Call of Duty 4 Knocks Halo 3 Off Xbox Live #1 spot

[Gemini]

COD4 Divests Halo 3 Of Xbox Live Crown
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Yesterday's weekly posting of Xbox Live statistics on Larry Hryb's website contained a sweet surprise for fans of Infinity Ward's modern take on the FPS war game, as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare finally broke Master Chief's reign as the most-played game on Xbox Live. For months COD4 has been trailing Halo 3 on the chart, to the point where we didn't even have to read the statistics to know what we'd find in those top two slots. Congratulations to Infinity Ward and Activision for literally beating Microsoft at their own game - for this week at least. And don't worry about MC. Halo 2 still remains firmly atop the list of most-played original Xbox titles, and I don't see Battlefield 2: Modern Combat making a push anytime soon.

LIVE Activity for week of 1/14

 

[Gemini]

A lot of people playing COD 4. XBox FTW

 

[TrueGrave]

YUP- everytime I log-on all my friends (95%) who use to play Halo 3 friends are on call of duty 4

 

[Gemini]

BY SKRAME

Great. Now we're going to hear about how Halo sucks from all the COD fans. As if there can't be two good games on the planet.

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[Gemini]

LIVE Activity for week of 1/14


Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)
1 Call of Duty 4
2 Halo 3
3 Guitar Hero III
4 Gears of War
5 Rock Band
6 Madden NFL 08
7 Assassin's Creed
8 Mass Effect
9 FIFA 08
10 Forza Motorsport 2

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1 Metal Slug 3
2 Boogie Bunnies
3 Omega Five
4 TRON
5 UNO
6 Bomberman LIVE
7 TMNT 1989 Arcade
8 Sonic The Hedgehog 2
9 Worms
10 Marble Blast Ultra

 

[l_sizzle210]

wow gears of war is still in the top 5 after 2 years thats impressive

 

[bham_brotha]

After I beat the campaign I took COD4 back and traded it in. I just can't get into the online play.

 

[Gemini]

At first try COD is hard to get into it's not as easy as H3 to get into. You should play it on system link mode first, so you can learn the maps and learn weapons, then go into multiplayer.

 

[Gemini]

Call of Duty 4 tops Halo 3 in Xbox Live activity
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Well, this is a surprise. Though it seemed like an unstoppable juggernaut of multiplayer dominance, it appears that Halo 3 has been ousted from the top of the Xbox Live activity chart by Infinity Ward's Call of Duty 4. The rest of the top 5 for last week was rounded out by Guitar Hero III, Gears of War and Rock Band.

We have to admit it: We're pretty impressed. Though, now that we think about it, it kind of makes sense. We have been hearing a lot more chatter about friends crawling up the CoD 4 ranks than getting together Halo games as of late. It's not like you can make too much of it after one week, but it's definitely something we're keeping an eye on. What about you? Which one's still getting your gaming minutes?