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Call of Duty 4 has racked up 11 million unique players since launch on Xbox Live, and over 4 million on PlayStation Network, according to Infinity Ward's Rob Bowling.
Bowling revealed the sensational figures when accepting one of COD 4: Modern Warfare's three BAFTAs in London on Tuesday night.
"I'm delighted that we just reached 11 million unique players on Xbox Live and we've got over 4 million on PSN," Bowling said, according to eyewitnesses (who'd had a bit to drink so don't blame us if the wording isn't exact).
We've confirmed with Activision that the figures relate to COD 4 alone, not the entire Call of Duty franchise.
According to Microsoft, Xbox Live has 17 million users overall, meaning two-thirds of them have played Infinity Ward's first-person shooter. The figures track all players, not just those who've played online multiplayer (necessarily so, since the word is that only 9.5 million people pay for Xbox Live Gold).
Add the untold number of players out there who haven't connected their 360s to the internet, and you get a sense of the true scale of Infinity Ward's success - and that's not even counting PC and PS3 players. As a comparison, MMO king and Activision Blizzard stablemate World of Warcraft has 11 million players worldwide (although, unlike the COD figure, these are all currently active).
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Slabbathepave
12/03/09 @ 14:48
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And because of all those big shiny numbers expect the mp in the next Modern Warfare to be drip fed to you and for a price. You are all now a viable source of income.
I'll bet my attractively haired scrotum that Activision milk this sucker for all its worth. |
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I'll bet my attractively haired scrotum that Activision milk this sucker for all its worth.
they already are. one game a year is very much akin to EA's Madden/Fifa business model, and look where that went. massive sales, really low quality. i know infinity ward are an awesome developer, but a 2-year devcycle is very short even for the best |
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10 million of those players are in North America
COD 4 PC for me these days. Sick of paying for a gold account I no longer use Best Shooter in years and I am sure that MW2 will do well too. Here's hoping that Activision don't force another shitty Treyarch sequel out the bag next chrstmas COD4 is good because Infinity Ward didn't rush out the game. Four years from conception to completion Learn your lesson
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BadBoyBonner
12/03/09 @ 14:57
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Well the thing is - CoD 4 being such a huge success on Live wasn't a given - but it is now. WAW seems to be doing very well too.
So probably the biggest problem for MW2 is the previous franchise entries. Each subsequent release is hopefully cannibalising it's own market - but there will surely be those that stay with MW WAW? The COD's controls and 60fps hallmarks are a console golden Standard in My book - anything less feels substandard. |
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@JahB
Don't worry, now that the tech is up. ie game engine. Infinity Ward can focus completely on game content this time round. Two years is more than enough for that. I hate to say it but IW have always delivered on each game they have made COD 1, COD1 UO, COD 2 and COD4:MW Heck, some of their team were originally responsible for the awesome Medal of Honor: Allied Assualt |
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farticusmaximus
12/03/09 @ 15:05
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"30 FPS on consoles remember that :P "
Nope, silky smooth 60fps. Edit: Or do you mean 'remember 30fps' as in 'when I were a lad!'?
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@bluem4gic
Agree with you there mate 4 years dev cycle produced an excellent game and wasn't rushed. Maybe they can trim that down now though as with MW they had to build all assets from scratch whereas with this version they may be able to recycle some of it, improve it, and use it instead of starting from the beginning. Here's to hoping MW2 is just as good if not better than it's brother. |
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Wish they had bought out more multiplayer map packs. Check out my mate on youtube got to be one of the best snipers you'll ever see!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7REiXEUid0o |
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COD Modern Warfare II will be the first game to truly test my resolve on my semi-boycot of Activision games. Activision are becoming the best example of everything that is wrong with the games industry, so I try not to encourage their business model. It really isnt all that hard, as most of their games are crap uninteresting anyway. But Modern Warfare II will be hard to steer clear of.
Maybe my semi-boycot should only apply to crap games, then. Yeah, that will work... Cant think of any other must-buy games from Activision this year, so that should work out fine. |
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""I have Live Gold and I've never played CoD4 MP. Did play the story mode twice though. "
Funny. I've got live gold but I've never played the sp. I'm on MP pretty often though. " That's actually quite cool. I mean shit like this completly destroys the "oooh I have two friends that like to read while taking a dump, so everybody reads while taking a dump." |
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balsaboy72
12/03/09 @ 16:56
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Prefer WAW to cod 4 mp a bit more fun plus theres zombie mode i wonder how many are playing waw on live.
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cyber_nicco
12/03/09 @ 19:02
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"I have Live Gold and I've never played CoD4 MP. Did play the story mode twice though. "
Ahh, Miiguel, you are missing out. Do you still have a copy of the game? If so, you should give it a try. I'd be willing to do some with you sometime if you wanted. |
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davymackie
12/03/09 @ 19:33
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GAMERG### The 360 version is doing especially well when you consider it is competing against Halo 3 and Gears of war 1 & 2 while the PS3 doesn't really have a community around any other game, (except maybe Warhawk and more recently KZ). ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- dont forget metal gear online it has a pritty good community. ps killzone 2 aint so good tho ive tried to make myself like it. |
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Gregormeister
13/03/09 @ 11:12
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BUT: From these 11m LIVE users are at least 50% kids or just as well stupid and verbal agressive american badasses.
On the PS3 are these fractions a minor problem, a few stupid guys an just fewer kids. And that's really agreeable. >:-) So have fun, guys! P.S.: SORRY, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION. |
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