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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TrollinHDPosted:

GOW3 IS AWESOME! I love it!

2huPosted:

Black Ops only has more people because of Double XP I believe. I played today, thought it was crap. I'm thinking about getting Gears 3, but I'm broke. :/

PodcastBandit_FanboyPosted:

epraider Numbers, numbers, numbers. Who cares? IMO Gears 3 is MUCH better in quality any Call of Duty. Most FPS's in general as well. IMO.
you cant really compare call of duty with gears. they are two completely different styles of games. Gears of War 3 is amazing, and quite possibly the best in the series. I love playing online, and the campaign was stellar! But CoD is probably one of the best games ever made, the multiplayer in CoD 4 revolutionized the gaming industry. and no im not a bandwaggoner either... ive played cod since big red one on the ps2.

RoundishMuffinPosted:

TTG_RevolutionUKMoDz and treyarch did this by opening double xp :)

No amount of xp will make me play that broken game...

RoundishMuffinPosted:

By the time Gears 3 could take top billing, both BF3 and MW3 will be out...

epraiderPosted:

Numbers, numbers, numbers. Who cares? IMO Gears 3 is MUCH better in quality any Call of Duty. Most FPS's in general as well. IMO.

will50Posted:

IMO gears Is my fav series idc how many ppl r online and what ppl think

For me nothing even comes close to gow3

VillainPosted:

TTG_Biohazard_Jr
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-iTroll I can't believe modern warfare 2 was only 70k it's better then GOW in my opion


not trying to start anything but a lot of people hate MW2 including me

I dont like it either it turned gay because people decided to make it gay i miss the first 4 months of MW2 those were the days.


MW2 is 70k right NOW not the opening week

EstablishedGamingPosted:

and treyarch did this by opening double xp :)

TheBrownGuyPosted:

Gears is not as big as the COD franchise


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