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Act surprised: Battlefield 1943 tops the XBLA activity chart photo

Who would have guessed that a condensed, affordable take on a immensely popular series such as Battlefield would have performed well on Xbox LIVE? It's all about the brand, people!

Major Nelson recently posted the LIVE activity for the week of July 6 and, unsurprisingly, Battlefield 1943 was able to top the Xbox LIVE Arcade list, beating out poor ol' Worms 2: Armageddon. This wasn't at all shocking to me based on the game's server problems, which are supposed to be fixed now.

As for the retail XBL activity list, Battlefield 1943 comes in after Halo 3, the two Call of Duty titles, and Gears of War 2. Not a bad start, honestly. It will be interesting to see if the game's massive following sticks around, as XBLA games tend to lose their online community after a few months.

And simply because it's kind of relevant, here's a status update on the Coral Sea challenge. When players rack up 43 million kills, a new map/mode will be unlocked for everyone. At the time of writing, Xbox 360 players are at 39,503,444 and the PlayStation 3 community is at 20,567,588. We're getting there!


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19 comments | showing # 1 to 19

KaliKot's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 11:41
KaliKot
whoa a few more million for the next map! it wont even take 2 weeks
Zippyduda's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 11:47
Zippyduda
Surprised it didn't top the PS3 charts as well as it's damn popular :) I hope they continue to support the game as much as they did on release.

Can't wait for the next map :]
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 11:49
Chronic Logic
Only 24 players sounds kind of little, they should bump it up to 32 players. The bomber planes and kamikaze planes are fun though. I'd say that this game would be alive for about a year until people move on to better things.
Hammersmith's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 11:54
Hammersmith
360 is going to unlock that map tonight most likely if the kills continue to rack up at the current rate.
Cartman's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 12:16
Cartman
I'd put money on there being some kind of problem with the map. Dice don't seem to be too good with the whole online thing, or they're just really unlucky.
Queasy's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 12:18
Queasy
Hammersmith, yep. I think the map unlock tonight is a given. I'm pretty sure EA and DICE didn't expect it to happen this soon.

As for the server troubles, I played last night without any issues whatsoever. BIG improvement from last week and over the weekend. I'd say the connection issues are behind us.

Now if they could only fix it to where all my shots hit somebody. ;)
CodeFire's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 12:23
CodeFire
It's the content that will kill this game, unless Dice/EA continue to release new maps/map packs.
Sir playedallot's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 12:25
Sir playedallot
@Chronic Logic
Did you play it? With 24 players, its enough action and chaos going on allready!

One question, whats the difference between a game like maybe bf43 or CoD4 with 24 players and high spawning rate and a game like MAG with 256 players? I mean, it doesnt make a difference, if the spawning rate is high enough, think about it!
Solozaur's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 12:26
Solozaur
if they give us more maps or more importantly more classes people will continue to play! But so far I'm starting to get bored of the rifleman, the mechanic and the scout suck donkey balls!
Queasy's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 12:28
Queasy
@CodeFire - With the success of BF1943, I think it is a matter of when, not if.
SunKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 12:28
SunKing
I've played enough 32 and 64 player games to tell you that larger numbers does not equal a better multiplayer experience. And also, you can bet your ass that more maps are coming, along with a price tag, too.
CBunn's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 13:00
CBunn
I've been doing my part to add to the tally. I have died A LOT.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 13:05
Holyetheline
All I've been doing since I downloaded this is running around getting shot as fast as I can... FOR THE SAKE OF UNLOCKING THE NEW MAP!!!

No.

But seriously, this game is great and I enjoy it very much.
Kagasumi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 13:26
Kagasumi
Some people are crazy good at this game. I've been humbled a few times, especially in planes. But I do get my lucky strikes in. There have been many LOL moments.
ikiryou's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 13:33
ikiryou
I had a blast playing the demo on PSN, though I wish there was an option to play it with a third-person perspective.

Logic = If I can see my ass, I can protect my ass.
Queasy's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 14:15
Queasy
@ikiryou - You can do third-person in all the vehicles. Just not on foot.

I have to say though that third-person doesn't work all the time. For example, trees on some parts of the map kept blocking my view in third-person when I was driving a tank around on Wake Island.
Doos's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 14:18
Doos
42.1 Million right now.. New map by this evening.
nademagnet's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 14:58
nademagnet
The map is mostly for Dog fights... I'm not sure if it's all planes, but I do know it's got a lot of them :D
Silverback 55's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2009 15:31
Silverback 55
They've officially hit 43 million on XBLA. The map should be going up pretty quick.
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