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Xbox Live Activity Will Depress You

Posted on Wednesday, June 15 @ 10:38:03 Eastern by danielrbischoff

OK, did you guess? Seriously, I expected you to guess. It's not very hard. Here's the list, followed by why I hate the list:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. Modern Warfare 2
3. Halo: Reach

Ah fuck it, I'll stop right there. This is getting out of hand. TWO?! TWO CALL OF DUTY GAMES?! Are you kidding me? How can the teeming, sweaty masses on Xbox Live not have something better to play?!

I know most of you reading this are a touch more sane than the teenagers with their parents credit-cards set for automatic-renewal, but if you know one of these hooligans, dig through your library of games and give them something else to play. Seriously. I know a kid who plays a lot of Call of Duty: Black Ops... he owns two copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops. He has one copy for the PS3... and another copy for the Xbox 360. I'm giving that kid Mass Effect (the first). I swear to God we gotta get these children off of that horrible, horrible shit. Red Dead Redemption, Fallout 3, SOMETHING!

Don't forget to cut the barcode out of the back of the box so they can't sell it to Gamestop for Microsoft points and Call of Duty DLC cards.


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  • Klandathu
    Klandathu - Joined: Apr 6, 2008
    I recently started playing Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood online. I'm rather enjoying it. Will that do?
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009
    If you're playing Brotherhood online you're officially awesome in my book.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
  • StudioTan
    StudioTan - Joined: Jan 29, 2010
    Well, once Skyrim comes out, online traffic will cease to exist Speaking for myself, of course.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009
    I do wonder what kind of an impact Skyrim will have on the Xbox Live numbers.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
  • OniAkuma2126
    OniAkuma2126 - Joined: Jun 3, 2011
    Just going to toss this out there. Im pretty sure Xbox Live activity is based on Online Multiplayer Games that people are playing correct? (( i will assume i am and continue )) SO even if you drag people off of those games and slap every single player game you mentioned into their hands it still wont effect those stats. Taking this into consideration you also have to imagine that with a single player game the experience doesnt continue past the ending (( excluding games with multiple endings or various Good/Bad playthroughs you can give...and that the average gamer doesnt have the attention span past a gnat when it comes to playing the same game again twice )) thus the reason Online games such as World of Warcraft, Rift and the Call of Duty games continue to see more players online as they all are built off a rich online community.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 1:30 pm
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009
    The Xbox Live activity charts games based on Unique Users. This means that if you're online and playing ANY game on Xbox Live, you\'re tracked for that. If you keep playing that game all week, you won't affect the numbers. Call of Duty is ranked so high because it has the most unique users, whether they play all week or for 15 minutes on one day.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
  • drathbone
    drathbone - Joined: May 19, 2011
    I'm a bit confused by this. Is it only if your playing the game on live (as in multiplayer) or do you mean if I'm logged into live while playing say Dragon Age, that's a unique hit for DA?


    Usually once I finish one of my other games that aren't multiplayer (alan wake, oblivion, fallout etc) I go back to something that's going to provide a unique, dynamic experience everytime - multiplayer shooters mainly Reach and Black Ops. I would play Brink alot more but last I checked it was still broken. So I guess it doesn't matter what else I'm playing, I fall back on Reach or Black Ops when I'm between game fly rentals or just not in the mood for anything else.
    0 0Like or Dislike?
    Posted: Jun 16th, 2011 at 1:22 am
  • mrallamericanboy
    mrallamericanboy - Joined: Jun 19, 2006
    splinter cell series, sort of bogged down at hte moment with work and summer fun. but definitely no multiplayer FPS garbage
    0 0Like or Dislike?
    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 1:31 pm
  • OniAkuma2126
    OniAkuma2126 - Joined: Jun 3, 2011
    And honestly... I thought netflix would of been at the forefront of that list with the recent Bandwith studies that were done.
    0 0Like or Dislike?
    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
  • spanky1113
    spanky1113 - Joined: Mar 6, 2008
    Same. I guess Black Ops and Netflix as 1 and 2. Forgot about Reach, but Modern Warfare still being up there surprises me...sort of.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 2:10 pm
  • Doomfist
    Doomfist - Joined: Dec 19, 2006
    Sorry to burst your bubble Daniel but my fiance is the manager of the local gamestop in my town and believe it or not they will still take games in for trade even if the barcode is missing although i like how you think lol
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 1:36 pm
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009
    Then I've got some games for that Gamestop! HAHA
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
  • Gabyea
    Gabyea - Joined: Nov 16, 2005
    hahaha im playing lost odissey, i never finished it.
    0 0Like or Dislike?
    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
  • JunkyArd
    JunkyArd - Joined: Aug 18, 2006
    I dusted off Oblivion and fell in love with it once again. Such a good game.
    0 1Like or Dislike?
    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting - Joined: Nov 11, 2006
    I'm playing Oblivion now too.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99 - Joined: Jun 16, 2007
    You have to remember that there is a difference between the narrative-driven art of games like Red Dead or Bioshock (which appeals to adults more than younger gamers) and the competition-driven online FPS "Sports" (if I may borrow from that recent Cracked article). Ultimately, I can't stand online games for the most part, but for the younger generation that is the popular thing at the moment, so it shouldn't be a surprise that shooters are dominating the market.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 4:14 pm
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander - Joined: Sep 29, 2006
    What's wrong with playing CoD? It's fun. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't play it to the exclusion of all other games, but to say it's horrible **** is being fairly silly. Especially considering how well those three games mentioned have been reviewed on this very site. Single player games only last until you finish them, then you either sit on a shelf until you want to play the same game over again or sell them.

    Multiplayer games generally last much longer and only really die off when something better gets released. I personally spent over 80 hours on Oblivion, but I also spent over 80 hours just playin Soldier and over 60 as a Demoman in TF2. If I were to add up all the time I spent on the other jobs, I'm sure my total playtime would be fairly disturbing. Don't even get me started on how many hours I spent on FFXI before I finally broke that habit.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff - Joined: Nov 13, 2009
    Nah, I like Call of Duty and shooters in general but I just wish there was some change in the Xbox Live stats.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander - Joined: Sep 29, 2006
    I don't know how much time I've actually played in Black OPs, but it's probably a lot longer than it took me finish off Dragon Age 2 and New Vegas (which I played through twice) combined. It's not because it's a better game, but because each time I play it, I know I'm for a fresh challenge. Someone will always be better than me, or someone might come up with a new strategy or fine a new hidey hole to pop out of, or a better angle to defend from. The game mechanics stay the same, but the game play itself evolves. That's not something that can be said for single player games.
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
  • damo_rox619
    damo_rox619 - Joined: Jan 23, 2007
    mass effect? yes. red dead redemption? yes. fallout on on the other hand should not be a replacement for any game. i get that it's an rpg and all and that im not an rpg fan, but then game just feels so old! the shooting mechanics just feel extremely dated and it all feels (and even looks close to) like a ps2 game. as far as shooters go i agree that cod should, at some point, be replaced in peoples collections, but fallout is not a good way to go about it. im not saying bethesda did a bad job, but can all critics honestly say that the dated feel of fallout isnt a massive turn off? that alone is the reason i found it so boring
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    Posted: Jun 15th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander - Joined: Sep 29, 2006
    You're a graphics whore. Got it. Your opinion on all things gaming is now irrelevant.
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