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Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is more popular than Red Dead Redemption

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At least, according to you. You can’t see, but I am pointing my finger squarely in your direction. With backwards compatibility now a proper thing on the Xbox One thanks to some handy-dandy emulation, it’s only a matter of approving games to make the jump from Xbox 360 to its bigger current-gen sibling.

Y’know, in case developers don’t want to repackage games in HD collections, that is. Definitively. There’s a wishlist for certain games to make that jump, and right now, it looks like the best Call of Duty game is leading the pack.

Having toppled Rockstar’s western masterpiece Red Dead Redemption off the number one spot, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is numero uno on the backwards compatibility charts. The 2012 shooter has more than 78 000 votes at the time of writing, narrowly edging Red Dead Redemption which sits at just over 75 000 votes.

Largely considered the best Call of Duty, Black Ops 2 had it all: A tight single-player, superbly balanced multiplayer and Zombies. Mustn’t forget those zombies. Here’s what the Xbox One backwards compatibility list looks like right now. Spoiler, it’s more Call of Duty:

  • Call of Duty Black Ops 2  – 78 026 votes
  • Red Redemption  – 75 930 votes
  • Skyrim – 70 923 votes
  • Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2  – 63 193 votes
  • Halo: Reach  – 62 012 votes
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops – 54 085 votes
  • Gears of War 3 – 50 894 votes
  • Fallout 3 – 49 237 votes
  • Call of Duty Modern Warfare – 46 343 votes
  • Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 – 40 598 votes

Clearly there’s something wrong with this list. I mean, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance isn’t number one. SHENANIGANS! Xbox One Preview Program members can play 21 Xbox 360 games right now, with Microsoft planning to add more as part of a planned public rollout this holiday season.

If Activision’s on board, we might finally get to ask Mason where those damn numbers are again.

Last Updated: July 23, 2015

59 Comments

  1. Depends on who you ask… If you ask any REAL gamer, they’ll tell you to sell your Xbox and buy a PC.

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  2. Nikola

    July 23, 2015 at 12:02

    Just shows you what kind of people play Xbox:)

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  3. Umar

    July 23, 2015 at 12:05

    That is the most Xbox list I’ve ever seen.

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    • Pariah

      July 23, 2015 at 12:15

      Oddly I only ever owned Skyrim. Traded it in, but have the PC version now. The rest of them will never be played by me.

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 23, 2015 at 12:27

      Bwahahaha

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  4. Admiral Chief in Skellige

    July 23, 2015 at 12:10

    Skyrim, just to mess with them

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  5. Ottokie

    July 23, 2015 at 12:17

    The title mislead me to come and give a bad COD joke, but then I saw its only Xbox brownnoses that are effected…moving along

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  6. Admiral Chief in Skellige

    July 23, 2015 at 12:22

    FUS RO ONE

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    • Dutch Matrix

      July 23, 2015 at 12:24

      Moenie hier FUS RO nie.
      FUS RO DAH!

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  7. Dutch Matrix

    July 23, 2015 at 12:23

    But come on. Red Dead Redemption was the most boring game Rockstar had ever done.

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    • AfricanTimeZA

      July 23, 2015 at 12:25

      Blasphemy!!

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      • Dutch Matrix

        July 23, 2015 at 12:27

        I have always been a bit of a Heretic…

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 23, 2015 at 12:28

      • Dutch Matrix

        July 23, 2015 at 12:30

        My thoughts exactly whilst I played that monotonous pile of code…

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        • WitWolfy

          July 23, 2015 at 12:30

          Not sure if…

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          • Dutch Matrix

            July 23, 2015 at 12:31

            Oh I am ever so serious…

          • WitWolfy

            July 23, 2015 at 12:38

            http://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/49177073.jpg

            I cried a bit when RDD ended..

            #rightinthefeels

          • Dutch Matrix

            July 23, 2015 at 13:39

            LoL. Seriously. I gave RDR a fair chance. It just did not agree with me. Sadly.

        • Hammersteyn

          July 23, 2015 at 12:32

          You were a notch up in my book. Now uou’re down a notch . You’re at notch zero….

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          • Dutch Matrix

            July 23, 2015 at 13:37

            My mom told me I was at notch -91

          • Jonah Cash

            July 23, 2015 at 16:41

            Minus zero notch!!

