Minecraft more popular on Xbox Live than Modern Warfare 3

The beginning of the end of that worn-ragged franchise, I hope.

Is it just me, or does "codblops" sound scatological?

Even as boring as COD has become, I really don't see how.  Minecraft is a boring, ugly waste of time.

They call the graphics style "retro", when NES games had way better graphics.  An insult to retro games.

Whether it changes or not congrats to Mojang for this, when they started out I never expected it to get so big on 2 platforms

Minecraft is the kind of game you can keep coming back to. Once people play a map in COD for the billionth time, and are all "ooh, COD 436 is coming out soon!" their desire to play it more diminishes.

With Minecraft, you'll play it until it's boring, then end up coming back to it later and starting over again and it feels fresh. It's limited by your imagination. I've personally had about 5 "ages" of Minecraft where I'd start in a new world and build an empire with a vast network of buildings and bases and mines, and store up thousands of materials and tools and think, "I'm done." just to go back to it a few months later and start all over again with new ideas.

While this is absolutely great to see a non sheepish game over the most sheepish of all time, it's only going to last until the next COD comes out in what, a month or so?

That might change come next month...

I hope some developers take note of the fact that solid gameplay has "headshotted" franchise name and grafix. I think there is a lesson in that for them.

Astonishing, for a game available only on LIVE. This must make PS3 owners (and I have both 360 and PS3) wish for this game on their system, however, with the low price points of consoles, the MINE(craft) VS YOURS ought to be over. It is time for everyone to get the other console. 

Gee, I wonder why?

Minecraft is a great game, but I find it a little odd that this 360 version has become so hugely popular.

I'm guessing a very large percentage of these 360 Minecraft players also own PCs that are perfectly capable of playing Minecraft, and in comparison to the PC version, 360 Minecraft is tiny, and severely limited in its gameplay.

Impressive. But for me, few games were able to make me put down MW 3 for more than a couple of weeks. Here's hoping Halo 4 and BLOPS 2 will change that.

The Gamespot review of this game should be rewritten now that creative mode and other features are out.

...I love the game... BUT WHAT THE HELL IS THE GOAL OF IT??? I guess an infinite LEGO sandbox doesn't need further purpose than constructing... maybe it's just me?

Wow, maybe there is still hope in the industry. Today was a good day.

Good for you, 4J. I only wish the same could be said for Perfect Dark xbla. I wish these guys would talk to Crytek and do HD Timesplitters remakes for them...

Splendid news.

Halo>Elder Scrolls>Minecraft>Forza>any LEGO game>any Nintendo game>CoD

It is certainly better than MW3, that's for sure.

I was dumb enough to try out Minecraft for the first time when I had a serious illness recently that kept me away from work from two weeks. Now I'm addicted to the damn thing :P

When I first played Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition trial version, I will admit, I did not get it and it felt kind of boring. But then 5 hours of playing the trial later, I got hooked to the core of game, which was building things. I decided to buy the game later on. From the time I bought it until the time the 1.8.2. update came out, I have played the game for over 150 hours. After the update, I am still playing the game, adding about 30 more hours of game play.

I recommend this game only if you have real creative mind, local or online friends to play with, and a youtube account with a capture device or video camera to showcase your work (building for yourself only can be really boring and pointless at times). It is a great game to play. It may seem simple and boring at first, but once you get into making bigger things like mansions, castles, etc on the game, it can be addicting. The survival part of the game adds some objectives to keep the player moving and not stopping, while creative mode gives you the option to build bigger things faster. I did not think it would be worth the $20, but I was wrong after playing close to 200 hours of game play already.

It is good to see an indie company get this popular on a small game. It inspires me to appreciate the small things because the small things can lead to big successes.

Personally I don't play it because it's just one of those games that go on forever with no purpose or end and it's so time consuming, but I'm glad an indie game is kicking Kraptivision's ass.

Well, at least until BO2 comes out, those will be dark days indeed with nothing in the gaming news except how many records it's breaking and how many  mindless 12 year olds buy it.

I still don't own the game and have no plans of paying $20 for it. I don't really see the thrill in this game. Reminds me of The Sims. Very popular game, but not much point to it. Just seems like a waste of a lot of time.

Thats cause MW3 sucks ass!

So now we can't play Minecraft anymore cuz its hip right?? That's how being an American consumer is right??

Considering 2011's COD8 : MW3 was created after the ACTIVISION's destruction of Infinity Ward (the creators of COD).

Considering that Raven software, Sledgehammer, and Treyarch pitched in with what tiny fragment of IW was left at ACTIVISION to make COD8 : MW3....this isn't all that surprising.

Notice the headline said more "THAN" MW3. Most of you, if you were writing this story, would've said more "THEN" MW3. You basically don't know how to use than and then correctly, and it drives me mad. Minecraft is really good on 360. I haven't downloaded the new update yet but I've heard it makes the game a lot better.

and a well done to all involved with Minecraft, it's an excellent game, I personally find it very relaxing and enjoyable to play, especially when you come up with a grand design and invite your friends into your game to see it :)

Having said that MW3 is the worst COD i have played, from spawns to lag and some horrible maps. I think most people in the COD community are done with it by now and are looking forward to BO2. I know I certainly am!

Make a Feedbackula episode on this topic!!!!!!!

It was about time for CoD to get a competitor. But I wasn't expecting Minecraft to be that competitor. O.o