hardwareTechPowerUp · Fri Oct 09 2026

Gears of War: E-Day Sold 168,000 Copies on Steam but Xbox Game Pass Players Generated 130% More Revenue

We recently reported that Gears of War: E-Day wasn't having the best launch week over on Steam, but according to Alinea Analytics's Rhys Elliott, Steam doesn't even account for half of the game's revenue or owner base. The analytics firm estimates that Gears of War: E-Day sold around 230,000 copies since its launch, with around 168,000 of those copies coming from Steam and 62,000 of them coming from Xbox. Despite this, though, Xbox players still accounted for almost three quarters of the game's $37 million in revenue. The big differentiator here is that 1.7 million gamers played E-Day via an X

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