top overall game for the year - and most of them are wondering if that's a mistake. I've waited several days for a specific clarification, but although at least one Xbox staffer has chimed into the conversation, there is no refutation of the assumption, and in fact, if one reads the entire set of comments, one is left with the impression that Gears of War did, indeed, pass Halo 2 as the top Live game of 2006. I have trouble believing this, but in the absence of hard data, I can do no more than speculate. If true, it would be a stunning statement about the popularity of Epic's title; it hit the market just a few weeks before the end of the year. If false... one wonders why Major Nelson, or an Xbox Live staffer, doesn't simply say so in that thread. (Well, I wonder, anyway.) (Louis Wu 13:31:17 UTC)
