Gears of War is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Since the first thread appeared at Oct 29, 19:08 UTC, we have counted 4 threads about it in 3 communities, led by r/Games, r/pcgaming and r/gaming. That adds up to around 2.2K upvotes and 1.6K comments.
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- IGN: Gears of War: E-Day Reportedly Cost $500 Million to Make, Amid Claims It Has Sold Just 400,000 Copies
Gears of War: E-Day reportedly cost $500 million to make, amid claims it has sold just over 400,000 copies.
The numbers in the headlines
- $500 million: cited by a post in r/pcgaming, a post in r/gaming, a post in r/Games and IGN
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/Games | 2 | 1,162 | 964 | Oct 29, 19:08 UTC |
| r/pcgaming | 1 | 842 | 522 | Oct 30, 19:31 UTC |
| r/gaming | 1 | 169 | 155 | Oct 30, 20:27 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Gears of War: E-Day Reportedly Cost XBOX $500 Million to Make (Now Corraborated by Jason Schreier), Amid Claims It Has Sold Just 400,000 Copiesr/pcgaming · 842 upvotes · 522 comments · Oct 30, 19:31 UTC · IGN
- Gears of War E-Day Has Sold Over 400k Copies per New Reportr/Games · 562 upvotes · 589 comments · Oct 29, 19:08 UTC · playday.one
- Jason Schreier Confirms The Reported $500 Million Budget For Gears Of War Eday Is True: "Gears of War: E-Day Cost $500 Million To Xbox And That Is A Real Number, It's Real."r/Games · 600 upvotes · 375 comments · Oct 30, 19:56 UTC · youtube.com
- Jason Schreier Confirms The Reported $500 Million Budget For Gears Of War Eday Is True: "Gears of War: E-Day Cost $500 Million To Xbox And That Is A Real Number, It's Real."r/gaming · 169 upvotes · 155 comments · Oct 30, 20:27 UTC · IGN
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/Games: “Gears of War E-Day Has Sold Over 400k Copies per New Report”
- The story reaches r/pcgaming: “Gears of War: E-Day Reportedly Cost XBOX $500 Million to Make (Now Corraborated by Jason Schreier), Amid Claims It Has …”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/pcgaming (842 upvotes, 522 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/gaming: “Jason Schreier Confirms The Reported $500 Million Budget For Gears Of War Eday Is True: "Gears of War: E-Day Cost $500 …”
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.