GTAIV carjacks top spot on Xbox Live

by Richard Mitchell { May 6th 2008 at 1:00PM }

Well that didn't take long. Major Nelson has posted the most recent Xbox Live activity top ten. As predicted, Grand Theft Auto IV has (appropriately) stolen the top spot from Call of Duty 4. It would be interesting to find out the percentage of players playing multiplayer versus those that are sticking to the single-player campaign. Regardless, given the amount of content there is to discover in GTAIV, it's likely that it will remain at number one for quite some time. The question now is what game has the power to knock it down. The only thing that comes to mind is (Game of the Year 2008) Ninja Gaiden II. As much as we know Ryu could probably take Niko one-on-one, we're not sure his game has the strength to topple GTAIV.

[Thanks, marklar]

Tags: grand-theft-auto, grand-theft-auto-4, gta4, gtaiv, live-top-ten, rockstar, take-two, xbox-live

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Royale @ May 6th 2008 1:04PM

and I've been too busy with the single player to even try the multiplayer.

marklar @ May 6th 2008 1:49PM

exactly, i dont even wanna touch multiplayer until i'm done with the amazing single player story

TORO @ May 6th 2008 1:13PM

I've been playing single player mostly, it's the bread and butter of the game.

I'll hop on multiplayer when my buddies start sending me several invites...I like Free Mode and Cop's N Crooks the best.

ryan @ May 6th 2008 1:21PM

i've been playing half and half, i really can't tell which one i enjoy better. Rockstart did an awesome job on both aspects and I'm truly impressed. sorry to those that have glitch and freezing issues tho. :(

NG2 will be fun and I'm looking forward to it. but how can it take the Live spot really? there's no multiplayer to push it that extra edge.

Deck @ May 6th 2008 1:21PM

I shocked actually. I really didn't realize that the multi-player component of this game was going to be so popular. I knew people would go on but I really figured more would do the single-player..at least at first for the first few weeks. *shrug*

Like the posters above, I have been sticking to the single player as well instead of the multi yet so.. I think I guess at this point it may only be going up.

Vcize @ May 6th 2008 1:53PM

See my post below. These rankings in no way say that GTA4's multiplayer was the most popular multiplayer this week.

Unless you were saying you were shocked that GTA4 (both single and multiplayer combined) as a whole was 1st, in which case you might be a little out of touch as that should have been obvious.

Swede33 @ May 6th 2008 1:27PM

I haven't even tried the multplayer part of the game yet. Just been grinding away at single player. About 80% complete.

joey @ May 6th 2008 1:29PM

Working on the single player, the multi player only distracted me from my missions.
Whenever I'm in free mode with my buddies for more than 30 seconds. We start shooting each other out of boredom.

SugarDaddy @ May 6th 2008 1:31PM

No way will NG 2 topple GTA 4. It doesn't even have close to the same market penetration (heh). NG2 will be great in my opinion, but GTA is a game that even the most casual gamers drool over.

PrivateBurke @ May 6th 2008 1:33PM

Ninja Gaiden won't even make it to the top 5. It doesn't have the appeal that first person shooters and GTA have to a gaming community in general.

Plus, It doesn't look that good... Shoot me I know. But It's been a long time and it looks the same as the Xbox 1.

ryan @ May 6th 2008 10:04PM

you are lying:
http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/ninja-gaiden-2/871206p1.html

NG 2 graphics trump the original in every way.

you have just been shot.

jaybird1905 @ May 6th 2008 1:39PM

I'm still latched on faithfully to Call of Duty 4 :)

JAKEJAX @ May 6th 2008 1:42PM

Ditto. I resisted the urge to buy GTA IV. I am content with COD 4 for now.

jaybird1905 @ May 6th 2008 1:50PM

Yessir.

The new maps alone have made it more than enough to keep me around for another few months ...

TORO @ May 6th 2008 2:36PM

How about both??? :D

COD4 is more fun multiplayer, GTA IV single player is addicting

xenocidic @ May 6th 2008 3:45PM

COD4 had a nice 12 week run there

thisguyrighthere @ May 6th 2008 1:48PM

Haven't touched multiplayer yet. Some on my friends list keep sending me invites over and over but I'm never at a point where I'm not doing anything in single player.

Can you get some of the achievements in MP like the car rolls or stunts or bridges? If so I might hop into the MP aspect for that. I don't want to bother with death-matching or any other set game-type. I have plenty of other games for that. There is too much going on in GTA to waste time death-matching.

Vcize @ May 6th 2008 1:51PM

Ok, based on some of the comments here it would appear that people do not understand how these "Most played games on xbox Live" rankings work.

It counts any time that someone spends playing the game while they're on XBL. That means that when you play single player GTA4, it counts towards these rankings.

These rankings DO NOT say that GTA4's multiplayer is more played than CoD4's multiplayer or Halo 3's multiplayer. All that they say is that GTA4 (both single player and multiplayer) was played more this week, which should come as a surprise to basically no one.

PS. Good to see Gears still kickin' it in the top 5.

8complex @ May 6th 2008 2:19PM

I'll get into the online play as soon as I get the single player side of the game nailed down 100%. IMO, I bought the game for the single player, and didn't care at all about the online play. Once I get bored with everything the city has to offer, I will move to online play... same method I used on Burnout Paradise. Know your envoronment completely and then move to online.

jascharl @ May 6th 2008 2:28PM

ok, we'll see how long GTA is numero uno. Won't be long, thats for sure.

TORO @ May 6th 2008 3:18PM

I beg to differ, even ur playin single player it still counts as spot in Live (as many have stated)

ZEBRA NINER @ May 6th 2008 2:24PM

NG 2 topple GTA? No way... even if Richard has a big hard on for that game, it's not going to compete. I think COD4 will creep back in sooner or later.

DiscoGhost @ May 6th 2008 2:25PM

I am beggining to think that these rankings are going to change w/ each new "blockbuster" game that comes out. They just don't have the staying power they did back in the days of Halo 2.

I don't think ninja gaiden will do it though...not a large enough fan pool.

Gears II definitally will, but I have no idea when that is supposed to come out.

Cutty @ May 6th 2008 3:27PM

I really can't see anything beating this until august....which is of course, gears II..... so it'll stay on top for a few months untill gears comes out.....or it will just be a fad.....but i can't really say seeing that i haven't bought it yet....( i really want to, but i'm broke)....so is the multiplayer good enough to keep people playing for a couple months, idk.....but I doubt anything will dethrone gears II for a while....