We’ve all seen the phenomenon of people not being able to part with old games. Just take a look at those fine folks that never wanted to give up Halo 2 for some quick and easy proof. But even though we know that people do weird things with their time and their gaming habits, it never ceases to amaze me when I see some new statistic that upends what I thought I knew.
This week’s statistics from XBox Live (taken from Major Nelson’s Blog) are pretty telling when it comes to what people like to play. To me, it’s crazy that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is getting beaten by so many old games. And on top of that, three Call of Duty titles still manage to battle it out in the top 10, this far removed from their release dates. Move on, people!
Anyway, here’s the list. Craziness.
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1. Modern Warfare 2
2. Red Dead Redemption
3. Halo 3
4. Call of Duty: WaW
5. FIFA 10
6. Call of Duty 4
7. Battlefield Bad Co. 2
8. GTA IV
9. Gears of War 2
10. Left 4 Dead 2
11. Halo 3: ODST
12. Forza Motorsport 3
13. UFC Undisputed 2010 Demo
14. NBA 2K10
15. Backbreaker Demo
16. Splinter Cell Conviction
17. NHL 10
18. Borderlands
19. UFC Undisputed 2010
20. Madden NFL 10
Hit the jump for the XBox Live Arcade list.
Top Arcade Titles
1. DOOM II
2. Game Room
3. Toy Soldiers
4. METAL SLUG XX
5. Trials HD
6. Castle Crashers
7. Lazy Raiders
8. Magic: The Gathering
9. AFTER BURNER CLIMAX
10. Madballs Babo:Invasion
11. Perfect Dark
12. UNO
13. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
14. 3 on 3 NHL Arcade
15. Band of Bugs
16. Battlefield 1943
17. Worms 2: Armageddon
18. DOOM
19. Worms
20. Hasbro Family Game Night
Any surprises on this list for you guys?
Source- Major Nelson
I understand Halo because of its amazing replay ability, but I don’t understand CoD.
Kinda surprised to see FIFA in the top ten. Who says soccer will never break through in the US? Then again, this list is probably worldwide, though, right?
And what is World at War doing so high on that list? I thought that was the COD game that nobody liked. A resurgence of interest in Treyarch, perhaps?
God, I hate that [Insert Here] is [Insert Here] internet meme.
Anyway. In all honesty, I’m buying a new XBOX360 tomorrow, and the first two games I’m getting for it are Gears of War 2 and BioShock 2. I have a lot of games to catch up on, but not many tactical combat games today beat a good (actually good, no lag, team leaving, etc.) match of GoW. Simple soldier going around on a killing spree, no choppers to pretend to be, no weird things happening when people die that don’t always happen, etc. I like MW2, but it’s always good to have variation from the standard realistic weapons.
[quote comment=”11610″]I understand Halo because of its amazing replay ability, but I don’t understand CoD.[/quote]
I feel the opposite.
CoD has unlockables, a reason to keep playing, i.e., new weapons, emblems, callsigns, etc…
Halo is just…Halo. Everytime.
Still great, but I can’t play it for too long.
Move on from Halo 3 before anything else,lol.
Zayven,
People hated on WaW before playing it. Once it came out, all was forgiven.
It was kind of bad ass, although the multiplayer pales in comparision.
I understand playing Halo 3 more than COD4, since a new one hasn’t come out yet for that franchise. Honestly, people should have moved past both games, haha. Modern Warfare 2 and Bad Company 2, people!
I think Halo 3 will continue to be the refuge for people who don’t like the upgrade system of Modern Warfare 2, at least until Halo: Reach comes out. Although, I’m sure there will be a cabal of loyalists who refuse to play Reach because they don’t like the armor options.
As for the XBL Arcade games, I’m kind of excited to see that Afterburner Climax cracked the top ten. That game is pure arcade bliss. I’m still hoping that if it sells well enough, Sega might actually consider porting Planet Harriers for XBLA/PSN.
I’m sorry, I didn’t know continuing to play and enjoy older games instead of shelling out valuable money for the newer editions the moment they come out wasn’t allowed.
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Well, if you haven’t had money since 2007, which is when Halo 3 and CoD 4 came out, then yeah. You might have bigger problems than buying the sequels.
Hell yeah, Rot Tot is in #2.
And wow, World at War is still going strong apparently. And CoD4 of course is still up there. I recently played CoD4 Multiplayer about two days ago and had a blast. Yeah, I actually enjoyed myself, even when I died. I was pretty lucky not to go against anything excessively bork’d and I didn’t get spawn-killed nearly as much as I typically do, so it was fun. Suck it, MW2.
Out of curiosity, can anyone who plays any COD’s on the 360 give an average on the amount of people online? I booted up W@W on the PS3 for a laugh and there were a mere 3,500 on. I ask purely out of curiosity and for comparison. I’m like that y’see.
[quote comment=”11619″]I understand playing Halo 3 more than COD4, since a new one hasn’t come out yet for that franchise. Honestly, people should have moved past both games, haha. Modern Warfare 2 and Bad Company 2, people![/quote]
ODST? Mitch is gonna be upset…
[quote comment=”11630″][quote comment=”11619″]I understand playing Halo 3 more than COD4, since a new one hasn’t come out yet for that franchise. Honestly, people should have moved past both games, haha. Modern Warfare 2 and Bad Company 2, people![/quote]
ODST? Mitch is gonna be upset…[/quote]
ODST=Expansion.
Not suprisingly, todays forecast calls for raging xbox gamers who cant handle BFBC2 because their MW2 tactics wont work on it.
Eh i predicted it slumping in playing on the xbox, but its getting a lot of hype on the pc and ps3 versions.
How the hell did WaW get back on the list? dont most people hate that game because it wasnt made by IW?