In a recent news article on HQ we mentioned that Call of Duty 4 took the top spot, leaping ahead of Halo 3 and breaking Bungie's dominance that it held since its launch in September 2007.
It's now a new week and look who's back on top and showing true dominance.
360-HQ Top 10 Update
Most recently on 360-Hq we have implemented alot more Xbox Live Game tracking stats for our members and have started to list our own TOP 10 games played on Xbox Live by HQ Members.. We will do our best to add the HQ Top 10 Xbox Live Games to our news everytime the official Xbox Live Info is updated.
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Major Nelson.com confirmed that Call of Duty 4 was the most played game on Xbox Live for the week ending January 28. Halo 3, unsurprisingly, came in at second place.
When games of this magnitude go head to head, its a safe bet that one wont stay on top for too long.
i for one will be keeping an eye on that #1 spot to see who can hold on to it the longest.
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The latest Xbox 360 Live Stats for the week ended January 14 have just been release by Major Nelson. Call of Duty 4 is the most popular retail game and Metal Slug 3 is most popular XBLA title.
All statistics are based on unique users. The most popular Xbox 360 Live titles for the week ended January 14 are:
Mega game Halo 3 has crushed, blowed up and generally mashed-out all competing games for 2007, outselling Wii Play, Call of Duty 4, and Guitar Hero 3. Even the mighty Carnival Games for the Wii was outsold.
According to industry analysts at the NPD group, here's how it all went down:
Halo 3 (Xbox 360) - 4,820,000
Wii Play with Remote (Wii) - 4,120,000
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Xbox 360) - 3,040,000
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) - 2,720,000
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 2,520,000
Pokemon Diamond (DS) - 2,480,000
Madden NFL 08 (PS2) - 1,900,000
Guitar Hero II (PS2) - 1,890,000
Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360) - 1,870,000
Mario Party 8 (Wii) - 1,820,000
We received NPD's 2007 U.S. video game industry sales report less than an hour ago and it took Microsoft only a few minutes to send their comments on the subject:
Xbox 360 Drives the Video Game Console Industry in 2007: NPD data released today confirms consumers spent more dollars on Xbox 360 in 2007, with more than $13.7 billion in total consumer spending. Xbox 360 won 2007 with $4.8 billion in total consumer spend compared to Wii with $3.5 billion and PlayStation 3 with $2.2 billion. This wraps up a historic year, with NPD reporting consumers have spent nearly 45 percent of total industry figures on Xbox 360.
Here is a quick snapshot of what is driving revenue for Xbox 360, based on the latest reports from NPD and Microsoft data:
XBOX 360 WIDENS THE GAP OVER PS3 WITH CONSOLE SALES: According to NPD, Xbox 360 sold 1.3 million consoles in December alone, and has steadily widened the gap between Sony’s PlayStation 3 console sales. In December, NPD stated that Sony sold 798,000 PS3 hardware units. Since PS3’s launch in November 2006, Xbox 360 has outsold PS3 by nearly 2:1 on average, bringing a total U.S. Xbox 360 install base of 9.2 million consoles, compared to and installed base of 7.4 million Wii consoles and 3.3 million PS3 consoles.
GAMES DRIVE INDUSTRY GROWTH: Xbox 360 robust games portfolio spans across the highest-ranked AAA titles to the largest collection of “Everyone” and “Teen” rated games. According to NPD, of the top 20 best-selling titles in 2007 for this generation, 11 were on Xbox 360; while only seven were sold on the Wii and two sold on the PS3.
NPD reported that this holiday’s leading multiplatform blockbusters continue to sell better on Xbox 360:
“Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” for Xbox 360 was the leading game last month with 1.5 million copies sold, outselling the PS3 version nearly 3:1.
“Assassin’s Creed” for Xbox 360 was the fourth best selling title, having sold 894,000 units. It outsold the PS3 version more than 2:1.
“Guitar Hero III” outsold the PS3 nearly 2:1, having sold 625,000 copies.
“Rockband” continues to rock the charts, selling 463,000 units for the Xbox 360 platform, compared to 174,000 units for the PS3
To date, 33 third party games on Xbox 360 hit the top 10 list across all consoles compared to five third party games on PS3, and four on Wii. These results confirm that third party partners create better games and reap more sales on Xbox 360 than any other platform.
In its fourth month on the market, Halo 3 continued its strong performance and was the sixth best selling title in December, selling another 742,000. In 2007, NPD projects that Halo 3 has sold 4.8 million units in the U.S. since its launch in September.
Xbox 360 continues to lead in number of games sold per console, setting another record with an attach rate of 7.0 games per console.
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Here is a quick snapshot of what is driving revenue for Xbox 360, based on the latest reports from NPD and Microsoft data:
