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Minecraft becomes Xbox Live's most popular game, over Call of Duty
Posted: 28.10.2012 20:52 by JonahFalcon Comments: 6
Major Nelson revealed in his blog that for the first time in Xbox Live's history, the most played Xbox Live game is not a shooter, but a strange strategy/simulation MMO played with LEGO-style blocks. In a case of the little indie game that could, Xbox Live Arcade title Minecraft surpassed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the top spot.


For the week of the 15th October, the most played games on Xbox Live included:

1. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3. EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops
5. Borderlands 2
6. Halo: Reach
7. Battlefield 3
8. Modern Warfare 2
9. Madden NFL 13
10. NBA 2K13

In the rest of the list, Microsoft's free-to-play action-MMO, Happy Wars landed in #11, followed by The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Gears of War 3.
Source: Major Nelson

Comments

By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Oct 28, 2012
SirRoderick
I'm trying to imagine playing this game on a controller and it SO INCREDIBLY frustrating! Well done xbox people.
By Chris_Spray (SI Veteran Newbie) on Oct 29, 2012
Chris_Spray
Could they be using a mouse/keyboard?
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Oct 29, 2012
JonahFalcon
No. And the game works great with a controller.
By lichlord (SI Core) on Oct 29, 2012
lichlord
im still of believe peeps are better off with the pc version as you have full modding capebilities and actual free skins
By HenoKutus (SI Core) on Oct 31, 2012
HenoKutus
Old Pc graphics from my 486DX4 are better,lucky for them they didn't antialised it because nobody would give a crap otherwise.They better called it Lamecraft.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Oct 31, 2012
SirRoderick
Heno, you have no idea what you're missing. The way it looks has absolutely nothing to do with how wonderful of a game it is. Especially with the Tekkit mods.

If you really get put off by the low level graphs, I'd recommend one of the many many texture packs that make it look quite a bit better.