Call of Duty: Black Ops Driving 'Unprecedented Traffic' to PSN, says Sony

The shooter category is largely associated with the Xbox 360 console, and previous games like Modern Warfare 2 and Halo: Reach have posted some incredible numbers on Xbox Live. And while today Activision noted that Black Ops set a new record with over 2.6 million players on Xbox Live for day one, Sony has noted that the game also pushed a huge spike in traffic for the PlayStation Network.

[T9X69]

This is a no brainer. COD is the most played game on PS3/360.

[Seijoru]

Unfortunately. Or maybe fortunately, 'cause that means all the annoying little kids will stay out of other games' multiplayer.

[T9X69]

You would think so, but some how they manage to pop up everywhere. I'm glad I'm a night person because I hardly ever play with little kids, unless I stay on past 8am EST, then the little kiddies start logging on before they go to school :/

EDIT: Quick question for Black Ops players on PS3. How many times do you see someone and their emblem is a damn dick, or a horse screwing a gorilla, or something along those lines. I swear to god at least half of every game I get into (during the day mostly) over 3/4 of everyone's emblem is a damn penis or some sort of animal screwing another animal. Sick little pricks.

[TOO PAWNED]

i noticed couple of d1cks

[vickers500]

I haven't noticed any of that but I haven't really looked. I have come acrossed 2 douchebags with swastikas though.

[ChineseDemocracy]

Not a big fan of the swastikas, doubt the people who actually use them as an emblem have the capacity to understand the significance behind the symbol.

Haven't seen any penises, but I have seen a few clever emblems (combinations of layers)

[Cenobia]

I have actually never seen genitalia as an emblem. Unfortunately, like vickers, I have seen the swastika though.

I rarely come across annoying little kids. The only time I remember a little kid playing was when I was paired with a guy playing split screen with his little brother in Zombie mode. I could hear him freaking out when he got overwhelmed.

It is actually really fun to play zombie mode when 1 guy is completely incompetent. I highly recommend it. More than 1 though and it ends at like the fifth round.

[hennessey86]

going back to cod4 black ops is shit

[NecrumSlavery]

I have seen a few dudes with boners shooting explosions, and suprisingly a lot of racist emblems like swatickas. Mostly its skulls and stuff.

My emblem is a guy in a suit with a chainsaw for a hand(Army of Darkness-like) shooting a deadite zombie in the face.

[Name Last Name]

LOL you're right, I have seen 3 emblems of a horse fucking a gorrilla and one of a dick in a skulls mouth :S

[cyborg6971]

I've seen a ton of those avatars. But you know what they say as long as there is basement dwelling virgin nerds the sheep will be scared.

OT BO is way better than mw2 having fun with this one.

[Psychic_Waffle]

"all the annoying little kids will stay out of other games' multiplayer."

More like everyone will stay out of other games' multiplayer. At least for PS3.

[plb]

and Steam

[thematrix1298]

Swastikas is a religious symbol for us Hindus for more than 6000 years.

[Game-ur]

A reveres Swastika is also some kind of Japanese bushido code

[Convas]

Correct sir, the word you're looking for is "Manji".

[NecrumSlavery]

Manji is the 3rd temple in the original zelda and it looked like a swasticka.

But am about 99% that 99.999% of the people who use the swasticka as an icon/emblem are not respecting hindu/japanese/native american/etc culture or history.

heres the dungeon in zelda btw:

[vickers500]

I did not know that. However these swastikas were almost certainly not meant for religious symbolism.

It was the nazi flag (the red flag with a white circle with the swastika in the circle) that I saw, and I don't think that can be confused with the hindu symbol.

[Active Reload]

The swastika is the same symbol as the cross in Christianity and it all represents homosexuality.

[donniebaseball]

I'd love to see the actual breakdown in sales between PS3 and 360 for Black Ops

[raztad]

55/42

@To the people disagreeing.

Why no to post your real numbers if you disagree with mines? I would like to know them

[Active Reload]

Is your "55" for the PS3 or the 360? I haven't agreed or disagreed with you yet.

[donniebaseball]

As far as I know there haven't been any official numbers, so those probably aren't reliable

[raztad]

http://www.computerandvideo...

I just realized this was an article about UK only. Well, probably it would be something like that.

@Active Reload

Are you serious about that question?

[plb]

Last I played it on PSN there was over 800,000 players

[TOO PAWNED]

400k couple of hours ago

[hoops]

All these gamers playing a bug infested game....

[visualb]

like FO:NV. I got the PC version, so I can't complain, but buying a broken game = bad for the industry -

[RBLAZE1988]

Black ops really isn't broken. I think it is of the same calliber as cod4 mw multiplayer wise. It just has some lag and server issues. Now fallout is pretty bad and the fact it sold 5 million copies discusts me.

[testerg35]

What happened to PS3 peeps being smarter and not buying this game?

[Igneel]

PS3 most played games are all shooters.

[visualb]

be it on the PS3, 360 OR the PC

[evrfighter]

It's always been that way on pc.

[Big Frank]

At least the 360 has Halo to compete with CODs numbers online. Nothing has ever come close to CODs numbers on PSN, that must he humiliating for Sony.

