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[Nirolak]

I thought it might be worth taking a look at this again, since things have shaken up a bit since last time.

Highlights:

• To the surprise of no one, Destiny 2 has taken over the charts.
• Likely to the surprise of many, Rainbow Six Siege is now more popular than Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Battlefield.
• ROBLOX: There's no stopping this train.
• Dead By Daylight is doing quite well for what it is.
• Black Ops 2 on Xbox 360 backwards compatibility is #17.
• I suspect Minecraft's absence is due to the Better Together update causing Microsoft to now show it in the list.

Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/most-played/games/xbox?target=games..all

 

[gamz]

No Minecraft?

 

[Nirolak]

No Minecraft?

I'm suspicious something with how they implemented the Better Together update caused it to not be tracked correctly or removed from the list.

 

[Noobcraft]

Very surprised Ark is so high up.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Fallout 4 cheaper than Skyrim heh

 

[cackhyena]

Holy shit. R6 is such a surprise. I keep updating that game, insane patch sizes and all, but I have yet to go back in about a year. I really should.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

Dang black Ops 3 took infinite warfares shine

 

[Hip Hop]

I saw Rainbow Six at number one not too long ago on there, and yeah. Very surprising.

 

[gamz]

I'm suspicious something with how they implemented the Better Together update caused it to not be tracked correctly or removed from the list.

Probably. No way that's not in the top 20.

Robolox is a beast.

 

[kswiston]

Fallout 4 cheaper than Skyrim heh

Skyrim has been expensive since the special edition came out.

 

[Jaguar Victory]

I loved the old rainbow six games. No sure why I didn't jump in on this one. I may have to but too many games.

 

[ethomaz]

Destiny... no surprise.

 

[Christocolus]

Soon PUBG will rule the charts.

 

[momshotdad]

Rainbow Six is absolutely amazing and I can't recommend it enough. I've got 160hrs on it and I'm still playing daily.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Skyrim has been expensive since the special edition came out.

I haven't been keeping track. Got the SE version free from owning the original + dlc on PC.

 

[Rocketz]

Siege provides something that nothing else really matches. Plus a new operation came out not too long along so I’m not surprised.

Titanfall 2 though

 

[FullMetaltech]

R6 is a gem for sure. Even with alot off the changes it went through i can see why it be up there.

 

[Platy]

Roblox looks really out of place without minecraft on the list

 

[Welfare]

I noticed Siege at #1 a couple times. Truly insane performance.

Forza also outperforming Gears and Halo.

 

[RespectThySole]

Crazy how far Gears and Halo have fallen

 

[gamz]

Xbox players love their Ark.


I'd love to know the sales of Black ops 2 since BC.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Sorry forgive my ignorance but what is Roblox?

 

[gamz]

Sorry forgive my ignorance but what is Roblox?

LOL!

You don't have kids. Centralized crappy games. My kids play it non-stop.

 

[Theorry]

Siege has been on top of COD etc for a while now. Was even number 1 for some weeks.

 

[Roufianos]

Great! Bring on more tactical shooters *cough SOCOM *cough

 

[hanspampel]

Xbox still loves shooters
and the next big ones are just on their way...

 

[Clive]

I'm counting one Japanese game in the top 50, Xenoverse 2. Not really surprised by these charts with the exception that people still play Call of Duty and Battlefield on the 360. Goddamn they have legs. F2P is popular on consoles to it seems.

 

[Tomash]

Speculation: Gears 4 was played by at least 6.4 million players, including trial players. Number 3200 was changed to less than 0.05% in a blog post about how many players have seriously 4.0 achievement. They've added achievement "Earn 5 ribbons" with the last patch, and that achievement was at 8.2% after a week, which means at least 530k weekly players.

Titanfall 2 holds 39th place, and it had more than 1M monthly active players(all platforms combined) before it was added to EA Access.

 

[Crooked16th]

My friends are hardcore cod players but they haven't played that in months and all i see them play is Rainbow 6. It is crazy how that game gained a lot of casual players for being a team based shooter.

 

[hanspampel]

My friends are hardcore cod players but they haven't played that in months and all i see them play is Rainbow 6. It is crazy how that game gained a lot of casual players for being a team based shooter.

and this is the reason, why i think PUGB will be HUGE on Xbox, too
people are used to play those kind of more tactical shooters now
one could even add Overwatch to that list.

It's requires more than just fragging even on lower skill levels than CoD, Halo or Gears

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

LOL!

You don't have kids. Centralized crappy games. My kids play it non-stop.

Mine too. I can't stand it because I know they're missing out on far better games, but I can't force my tastes on them.

 

[RoKKeR]

Check in on these from time to time, always interesting to see what's what. Thanks for the thread Nirolak.

 

[Chris1]

Roblox performance is crazy for a game that noone seems to talk about. I'm surprised it's still exclusive given its popularity

 

[Zushin]

How's Siege for new players in terms of getting shreds ripped of you for being new? Trying LoL a few years ago turned me off trying team based games after a community is already established.

 

[BigEmil]

NBA 2K17 got a lower star rating score than NVA 2K18 what. Should be the other way round

 

[Marker007]

Roblox performance is crazy for a game that noone seems to talk about. I'm surprised it's still exclusive given its popularity

I have nephews that play this and Minecraft exclusively. I think the majority of people playing it are in the 7-12 age group and that's probably why you don't hear a lot of people talk about it as kids that age aren't super interested in going on forums.

 

[Ferny]

Surprised Ark is still so high

 

[gamz]

I have nephews that play this and Minecraft exclusively. I think the majority of people playing it are in the 7-12 age group and that's probably why you don't hear a lot of people talk about it as kids that age aren't super interested in going on forums.

Bingo. It's all my kids play. Those two things. It's not talked about here because we aren't in the Robolox age group.

 

[Hesemonni]

It blows my mind how a Halo game can be so low on a MS platform.

 

[xabbott]

It blows my mind how a Halo game can be so low on a MS platform.

I think given how old it is and current competition it's expected.

 

[Trup1aya]

Siege is a top shooter because it provides something different, halo intentionally implements mechanics to fit in with the rest of the crowd and falls from grace...

There are lessons to be learned here.

 

[ResoRai]

I have nephews that play this and Minecraft exclusively. I think the majority of people playing it are in the 7-12 age group and that's probably why you don't hear a lot of people talk about it as kids that age aren't super interested in going on forums.

As someone who used to play Roblox and Minecraft a ton when I was younger, exactly this.

 

[gamz]

By the way how the hell did MS score console exclusive for Robolox? I don't think people realize how big of a get that is.

 

[Nirolak]

By the way how the hell did MS score console exclusive for Robolox? I don't think people realize how big of a get that is.

They've always done a pretty good job chasing games that are popular among the younger demographic.

I think Sony has historically undervalued that, and felt putting out things like Ratchet and Knack was sufficient.

 

[Xumbrega]

Interesting, Dead by Daylight was free last weekend IIRC, I wonder how many people bought the game after trying it for free.

Same with the Skyrim Special Edition.

 

[sibarraz]

Im impressed that Forza 5 is more played than 6

 

[Asd202]

Damn Siege really bounced back.

 

[xabbott]

Im impressed that Forza 5 is more played than 6

It was one of the Games with Gold for September.

 

[Kill3r7]

Why are people still surprised by Ark? It is probably the best selling early access game on consoles.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Im impressed that Forza 5 is more played than 6

5 is free right now.