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JaggedSac on 13 March 2009

selnor, Gears 2 has been hovering around the number 4 spot on the weekly live activity charts since the first of December. Halo 3, CoD4, and CoD WaW are moving around the top 3.



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selnor on 13 March 2009
JaggedSac said:
selnor, Gears 2 has been hovering around the number 4 spot on the weekly live activity charts since the first of December. Halo 3, CoD4, and CoD WaW are moving around the top 3.

 

 Here is the list for the whole of 2008 figures put together.

http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/01/04/the-top-20-live-games-of-2008.aspx

Notice Halo 3 was most played NOT COD4. Also notice that Gears 2 is 4th even though the top 3 had stats for the entire year and Gears 2 had just under 2 months.

And again in 2007 when Halo 3 and COD 4 were released COD 4 was owned again.

http://xbox.joystiq.com/2008/01/05/the-most-played-xbox-live-games-of-2007/

Notice that Gears 1 beat COD4 but the same as 08 applies here. Gears 1 had the entire year, wheras COD 4 didnt. Bear in mind Halo 3 didnt have entire year and still came top.

I predict for 2009

1. Halo 3

2. Gears 2

3. COD WAW

 

COD4 may be the most played on PSN and the most liked. But it is not the case with LIVE. Definately Halo 3 has a ton more features, and is way more fun. Also the COD4 maps arent that great.



DOATS1 on 13 March 2009

i agree with selnor. halo 3 has the best online multiplayer ever. it used to be cod4 for me for a while, but halo 3 took the crown back.




Staude on 13 March 2009

isn't world at war a part of this too ? it is a cod 4 award but do you think they seperates their servers ? i doubt it.



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damndl0ser on 13 March 2009

Next time you goto BlockBuster or your local game rental store, check out how many more COD4 copies they have on the 360 as opposed to the PS3. I would imagine that this is part of the reason as well. Atleast here in the States.



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dolemit3 on 13 March 2009
damndl0ser said:
Next time you goto BlockBuster or your local game rental store, check out how many more COD4 copies they have on the 360 as opposed to the PS3. I would imagine that this is part of the reason as well. Atleast here in the States.

They wouldn't bother ordering so many more 360 copies if the demand wasn't there.

 



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headshot91 on 13 March 2009
selnor said:
headshot91 said:
I thought cod4's singleplayer was awesome and the online is I think atm the best online game I have for the ps3. Many publications agree with that and gave cod4 an average of 94 on gamerankings!

 

 After playing COD4 on veteran the experience was ruined. They made infinite respawning enemies which took away any strategy of war. Go on load the game up, and play on veteran. Now snipe some guys held up in a farmhouse. 2 hours later you will still be able to snipe the same guard for the thousandth time. Very dissapointing.

And I dont know about PSN figures. But the top 2 most regularly played games on Live is Halo 3 and Gears 2. So 360 owners may be spoilt for more choice with better online shooters if they choose not to play COD4.

you do know that on every cod, respawning enemies is a fact of the game? The entire series of cod is based upon you pushing up and going past some imaginary line that ends spawning for that area, you then move onto the next area and have to go past another line etc etc. I think thats what many people and mags liked about it-how everything happens in massive doses, not little bits. Plus of course you thinking gears and halo 3 are better than cod4 as online shooters is entirely your opinion.

 



justinian on 13 March 2009
point x said:
11 VS 4..................?

FREE VS PAY,.........?

 

 

How convenient of you to forget

20million PS3 v 29millionX360 (year and a half headstart)

Has the gap change that much since CoD4:MW? Take a million?



shinyuhadouken on 13 March 2009

I've got 4 COD4 accounts. I'm sure I'm not the only one.



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JaggedSac on 13 March 2009

Selnor, what you should realize is that those Major Nelson lists do not imply the most played online game. Just the rankings of games in terms of how many unique users have played. Yearly figures for that kind of statistic is pretty much worthless.

The weekly data tells a bit more. Notice how Gears 2 had the most UU(Unique Users) the week it came out and then dropped down steadily in the subsequent weeks. This shows us that it did not have the staying power to keep people coming back that CoD4 and Halo 3 had.

CoD4 is definitely played more on Live than Gears 2.