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Black Ops 2 Takes Out Halo 4 On Xbox Live Charts

As expected, Halo 4's reign at the top spot on Xbox Live activity charts was short lived. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 took over when it released on November 13.

The top 20 below is activity through November 19 per Major Nelson:

  1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
  2. Halo 4
  3. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
  4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  5. EA Sports FIFA Soccer 13
  6. Call of Duty: Black Ops
  7. Assassin’s Creed III
  8. NBA 2K13
  9. Modern Warfare 2
  10. Madden NFL 13
  11. Battlefield 3
  12. Borderlands 2
  13. Skyrim
  14. GTA IV
  15. Halo: Reach
  16. Gears of War 3
  17. FIFA 12
  18. Forza Motorsport 4
  19. Hitman: Absolution
  20. Forza Horizon

[Source: Major Nelson]

Comments
  • Not at all surprised. What's sad to see is Halo 3 is no longer in the top 20.
  • COD:BLO2 doesn't deserve the top. What are people thinking?
  • NOOOOOOOOOO!!! :(
  • Overall that list is super disappointing to me, as I only see one or two I really enjoy. Call of Duty holds 1, 4, 6, and 9, which just astonishes me... I wish Assassins Creed 3 was at least a little higher and that a game like ME 3 was up there.

  • Until they add some lag compensation and release a major patch I'm steering clear of BO2 multi. In the other CoD games I run with a 2.30 minimum k/d and finish at or very near the top most matches. In BO2 I have a 1.73 k/d and never know where I'm going to end up.

    My puny 3MB connection (moved a couple months ago, had 30MB previously) worked fine on the other games, this is the first where it gets me killed because my connection is slower than others'. Great game when your connection is fast enough but here in the country I can't keep up.

  • I prefer fighting games, and am dissapointed that none are up there.
  • GTA IV is a 2008 game, it's amazing that it's still up there.
  • "you fellas meet the misses?"-axton. i hate watching a once great game like halo become cheesy and overly redundant
  • juat goes to show, a cheap ass game, that you could advertise in the common people's faces, they will play it, and think their good at it lol everytime I talk to a CoD fan, they say Halo is way too tough, I reply "n00b"
  • awww
  • Isn't the point of releasing a new game every year to get people to play it if there are so many Cod's out how are the old games still surpassing such great games getting over looked on this list.
  • Woah. Never thought I'd see Halo beaten by ANYTHING on X-box.
  • Of course it did. BLOPS 2 is very solid, and it's my second favorite CoD (CoD 4 FTW!).
  • Not me!  Halo 4 is an awesome game and I just cant go back to CoD.  Its the same game over and over.  Done with the franchise until it changes up the mix a bit.

  • HOW THE HELL IS DISHONORED NOT ON THERE?!
  • Well, us Halo fans just need to get ready to roll our eyes when the Call of Fruity fans come screaming this news to us.
  • Not surprising, the casual market wouldn't know the difference between a good game over cod.
  • That screenshot is from the first Black Ops not BO2.
  • People can whine about it, but the standard COD formula has been and always will be addicting and fun. It's also a very accessible game that you can pick up and play, or dive very deep into and play for long periods of time. As much as i love and have played Halo, I have put more hours into COD just due to being able to jump in and start wasting people, as opposed to halo where most games require more skill and concentration.
  • I'm concerned that there are 4 CoD's in the top 10.
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