Minecraft Overtakes Modern Warfare 3 On Xbox LIVE

23 responses to “Minecraft Overtakes Modern Warfare 3 On Xbox LIVE”

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   danmazkin

   October 26, 2012 at 9:19 am

   Despite having only played Minecraft for a week or so (on and off, on collectively) this news actually makes me pretty damn pleased.

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      baydogg

      October 26, 2012 at 9:22 am

      You my friend, have made a wise investment

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   hungryhendo

   October 26, 2012 at 9:27 am

   As a teacher that often listens to K-2 students talk about there COD adventures this is very pleasing to see. Anecdotally playground chat has made a shift towards minecraft fot this age group

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   1. 

      mrtaco

      October 26, 2012 at 9:58 am

      As a teacher that doesn’t seem to know the difference between there and their… 😛

      I had my mum come to ask me the other night about what this “minecraft” thing is, having a few younger kids she sees constantly rabbiting on about it.

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         ANYONE

         October 26, 2012 at 10:44 am

         K2 teacher. Doesn’t need to know much spelling. More ABC’s and child control

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         hungryhendo

         October 29, 2012 at 11:48 am

         Man confusing those two is a pet peeve of mine and I have made the stupid mistake. Guess that will teach me not to post whilst teaching.

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   Kyle

   October 26, 2012 at 9:40 am

   It’s great. But when bo2 comes out I’m sorry minecraft will drop

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   Aron

   October 26, 2012 at 9:43 am

   Halo Reach has been on top at least one month guaranteed. I believe it could have been 2 or 3 months…not sure.

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5. 

   Zap

   October 26, 2012 at 9:48 am

   I still keep coming back to this:

   Notch: “Man, @#$%! Microsoft! They’re everything wrong with gaming. #@!$# Windows 8, how DARE they ask to help make sure my game is certified for their child-killing app store! They’re worse than HITLER!

   Also, MC on Xbox is pretty cool, made me millions. Thanks MS!”

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      kermitron

      October 26, 2012 at 10:00 am

      You keep coming back to strawman arguments? Your parents must be so proud.

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   blood_apathy

   October 26, 2012 at 10:01 am

   I am not surprised by this at all. Among my circles, Call of duty activity is stagnating. Often with my “regular” mates are spending a lot more time on games like minecraft and other XBLA titles rather than logging onto cod. I think this is a combination of the ageing of the call of duty franchise and the lack of diversity across each instalment.

   After 3 months of MW3 i felt like i had already been playing the game for 2 years because it as so much like the previous games. Add to this that the dlc was pretty bland, i think most people have finally reached their limit. Will be very interested to see what happens in 3 weeks when black ops 2 comes out. Could it be possible that a COD titles DOESN’T break a record of some kind?

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   1. 

      kermitron

      October 26, 2012 at 11:14 am

      I think I’ve lost interest in competitive multipalyer in general. There’s no unbreakable system out there and I don’t want to have to do what amounts to cheating in my pereception just to be able to sustain a half decent k/d ratio. I know that I’m not great at games but being constantly flattened is no fun at all.

      I’m glad that people are becoming more interested in co-operative and creative games. One can hope that the presence of Minecraft on the Xbox will uplift the community as a whole.

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         blood_apathy

         October 26, 2012 at 11:24 am

         Ahh there will always be “THAT GAME” that attracts the sort of people who play COD. I should know , im a self confessed addict.The instant gratification and quick arcade style game play make it accessible to everyone, this means even the meat heads play it.

         My hope is that the cod franchise, if it doesn’t fail can evolve to something a little more cerebral over time. But ultimately, its making activision billions in its current state, so why change it

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   2. 

      braaains

      October 26, 2012 at 11:56 am

      I was almost the exact same as you except I got there earlier. I played COD4 a LOT for about 2 years until MW2 came out. Played that for about 2-3 months max before getting sick of it. Didn’t even get MW3.

      COD4 was a great, great game – well balanced, very simple killstreak system that worked really well, and well designed maps. MW2 felt like they’d just thrown in a bunch of ideas and maps that had probably been rejected from COD4 just to add some bullet points that they could point to as things they’d improved (or at least changed) from COD4. But it ended up just feeling like a very bloated, diluted version of COD4’s much more focused experience. It was kind of like they took a diamond and turned it into a lump of coal instead of the other way around.

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         blood_apathy

         October 26, 2012 at 12:02 pm

         I agree with this, sunk 2 years on and off on cod4. I think map designing on most games has gone down hill. They have moved away from the formula that worked. 2 distinct spawn sides. 3 choke points, 1-2 vantage points on either side of the map. These are the things that made cod4 work for me. Now maps seem to be badly designed rabbit warrens that make it too easy to be spawn camped and the like.

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   doubledizz

   October 26, 2012 at 10:04 am

   Does anyone else get headaches from playing this game in front of large TV screen?

   After 45 minutes my head just starts to ache. The FOV in the game is quite narrow and makes everything feel so close!

   I would love it if there was an option to make the visuals look like the MCX360 promotional art at the top of the article…

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8. 

   os42

   October 26, 2012 at 10:45 am

   Realistically, a number of games have beaten CoD on XBL over the years, but it keeps coming back. I think it’ll take a little more time before the infection is wiped out for good.

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   ANYONE

   October 26, 2012 at 10:45 am

   There is. Get a HTPC and mod minecraft out the wazoo.

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    Ross

    October 26, 2012 at 10:52 am

    Considering how big popular the game is, I am not surprised.

    As for the top spot……I kind of get the feeling people might be playing other games like Minecraft before Halo 4/BO2 will dominate their gaming time lol. Congrats to it for getting top spot either way though!

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    Neo Kaiser

    October 26, 2012 at 11:04 am

    I’m under the impression it’s succesful because gamers today are finally getting sick of the negative attitude over LIVE, particularly from non-gamers and Dudebros. In Minecraft, they don’t hear crap like, “lol BK n00b!”, “teabag him!”, and “Who wants to buy a rank 50 account?”.

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    travisnew87

    October 26, 2012 at 11:17 am

    Tried Minecraft for a few days and didn’t get hooked. Killed some creepers and made some giant cabins in the sky but just didn’t care for it. I lost of a lot of time to it though, I wouldn’t realise how long I had been playing until I finished up. Just didn’t care to back it after 20 odd hours.

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    hyperthx

    October 26, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    Awesome news. Now, if only Microsoft would stop clogging up LIVE with trash and skinnerbox crap! ie More actual games please Bill!

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14. 

    frycook48

    October 26, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Minecraft is awesome, this is great news!

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