Black Ops beats Gears of War 3 for current online players

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We've been following closely the online numbers which feature prominently in Gears of War 3 and it seems since launching on the 20th, Friday night had the most simultaneous online players.

The actual numbers peaked at just over 400,000 across the co-op campaign, versus modes and of course people are now playing Horde and Beast modes.

It's now the weekend, and perhaps this evening, the numbers will swell further. In comparison, as of now Call of Duty Black Ops on Xbox 360 has around 260,000 online players which is more than Gears of War 3 which sits just under 177,000. Modern Warfare 2 has just under 70,000 online players. However, considering Gears of War 3 has been out for one week and the sheer numbers of Black Ops sales it's understandable. Can Gears 3 become the most played game on Xbox Live though over the coming weeks?

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Source: http://www.msxbox-world.com/news/article/16465/black-ops-beats-gears-of-war-3-for-current-online-players.html

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SpaceMeatPosted:

Uh, no duh, when was this news to anyone? Black Ops has more players because it's CoD. It's video game tragedy too because lots of other games are more involved with their community and put a lot more effort into their game, but still make less money, and have less players. While CoD can throw a game out and expect to make a few hundred million dollars.

gokuss2Posted:

im sorry but black ops is the worst FU CKING game i have ever played and gears is 100x times better

ACardboardBoxPosted:

This is all becaue Call of Duty is a more well known franchise and anybody can play it. Gears of War 3 has a narrower audience and the fact that it doesn't come out with a yearly release has made it a little less known.

VersematicPosted:

Black Ops deserves to be thrown in the Garbage :]

MightyMitchPosted:

Who cares

CDA9887Posted:

Well Obviously! Gears of war 3 was practically just released! Of course black ops is going to have more players as of now!

XHomerPosted:

Swiift_xD Well there you have it, Gow3 is terrible


You are obviously a 9 year old kid who can't play a skillful game like gears of war. It takes skill to play it, hence why you hate it cause your shit at it.

Swiift_xDPosted:

Well there you have it, Gow3 is terrible

MikaPosted:

Who seriously cares abouts how many is playing it, Gears of war is a better game in general, and will always will be.
Nuff said. :)

IntergalacticPosted:

That's pretty sweet!