          • Hammersteyn

            July 23, 2015 at 17:18

            XD

    • Lollies the Laughing Lollipop

      July 23, 2015 at 12:31

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    • Captain JJ Fantasticus

      July 23, 2015 at 12:44

      I disagree. Not having GTA V for year (as a pc gamer) while everyone else was playing it was also quite boring.

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    • Lollies the Laughing Lollipop

      July 23, 2015 at 12:51

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  8. Uberutang

    July 23, 2015 at 12:23

    Black ops 2 is still the most daily played of all the CODS on steam. Goes to show that having local dedicated servers gives a game a long tail.

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  9. WitWolfy

    July 23, 2015 at 12:26

    Played a bit Mass Effect on Xbox One thanks to being in the preview program, and it works JUST fantastic.

    For BC I just like to replay games like:
    Lost Odyssey
    Witcher 2
    ALL guitar Heroes games
    ALL Rockband games

    To name a few…

    Hope they pick up popularity

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    • Juan poole

      July 23, 2015 at 13:52

      WitWolfy how does one get into the preview program?

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      • Ir0nseraph

        July 23, 2015 at 14:23

        You get invited.

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        • Juan poole

          July 23, 2015 at 14:28

          Oh ok can someone invite me id love to try this out please.

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          • Ir0nseraph

            July 23, 2015 at 15:50

            Xbox gamer tag Please, and I will invite you.

          • Juan poole

            July 23, 2015 at 15:56

            juanpoole21 just like that… thank you very much i really appreciate it.

      • WitWolfy

        July 23, 2015 at 15:53

        Just add me on Xbox Live my GT WitWolfy and I’ll send you an invite.

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  10. Hammersteyn

    July 23, 2015 at 12:29

    Header win!

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    • Dutch Matrix

      July 23, 2015 at 12:30

      But it is Darryn. The man is legendary for his headers!

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      • Hammersteyn

        July 23, 2015 at 12:31

        He’s given so many head(ers) to Lagz………wait what?

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        • Captain JJ Fantasticus

          July 23, 2015 at 12:44

          That’s what I was thinking.

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  11. Kromas,powered by windows 10.

    July 23, 2015 at 12:32

    Remind me never to buy an Xbox.

    Then again I probably never need to be reminded. 🙂

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 23, 2015 at 12:34

      That list makes me weep, Then again who’s idea was it to let people younger than 18 vote.

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      • Pariah

        July 23, 2015 at 12:34

        What’s worse is that CoD gets remastered every year. Why would they even want to play their older games?

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 23, 2015 at 12:46

          I know right, let it go.

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      • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

        July 23, 2015 at 12:37

        Then again this is why PC gaming stays relatively uncorrupted community wise. Unless you play Mobas ofc or frequent the steam forums or play any game offensive to anyone else or run into hackers/script kiddies ….. ah crap!

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  12. Captain JJ Fantasticus

    July 23, 2015 at 12:33

    People are shallow

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    • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

      July 23, 2015 at 12:34

      That is why the Kim Kardashian mobile game made more money than even CoD. 🙂

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 23, 2015 at 12:38

      They could have picked, fuck I dunno, Mass Effect, Fable or even Bioshock but no.

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      • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

        July 23, 2015 at 12:42

        Mass Effect already working and this list is only for potentials candidates.

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      • Captain JJ Fantasticus

        July 23, 2015 at 12:45

        You can’t call someone’s mom a hooker on those games, so that’s probably a big turn-off.

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 23, 2015 at 12:46

          LOL

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  13. Lollies the Laughing Lollipop

    July 23, 2015 at 12:34

    Shows you that those Xbox fans are pretty much a bunch of John Snows.. because they know nothing.. Firstly CoD MW2 is by far the more superior CoD after CoD 4.. and secondly.. well fuck it they Xbox fans boys who gives a shit.

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  14. Jac7

    July 23, 2015 at 13:00

    Give me a Red Dead Remasterbation!

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  15. Lollies the Laughing Lollipop

    July 23, 2015 at 13:46

    How does one vote.. I’d like to get people to vote for games like Tournament Cyberball2072, Rogue Warrior, Beijing 2008: Official video game of the Olympics, you know worse possible Xbox 360 games available.. Vote for those. see how much they enjoy it again in HD.

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