Tue, Dec 02, 2008 | 21:56 GMT
Halo 3 beats CoD and Gears 2 to Live top spot
Halo 3 was the most played games on Xbox Live for the week beginning November 24, beating both Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty: World at War to number one.
Just goes to show. Bungie all the way. Here’s the top ten.
- Halo 3
- Gears of War 2
- CoD: World at War
- Call of Duty 4
- GTA IV
- Fable II
- Left 4 Dead
- Madden NFL 09
- Fallout 3
- FIFA 09



11 comments
#1
morriss
02/12/08, 9:58 pm
Madden. Bloody hell.
#2
wickedman
03/12/08, 1:34 am
No surprises. Everyone’s fed up of the crappy matchmaking laggy ass shit everyone has to put up with in every single game. Myself included.
#3
lelik
03/12/08, 3:20 am
add up the cod 4 and 5 numbers and you get a realistic number. i doubt halo is really in the top spot.
#4
Esha
03/12/08, 6:14 am
It’s nice to see Fallout 3 in there, that’s one game in that list that I really have a soft spot for. Despite the bad DLC, and the fact that it’s a sequel, Fallout 3 is the only sequel in the past few months that was different enough from the last game in the series to almost be a new IP. Bethesda got into my good books with that.
I too doubt that Halo 3 is the most played, though, unless my view of the average gamer is still too optimistic.
#5
Truk
03/12/08, 7:58 am
“add up the cod 4 and 5 numbers and you get a realistic number. i doubt halo is really in the top spot.”
Nice set of nonsensical sentences there. Well done.
“I too doubt that Halo 3 is the most played, though, unless my view of the average gamer is still too optimistic.”
Yes. Yes it is.
#6
morriss
03/12/08, 8:03 am
Truk:
#7
DrDamn
03/12/08, 8:24 am
I suspect the Halo surge is related to 360 price cuts. Lots of new consoles out there being played and Halo 3 is the biggest title to buy and play when you get it.
Is the list based on number of people or time played?
#8
David
03/12/08, 10:32 am
left 4 dead nice
play it nearly every night so much fun it deserves to be higher.
#9
jeremycafe
03/12/08, 2:47 pm
This is because the COD community is split between two games. A ton want to stay with the stable cod4. While many are giving the POS COD5 a shot. More people will move back to 4 once they are stuck in geometry a few more times a day.
#10
SreyaNotfilc
03/12/08, 4:22 pm
jeremy,
That doesn’t make any sense. Those are two separate games. It’s like me saying that we should combine Halo 3 and Halo 2 numbers because they share the same name, but some gamers like to duel-wield more on Halo 2, or use the RRX combo, or that the maps are to their liking (i.e. Ascension).
#11
airdom
03/12/08, 4:47 pm
Maybe the map pack price cut will give Halo 3 an edge again next week? i don’t care, my copy of Halo 3 has been its in case for ages now.