[visualb]

seriously? child...i doubt sony are "humiliated" by that, so much as I doubt MS are "humiliated" by their tarnished name with the 360's hardware

you should be humiliated for having such a simple approach towards far more complex issues...

and please, don't bother replying...oh wait

[JUDALATION]

Bobby Koteck (aka cocky doughteck) and treyarch (aka gayarck) sold a game with glicthes and unplayable lag on the PC and PS3. there are no servers for consoles and everyone has commando because of the overpowered knifing. The maps are forgettable and zombie mode was better in their last game. I sold my game after I presitged the first time and beat the story mode because it was a step back in my opinion. I am having more fun with the Killzone Beta and Gt5 will sustain me till that game comes out... take that bobby!

[Cmoney]

sony's 2nd rate online service just doesnt cut the mustard for quality game like black ops.

Which is why sony hasnt released the numbers cuz they know they cant compete with 2.6 million DAY 1 on XBOX LIVE.

I thot free meant more people would play online...wrongo

[SpinalRemains138]

Black ops a quality game.
PSN a second rate service?

You're horribly wrong on both accounts. Enjoy paying for your internet twice with your last place, outdated console that scratches discs. Multiple discs I might add. You know that 360 games come on multiple discs because the format is outdated, right?

[Cmoney]

xbox live players outnumer psn by 4-1
Apparantly people dont mind paying for quality online experience

xbox live is better than psn, stop living in denial

[NoBias]

Paying for internet twice?? Pshh, man I WISH Time Warner internet was only 50 or so bucks for a year of service haha.

[rdgneoz3]

Idiots have spoken with their wallets, and paid for a buggy, glitchy game.

Also, I'd rather spend my money on games or other sh!t than on being able to go online to talk to / play against friends.

[Simco876]

OMG, here we go!

but but but "teh salez!!!!"

Who the fuck cares, PS3 has better games overall.

[GoldPS3]

Sony don't need to show numbers of a laggy broken 3rd party game. MS does it becuz the 360 only have like 1 good exclusive every year and they treat COD like an exclusive.

[maxcer]

im going to laugh in your face when GT5 fails to muster up as many sales/users as black-ops

[Der_Kommandant]

It's a fun game

[Vip3r]

90% of it is most likely 12 year olds yelling abuse at each other. The rest is probably the same 12 years old uploading each and every killcam you youtube.

[donniebaseball]

Sadly this is true

[Psychic_Waffle]

"90% of it is most likely 12 year olds"

On the PS3?

Oh no, that can't be true! :O ... but it probably is.

[Father Murder X]

We all know that Killzone 2 is more popular on the Ps3 than COD. LOL!!!!

[Psychic_Waffle]

Future reference:

The words 'Killzone' and 'popular' don't really belong together. Ever.

[Instinct_Gamer]

So you queerbaits haven't figured out that popularity means nothing in this world... You'll must think Justin Beiber and Drake are the greatest artist ever, hey theyre popular they must be good, right? Hopefully one day you will step out of the mainstream cookie-cutter attitude but until then keep your idiotic popular opinions to yourself. why would you have to comment when you add nothing new to the conversation? If I wanted your opinion I would turn on Gametrailers TV, since we all know you don't think for yourself, and just follow whatever popular trend there is.

[scar20]

Come the 24 mines going straight to craigs list xDDD.

[Allowen]

This was my first Call of Duty game I played and I loved it.
I don't know how many ppl says things like that this game is not beautifull on the consoles ,old gen graphics or that it has frame rate issues and lag.

I am playing it on the "supposed"worst version that is the PS3 and I got to say that for me the game is beautifull.
Great art design ,graphics ,awesome game play and so far I had no problems playing it online .

This game on the Ps3 is running to me at 1080p (upscaling I guess) and it is sooo beautifull.
Uber resolution and to me it is better then what I saw in games such KZ2 and UC2.

Really, this game is far from not beeing beautifull.
How many PS3 blu-ray disk games that run in 1080p(upscaling or not ) ?

I just know the game Heavy Rain that in its the box says it runs at 720p but in my Tv it is at 1080p. So it had a ninja upscaling.

For my taste I belive I will like KZ3 more then this Call of Duty.
But still Black Ops rules !
One of the best 3rd party games I have seen running on my PS3

[mrbattle420]

shhh dont say that in here u gonna get shoot by a ps3 fan,sshhh i got both consoles dont tell nobody ok or i get sacrifice in n4g the ps3fans website of rumors with no good articles at all ....

[Thoreau]

we told the gaming industry that we like trash with trash graphics and trash lag......we also like the dev to create sub par ports....

[Mikeyy]

Nobody is argueing that BO is "substandard" or Ported terribly, but there really isnt an alternative. Don't throw medal of honor and Killzone at us. they don't play the way we are used to. Thats why we play COD.

I could never aim for shit in Killzone 2. The Game is pretty, but the online is lackluster.

[Ruggadagod]

i mean i bought it, but that's not the only game i play. i don't know about the rest of the ps3 userbase. i play all sorts of games though.

[Mikeyy]

From what I hear PSN Did hit 1 Million players at one point. Most I've witnessed was 800k. Thats really good numbers!

[ian72]

On day one late at night I was playing COD:BO and in the ticker at the bottom of the screen it said just over 1.1million online gamers. I'm in UK.