The launch of COD: Ghosts was a big deal. It sold massive amounts in the first day and received a ton of hype. Now, almost two weeks later, has the hype train passed? Are people returning to Blops 2 instead? Which multiplayer game actually reigns supreme?
Thanks to the awesomeness that is Steam Graph, we can actually chart beautiful graphs to see what people are playing. Check out what the story is with COD:
Okay, so there has been a significant drop in the number of people playing Ghosts. However, it’s not as if we’re seeing the other games rise dramatically. We were actually more surprised by the number of people who are still playing MW3! There is always a surge for a new game as everyone starts playing to see what the fuss it about. Despite post launch taper, we still see more people playing Ghosts than Blops. Also, these are just the people playing on PC through Steam – how many more people are playing on console? These numbers may not be definitive, but they certainly give an indication on trends. I’m still curious to see how Ghosts fares on the eSports stage. Have you played Ghosts? Are you still playing, or have you moved on (or back) to other games?
Oh, and while we’re talking about game popularity, I know that a lot of you think that I give a lot of undue attention to Dota 2 – why do I consistently report on the MOBA when there are other eSports out there? Well, here is a graph of how many people played Dota 2 compared to COD: Ghosts and Blops in the past month:
Yes, Dota is simply that massive.
Last Updated: November 22, 2013
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November 25, 2013 at 08:51
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November 22, 2013 at 17:34
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November 23, 2013 at 00:18
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Hammersteyn
November 23, 2013 at 12:12
Those were the days.
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November 25, 2013 at 08:59
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Hammersteyn
November 25, 2013 at 09:17
Will check it tonight, cheers!
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November 25, 2013 at 12:10
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Hammersteyn
November 23, 2013 at 00:51
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Jonah Cash
November 23, 2013 at 06:02
Hahahahaha!!! 01:00 AM posts….. Stop this drunk dialling!!! How is the head today?
Hammersteyn
November 23, 2013 at 12:11
Me brain hurts……
Jonah Cash
November 23, 2013 at 06:04
My interest in COD is this……..
Hammersteyn
November 23, 2013 at 12:12
Bwahahaha
lewmar
November 23, 2013 at 23:43
Hahaha. love the train pic (since I’m a train geek lol). Haven’t even bought Ghosts yet and I don’t plan on it. COD = next Guitar Hero
Filthy Tentacles
November 24, 2013 at 08:24
So this was basically a post to underhandedly rag on cod by comparing it to a game that the author likes.. Hey look, this new blockbuster has x people playing and my game I like has x+X people more than it. What a stupid and pointless post. I’ve never even heard of Dota, anyways.
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
November 25, 2013 at 06:47
Lol. You can’t read. It’s hilarious. Just ignore exactly why Zoe wrote she was comparing the CoD fishness to the DotA that is a MobA.
Go back to your cave, Troll.
RyseandRepeat
November 25, 2013 at 08:52
Wow, but tell us really. So you actually sleep with CoD or are you just having a fling?
ProtestTheMossel
November 25, 2013 at 07:46
The hype train certainly has passed. Im am seriously considering installing blops2 again. Ghosts is broken. This weekend I played team deathmatch, was about to shoot this guy and emptied my magazine on him, but he didn’t die. He also couldnt kill me. We tried knifing each other but just ended up staring at each other thinking: Well this is awkward, now what? Turns out I was in the match, but my name wasn’t listed on the score sheet. Weird.
TiMsTeR1033
November 25, 2013 at 07:49
Those awkward COD moments… In other News Xbox one has also hit 1 million sales in first day.
Her Highness the Hipster
November 25, 2013 at 08:35
lol! man, wish you had a video of that. just imagining that awkward “hmmm, well we can’t kill each other. how about a hug?” moment 🙂
ProtestTheMossel
November 25, 2013 at 08:38
Very akward indeed. We almost became friends, but then his teammate murdered me in front of his eyes!
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
November 26, 2013 at 08:47
Lmao that was funny!
TiMsTeR1033
November 25, 2013 at 07:46
It’s passed! and is on its way to becoming just another COD game…
ProtestTheMossel
November 25, 2013 at 07:51
Im so dissapointed. Dont know what I expected. I need an alternative multiplayer pew pew fix.
TiMsTeR1033
November 25, 2013 at 08:01
hmmmm Battlefield 4!
ProtestTheMossel
November 25, 2013 at 08:06
Apparently it’s also pretty much a fail. Waiting on Titanfall or Planetside 2 local servers.
loftie
November 25, 2013 at 08:57
hmm, I am finding BF4 damn entertaining! Crashes every now and then but they will fix that…
ProtestTheMossel
November 25, 2013 at 09:00
Yeah I cant say, I dont have it, that’s just what I’ve heard. How many guys are online on average? Would like to be able to compare the stats.
loftie
November 25, 2013 at 09:02
well, the MWEB servers are mostly full every night..dont know the global stats 🙂
ProtestTheMossel
November 25, 2013 at 09:10
Ah ok, so it’s pretty much the same. But just comparing it to blops2 last year, there were so much more guys online! Right now Im forced to play team deathmatch (where all the SA guys are), and it’s really boring. Oh well, will just wait for titanfall.
loftie
November 25, 2013 at 10:17
thing with bf4 is, if i get sick of tdm, I can hop into a conquest server and grab a tank/boat/heli/jet/jeep/IFV/AA/etc and mess around in that 🙂
Alex Hicks
November 25, 2013 at 10:59
Yeah – this is why I will only buy again when they have ranked dedicated servers with a server browser. BLOPS 1 (the last game with this simple feature) had a lot more variety.
Actually, even if they did bring this simple feature back I might not buy it. It’s been too long; and the complete lack of love IW has shown PC gamers hurts too deeply.
loftie
November 25, 2013 at 09:03
24k it seems: http://bf4stats.com/
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 25, 2013 at 07:57
The only game Ghosts’ release really affected was Blops2, others stayed pretty constant. That drop in MP numbers so soon after launch is pretty surprising though. Says to me people don’t like it that much.
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
November 26, 2013 at 08:45
Actually if you notice, the numbers drop further as they reach my birthday.