The most played Xbox Live games of 2007
by Dustin Burg 
{ Jan 5th 2008 at 5:30PM }
Mr. Xbox himself, Larry Hryb posted the Top Xbox Live games of 2007 over on MajorNelson.com and we don't think anyone will be surprised that Halo lead the pack. Among the post played retail games Halo 3 tops the list at number one with Gears of War at two, Call of Duty 4 at the third spot, Rainbow Six Vegas at four and rounding out the top five is Call of Duty 3. But onto news that may actually surprise you. Larry also posted the top ten most purchased XBLA games of 2007 and color us purple, TMNT came in at number one. TMNT! Who would have thunk that? Worms ranked at the number two spot, Castlevania: SOTN at three and everyone's favorite Vision camera enabled game UNO comes in at number four.Check out the rest of the top ten lists and see which original Xbox games saw the most Xbox Live play time (hint: a different Halo game tops that list) after the jump. Gaming in 2007 ... oh the memories we have.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
lharmon @ Jan 5th 2008 11:55PM
w00t! Halo 3 beats COD4! Halo is the greatest EVAR! HAHAHA! ok, that was for the COD-psychos... Why did you blur 6 and 7 on the list instead of just cropping the image?
Paul @ Jan 5th 2008 6:04PM
i guess they don't speak of / show the number 6 and number 7 titles here.......which by the way are crackdown and oblivion.....both great games......
Rae @ Jan 5th 2008 6:16PM
Halo 3 sucks
Manvir @ Jan 5th 2008 6:46PM
Halo 3 sucks =]
Brave @ Jan 5th 2008 6:56PM
Halo 3 Sucks :]
Wilson @ Jan 5th 2008 7:34PM
Halo 3 sucks =}
lharmon @ Jan 5th 2008 11:55PM
Ha! You guys misspelled it! You meant Halo 3 IS AWESOME! No need to thank me on the spelling correction. Have a great weekend. :)
kHz Glitch @ Jan 5th 2008 6:10PM
Why did you block out the 6/7 titles?
Dustin Burg @ Jan 5th 2008 6:17PM
Because I was trying to build some sort of excitement and anticipation for you to click over to Major Nelson's blog. I also wanted to use the nifty "blur" effect in photoshop.
NitroFrost @ Jan 5th 2008 6:36PM
That blur effect will get you every time
Boff @ Jan 7th 2008 8:02AM
It looked to me like you were hiding the fact Crackdown came in at a VERY respectable 6th place.
Yay for Crackdown!
patmarch @ Jan 6th 2008 8:14PM
It would be interesting to find out where Halo 2 would rank if the lists were not broken down by 360 or Original
xenocidic @ Jan 7th 2008 1:33PM
i would also like to see single-player only games broken off into their own list.
JakubK666 @ Jan 5th 2008 6:28PM
Oblivion...am I the only one who disliked this game as it was too complicated to make a good 360 port.
Crackdown deserved it. I feel sad that the game was a treated as "That game that comes with Halo 3 Beta. HALO 3 BETA w()()t!". The game was a lot better sandbox than GTA...
lharmon @ Jan 5th 2008 6:38PM
I couldn't get into Oblivion either. Just not a game for me... Crackdown however, that was a really awesome game. Co-op for the win!
The360King @ Jan 6th 2008 3:41AM
Crackdown was an excellent sandbox and was very underrated. I still pull it out and play it ever once in a while.
Brave @ Jan 5th 2008 6:56PM
I just don't see how Halo 3 made the top when it's been out for mearly months, while the other games has been out a lot longer
and Gears of War is horrid :\
infact, every game up there Sucks except for Call of Duty 4...
NvM @ Jan 5th 2008 7:25PM
I really like CoD4, but Gears of War horrid?
Blasphemy!
JakubK666 @ Jan 5th 2008 7:38PM
Oh come on...I haven't played CoD4 yet but it's pretty much a similar sequel after all. Gears of War (FTW!) revolutionised game mechanics.And was the only game to ever top Halo 2 before Halo 3 came out.
StalkerofHades @ Jan 5th 2008 7:40PM
What some people are forgetting is that Halo 3 sold 8.5 million copies. Since the list is based on Unique users and that's why it is on top, despite only being out a short while.
mrhammerstein @ Jan 5th 2008 7:47PM
did they leave out Halo 2? i want to assume this still would have topped everything else.
SovietSpartan @ Jan 5th 2008 9:25PM
TMNT for the win. Its like one of the only Arcade titles i bought this year. COOP ROCKS>
xenocidic @ Jan 6th 2008 11:48AM
lol yea i just recently purchased TMNT 1989 so I guess I added to these figures, but I am quite surprised about the complete absence of "Space Giraffe" from the list...
Boff @ Jan 7th 2008 8:05AM
Ouch.
OBM @ Jan 5th 2008 10:25PM
I predict 2008 ending like this:
1. Gears of War 2
2. Grand Theft Auto 4
3. Halo 3
Just wait and see...
(If I'm wrong let's hope everyone forgets about this comment or I'll look a right idiot!)
Edzo04 @ Jan 5th 2008 11:40PM
halo 3 and gears blow complete asshole. they are both sad multiplayer games especially gears!
T3H WICKERMAN (FDF) @ Jan 7th 2008 3:20PM
Who would have thunk TMNT? Only people with good taste.
Eric D. @ Jan 8th 2008 5:17PM
It's sad how some people hate Halo just because of how popular it is.