The Top 20 Live Games of 2008


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The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008

Last year was a great year to be an Xbox 360 gamer as is evident by the quality of titles that Xbox LIVE members were playing. After a few days of number crunching, here are the top games for 2008 based on Xbox Live connectivity.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU?s)b>

1 Halo 3

2 Call of Duty 4

3 GTA IV

4 Gears of War 2

5 Gears of War

6 CoD: World at War

7 Guitar Hero III

8 Battlefield: Bad Company Demo

9 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Demo

10 Rock Band

11 Fable II

12 Mirror's Edge Demo

13 Madden NFL 09

14 BF: Bad Company

15 Rainbow Six Vegas 2

16 UNO

17 Castle Crashers

18 COD: World at War Multiplayer Beta

19 Forza Motorsport 2

20 Too Human - Demo

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)b>

1 Castle Crashers

2 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

3 Braid

4 A Kingdom for Keflings

5 UNO

6 Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

7 Fable II Pub Games

8 Duke Nukem 3D

9 Bionic Commando: Rearmed

10 Worms

11 SOULCALIBUR

12 Portal: Still Alive

13 DOOM

14 1942: Joint Strike

15 Bomberman Live

16 MEGA MAN 9

17 N+

18 Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3

19 Marble Blast Ultra

20 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.

Original Xbox Top Live Titles (based on UU?s)

1 Halo 2

2 Fable

3 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2

4 Counter-Strike

5 Fable: Lost Chapters

6 Doom 3

7 Conker: Live Reloaded

8 Splinter Cell Chaos

9 SW: KOTOR

10 SW: Republic Commando

11 Star Wars: Battlefront

12 Burnout 3

13 Guilty Gear XX #Reload

14 Gauntlet Seven Sorrows

15 Call of Duty 3

16 Ninja Gaiden Black

17 Crimson Skies

18 MechAssault 2

19 Call of Duty 2

20 Rainbow Six 3[/quotSource: Major Nelson

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Surprised to see GTA4 that high (above things like GoW/WaW), thought most people had abandoned it on consoles... Guess the PC port scared them all back :p

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thats pretty good, the xbox original games are interesting.

im surprised people sill play battlefront 2, but then again i would have expected rainbow six 3 to be much higher on that list, and no pgr??

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finally the truth is revealed that CoD 5 is not played as much as people claim. Being beat by GoW should show people that it isn't a big hit like cod4. Goes to show you if you make two games the exact same the second won't sell (cod4 to cod5)

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Well, while I agree with you on GOW(2)/COD4 being better games than COD WaW, we don't know how they calculated this list.

Is it solely the number of people who played the game, or how many hours were clocked playing?

If its the former its not really fair to judge the game after only 3 months (less?) on the market, in comparison to Halo 3 / COD4.

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Well, while I agree with you on GOW(2)/COD4 being better games than COD WaW, we don't know how they calculated this list.

Is it solely the number of people who played the game, or how many hours were clocked playing?

If its the former its not really fair to judge the game after only 3 months (less?) on the market, in comparison to Halo 3 / COD4.

The list is based on the total number of unique users that played the games, not the time spent playing. More people played Halo 3 than CoD4, how long they played doesn't factor in. I don't think it's a contest, so fairness isn't really an issue.

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Surprised to see GTA4 that high (above things like GoW/WaW), thought most people had abandoned it on consoles... Guess the PC port scared them all back :p

I figured that was just because it was released so long ago where GoW and WaW were just released in November. I mean it just made sense to me, maybe I'm wrong.

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Surprised to see GTA4 that high (above things like GoW/WaW), thought most people had abandoned it on consoles... Guess the PC port scared them all back :p

Yeah that really surprised me as well, especially because it's ahead of GoW2.

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finally the truth is revealed that CoD 5 is not played as much as people claim. Being beat by GoW should show people that it isn't a big hit like cod4. Goes to show you if you make two games the exact same the second won't sell (cod4 to cod5)

It seems to be doing fine IMHO given it arrived relatively late into the year. Being 6th out of all the online enabled 360 games seems to be an achievement in my books. At it's peak GoW was the most played Live game so for any title to be up near it isn't exactly a bad thing, especially when your still talking top 6 places.

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I'm surprised GTA IV has that many people playing, to be honest. I know it sold a ton of copies, but I found the multiplayer lacking, personally.

You can always find big games going down in free mode. It's still very popular.

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Are these figures based on users actually playing the multiplayer aspect of the game, or just clocking on and playing the campaign?

Let's remember GoW2 and CoD: WaW were only released in November, as people have already pointed out.

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Are these figures based on users actually playing the multiplayer aspect of the game, or just clocking on and playing the campaign?

Let's remember GoW2 and CoD: WaW were only released in November, as people have already pointed out.

That's why I think there has to be more than just the UU playing the game and time is a factor as well :yes:

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Let's remember GoW2 and CoD: WaW were only released in November, as people have already pointed out.

And in 2009 if the games are still being played you will see that list. This is just a list of the most played games that were played in 2008. When it was released how long it's been on the market, does not matter. All that matters is that it was played in '08 and this is where it ended up at. So I don't know why everyone is freaking about GTAIV being ahead of GoW2. It's been out far less and it's only one spot below a game that has half a year on it. I say grats GoW2.

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And in 2009 if the games are still being played you will see that list. This is just a list of the most played games that were played in 2008. When it was released how long it's been on the market, does not matter. All that matters is that it was played in '08 and this is where it ended up at. So I don't know why everyone is freaking about GTAIV being ahead of GoW2. It's been out far less and it's only one spot below a game that has half a year on it. I say grats GoW2.

People were making the assumption (in several posts) that loads of people were still playing GTAIV as we speak. I was just trying to correct that by mentioning when it came out all the UU's that played it when the game was released.

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