And the Most Played Game on Xbox Live in 2010 Is ...

[Artemicion]

I'm sorry, but saying black is not a color is like saying cold is not temperature because it's just a lack of heat. You're wrong.

Black is the absence of light. It absorbs all wavelengths in the visible spectrum and therein reflects none.

I suppose one could argue that combining all color pigments together will yield black and therefore it is a color, in which case, oh dear, it's all a matter of context.
Good luck next time.

(and cold is not a temperature, cold is a term used to describe the feeling of something to the touch. 70F is a temperature that could be described as either warm or cold - or both. But cold itself is not a temperature.)

It's sad to see Halo, the game that made XBL, beat by CoD...

Halo Reach didn't actually do nearly as well as its predecessors. A friend at Gamestop reported he had 26 used copies by the end of the release week. I agree with you that it's sad that the Modern Warfare bubble beat the thing that made the console famous. I guess people just like killing other people more than aliens.

Hell, that's why I'll never trust the human race.

 

[Azure Knight-Zeo]

And own none of these games, or the indie...things. Maybe I'll rent Red Dead Redemption someday, and I was thinking of getting Limbo, Plants vs. Zombies, X-Men, and Perfect Dark one of these days.

 

[VanityGirl]

Baby Maker Extreme? What the hell...

My boyfriend tried it out. You basically launch a baby out of a woman as far as you can. It's hilarious and wrong. I'm surprised it is a number one seller though.


OT: Was Blops the number one for PS3 as well? I thought it was popular on both consoles.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Mainstream shite at the top of the list as usual... casuals are killing the industry

You sir have won the award for the most confusing comment I've seen today.

Congratulations.

 

[ZephrC]

I'm sorry, but saying black is not a color is like saying cold is not temperature because it's just a lack of heat. You're wrong.

Black is the absence of light. It absorbs all wavelengths in the visible spectrum and therein reflects none.

I suppose one could argue that combining all color pigments together will yield black and therefore it is a color, in which case, oh dear, it's all a matter of context.
Good luck next time.

(and cold is not a temperature, cold is a term used to describe the feeling of something to the touch. 70F is a temperature that could be described as either warm or cold - or both. But cold itself is not a temperature.)

Thanks for telling me a bunch of stuff I already knew. You're still wrong. Is -273.15°C not a temperature? That is just a complete lack of heat. Even the term cold describes a relative temperature, that doesn't mean it isn't a temperature at all.

You should probably look up what color actually means if you think that a lack of reflected light makes something not a color. Besides, I can basically guarantee you've never seen anything in your entire life that didn't reflect some light, so everything you've ever called black is still a color even if you were right, which you aren't.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Meh, not surprised in the slightest.

Also, Baby Maker Extreme!?! Try not to fart?!

What the hell?

 

[Artemicion]

Even the term cold describes a relative temperature,

term cold describes a relative

cold describes a

describes

describes

Sure, you want to say the complete lack of heat is pretty cold, be my guest, you'd be right. By that same merit, you want to say 0C is cold, hey, go nuts. But you just said its a term that describes a relative temperature, which means that, relative to -273.15C, 0C is pretty hot. Even though its cold. And if we were to find something much colder than -273.15C (sounds silly I know, but the Earth is a very, very small place and the Universe is filled with all sorts stuff we don't know about) it would suddenly be able to bear both descriptions of cold and warm.

Wait. I thought this was about color. Oh, yes.

You should probably look up what color actually means if you think that a lack of reflected light makes something not a color. Besides, I can basically guarantee you've never seen anything in your entire life that didn't reflect some light, so everything you've ever called black is still a color even if you were right, which you aren't.

You have no idea what a lack of reflected light means and you've pretty much based your entire argument around "you're wrong. No, you're wrong. I'm right. Even if you were right, which BY THE WAY you aren't, you'd be wrong. Which you are." If I had told you things you already knew then you would have seen my point and (probably) agreed with me.

So check it: have you ever been in the dark? Complete darkness? Yes? Good. Consider going into a small room with walls painted red. Turn out the lights. What color are the walls now? No, they aren't black, don't make me hit you. They're still red. What you see (nothing) is the absence of light. There is no reflection of light. What, what do you mean I'm wrong? I'm wrong because I'm not right?

I see there's no persuading you. I'm gonna get out of here before we incur moderator wrath.

[PS: Technically both points are correct. You're making the point that things that are black are "colored" black and therefore black is a color - that's the chemist's point of view. My point - one of wavelengths and light, is a physics standpoint. Ironic for me considering I'm a Chemistry major.]
[PPS: Actually there's a third point that I could argue here that's completely different from these two but it's clear there wouldn't be any point.]
[PPPS: bears]

 

[Enigmers]

I've heard from a very reliable source (The Spoony Experiment) that the Deadliest Warrior game was a piece of shit. I'm inclined to agree, if only because fighting games aren't really my cup of tea to begin with.

I figured Plants vs. Zombies would be higher, but then again, it came out on the PC much earlier and most people that would want it probably had it by the time the XBLA got it.

And, uh, what the hell is Baby Maker Extreme?

 

[Socken]

For any who might want to see what the gamers of the Escapist are playing, check out our game lists here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/top_games

These lists are updated regularly from the profile information of accounts here on the site (i.e. if you linked your gamer tag/etc), so should give a pretty decent idea of what all the cool gamers are playing.

COD BLOPS, MW2, and Halo Reach in the Top 5.
Oh delicious hypocrisy.

 

[KaiRai]

aaaaand the most played game on live of 2010 is......predictable..

 

[AzureZero]

You guys also have to factor in if the company does not wish to be 100 percent honest in order to push sales, they will. It's like he mentioned the top 5 retail games right? But in the downloaded one he mentioned the top 2 and then chose 3 games out of the top 10. Not the top 5 again. Why? Because these are the most recognizable games that people have most likely heard of. That way they promote a game you already have heard of which might mean it worth checking out.

Also, obviously BLOPS did very well but if you mention MW2 in the same thing that will split potential buyers decision. But of course they would prefer if you got BLOPS because it's a newer game; therefore less copies of it are used (they make no money off of used re-sold games) and DLCs are going to be released for it so more money when it comes to buying Microsoft points. So why advertise a game that would compete with one they would rather sell on a very direct basis.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Yay for Harmony of Despair.

Absolutely adored that game personally.

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Fable III

*Gapes*... I hate humanity.

Baby Maker Extreme

... I don't really know what to say, only that either this game is more interesting than the name implies or I think perhaps we need to try harder.

Try Not To Fart

I played "Don't crap your pants" online, it's a cute little flash game that takes about 1 minute to play... is this really what's being sold in the top 10?

I'm not trying to bash anything (except Fable 3), but I find myself sighing and shaking my head rather than chuckling at fart jokes or wtf titles.

 

[xXDeMoNiCXx]

I'd be more surprised if Black-Ops wasn't at the top of the list seeing as fans of CoD go insane whenever a new one comes out, you'd think the majority of them have nothing else to live for.