Want to know what a massive game can do online when it comes to the numbers? Activision announced today that nearly 1.3 million gamers play the smash hit Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare over Xbox Live daily. Speaking to Eurogamer in London last week during the unveiling of the new downloadable maps for the game, producer Mark Rubin revealed that Infinity Ward had been hitting these figures "consistently for the past two-to-three months, Monday through Sunday. It's crazy."
He added: "That's just 360. There's even more on the other platforms [PS3 and PC], but we just don't have the same numbering system. Overall, even without the other consoles, we are beating the competition. PS3 numbers are monstrously huge. No other game has come close, either online current, or total unique users in a day."
Call of Duty is understood to have sold over 7 million units so far. While Rubin refused to confirm the percentage of online users, he admitted it had exceeded expectations; "I don't have an exact number for you, but it turns out to be a startling number of people. For a lot this is there first time playing a multiplayer game on console or PC. We're getting really high numbers." The Variety Map Pack for Call of Duty 4 is due for release in April.
Nearly 1.3m Play COD4 "every day" - Eurogamer
