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Halo 3 falls to Call of Duty 4 on Xbox Live

mistermostyn | January 23, 2008 | News | XBOX 360 
Is Halo's dominance on Xbox Live slowly coming to a close as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare knocks Halo 3 from the top spot? Or is this merely a mini surge of Live popularity that will be swallowed by the seemingly unstoppable march of Bungie's all-conquering FPS franchise?
Are the cracks beginning to appear in Bungie’s well-worn battle armour? Well, according to Xbox Live aficionado Major Nelson, Halo 3 has this week been deposed by Activision’s impressive Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Based on weekly unique user figures, Call of Duty 4 has pushed Halo 3 into second on the Top Live Titles chart, with Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Gears of War, and Rock Band rounding out the top five.

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    Dance Floor Killah | January 23, 2008
    This has happened a couple times.
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    slumpy monkey | January 23, 2008
    Ya its kinda obviuos that at some point another Heavaly online based game(cod4) would overtake it for some time.
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    Auctoria | January 23, 2008
    I thought this would have happened a lot sooner.
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    Incidnia | January 23, 2008
    Well, COD4 has a superior online mode. So I'm not surprised that people finally realised this.
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    IAMJOB56 | January 23, 2008
    Hey, Who cares if H3 is not top dawg online. lol. Halo 1 still has Thousands and thousands of players, most likely, same for Halo 2. Those games stay in the top rankings forever. lol.
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    Steel Magnolia | January 23, 2008
    I don't think there's anything wrong with Halo 3, it's just that COD 4 is so good online, people are finding it difficult to stop playing it.
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      Dine_Agoti | January 23, 2008
      Exactly. This is no insult to Halo 3. People just realize that CoD4 is a bucket of awesome with awesomesauce on the side.
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    Storm | January 23, 2008
    It's only natural. xD CoD4 is quite addicting, after all. I personally enjoy it more than Halo 3...prefer realistic to arcade shooters.
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      Nightmare Spawn | January 23, 2008
      Wait till Call of Duty 5 comes out when they bring back the whole World War 2 scenario =/.
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    HBK619 | January 25, 2008
    Good triumphs over hype, about time.

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