Just playing through gears 4, looks great in 4k HDR and I'm having fun playing it also. Did this sell particular well, I see it's in the game pass now
No.
This thread has more details.
Basically, the game was hurt by a variety of factors:
- Basic franchise fatigue
- Weak marketing compared to 1-3
- Judgement, the preceding game in the series, was handled by another developer and seen as a side story cash-in. It probably shouldn't have been made (I liked the campaign personally, just finished it last week via BC)
- Many of the casual console gamers that made Gears 1-3 big went PS4 this gen so far fewer people available to buy the game
- Many PC gamers will only buy from Steam and Gears 4 was Windows store exclusive
- MS gave away a ton of free BC Gears games near that time through various promotions
It's a shame because Gears 4 is beautiful and I really dig the Gears gameplay, but as a franchise it just needs to rest for a while and maybe come back next gen with a big splash.