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There's no doubt that the biggest announcement made during the Xbox Games Showcase was Gears of War E-Day, something Xbox itself knew by leaving it as the last game shown during the event. Although many of us expected to see the sixth numbered installment of the franchise during the event, the truth is that The Coalition has taken a different path, returning to the origins of the saga, and that has had positive consequences in the games of the series.
We all know that the new installment of the saga will be a prequel to the first game, something that has caused a large number of players to decide to return to Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, the “remake” of the first installment of the franchise that arrived a few years ago to Xbox One. And, according to the data, The number of players has increased by 323% since the announcement of the new game took place.
Gears of War: Ultimate Edition user base has grown 323% in the last week and a half
The information has been obtained by TrueAchievements, which, using its own database, has discovered this increase, which has meant an increase of the aforementioned 323% of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition players, compared to those who were active before. before the Showcase was held. After confirmation of the game, it seems logical that many users have wanted to enjoy the first installment of the franchise againin order to be up to date with what to expect for The Coalition's next work.
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However, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is not the only one that has seen its number of players increase in recent days. Gears 5 has received an increase of 66% of players compared to the data before the event, while Gears 4 has reached an increase of 64% of Xbox players. In addition, the second and third installments also rose, although by a much lower percentage.
What is clear is that the Gears of War E-Day announcement has had a really positive impact on the entire franchise, and it is possible that as new information is confirmedthere are more players who decide to return to the previous installments of the franchise.