Games that people just don't play on Xbox Live anymore

Tyranitar24 | August 12, 2008 | News | XBOX 360

What happens when almost everyone stops playing a game on Xbox Live? Do the real fans keeping playing? Do the noobs wander on? Well, you're about find out. OXM took a handful of older games from the Xbox 360 and tried to find some people to play with online.

One of the games was Smackdown vs. Raw, which saw 14 players in 30 minutes, not bad for an old game. OXM did meet a new-comer to the game called "THEBOSS6976".

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The most popular games online are Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3. You know that, I know that, everyone knows that.

So what happens to the lesser known games as time marches on and the smaller games are squeezed off the shelves? Do the communities live on? Do the hardcore refuse to let go? Do newcomers to Xbox Live wander into empty lobbies and try to figure out why nothing is working?

We take a handful of older games in the office and give them a whirl online, to see what's left of the original communities...

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Ivy93 | August 13, 2008

Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 at the top were not a big suprise!
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Heretic | August 13, 2008

Eh not that bug of a surprise. But who knows what else that can be added on that list.
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Slumpy monkey | August 13, 2008

Its missing quake 4. That used to be pretty lively, its really good online but no one goes on it anymore, which is a shame.
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TurMoiL911 | August 14, 2008

I guess it all depends on which game you're playing and when.

Some places like xbox360achievements.org will organize game lobbies together to play to help people get achievements.
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Bri | August 14, 2008

That's hilarious.

I thought that like MGS: Subsistence, if the game loses its popularity or a sequel's down the pipe, don't they usually cut off the servers