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Saturday, March 26, 2011

GoldenEye 007 vs Call of Duty: Black Ops - Data Report

     We last looked at a direct comparison of GoldenEye 007's and Call of Duty: Black Ops' reported game-play hours back in December, on Christmas day!
     In that report, Call of Duty: Black Ops had more hours reported than GoldenEye 007, but Black Ops had fewer players reporting the data, than GoldenEye.

     In the 92 days since the last report, have GoldenEye 007 players kept pace with Call of Duty: Black Ops players on the Wii?  Let's take a look!

Hours shown are for United States of America Wii owners, not world-wide.

Approx. Number of Players Reporting Data:
     GoldenEye 007 now has 49,117 Wii owners reporting their game-play hours, through the Wii's Nintendo Channel.
     Call of Duty: Black Ops now has 64,631 Wii owners reporting their play-time data.

Reporting Player Increase:
     GoldenEye 007 has seen an increase of about 34,066 gamers reporting play-time data, since December 20.
     Call of Duty: Black Ops has seen an increase of about 52,321 gamers reporting their game-play hours, since December 20.

Average & Total Game-Play Hours Reported:
     GoldenEye 007 now has 1,056,214 Total Hours of game-play reported, an increase of 819,216 Total Hours since December 20.
     GoldenEye 007's average play-time is now 21 Hours 31 Minutes "Per person" reporting data, which is 5 Hours 46 Minutes higher than its average on December 20 was.
     GoldenEye 007's average play-time per session is just over 2 Hours 10 Minutes.

     Call of Duty: Black Ops now has 3,248,239 Total Hours of game-play reported, an increase of 2,907,890 Total Hours since December 20.
     Black Ops' average play-time is now 50 Hours 16 Minutes "Per person" reporting data, which is 22 Hours 37 Minutes higher than its average from December 20.
     Call of Duty: Black Ops' average play-time per session is just over 2 Hours 54 Minutes.

Sales Ranks & Advertised Prices:
     GoldenEye 007's Amazon.com sale rank is #594, and is currently selling for $43.99.

     Call of Duty: Black Ops' Amazon.com sale rank is #272, and is currently selling for $44.59.
     (Sale ranks and advertised prices recorded around 12:45AM, on 3-26-11)

Review Score Averages:
     GoldenEye 007's "professional" review score average is 83.77%, now based on 62 reviews on GameRankings.com.
     GoldenEye 007 has a 4 out of 5 Stars rating on Amazon.com, based on 97 customer reviews.
     GoldenEye 007's customer review score average is 77.52%, when converted to a 100% review scale.

     Call of Duty: Black Ops' "professional" review score average is 81.47%, now based on 17 reviews on GameRankings.com.
     Call of Duty: Black Ops has a 4 out of 5 Stars rating on Amazon.com, based on 91 customer reviews.
     Call of Duty: Black Ops' customer review score average is 78.68%, when converted to a 100% review scale.
     (Review score averages recorded around 12:45AM, on 3-26-11)

Filtered Thoughts:
     This week, GoldenEye 007 crossed one million reported game-play hours, while Call of Duty: Black Ops crossed three million reported game-play hours.
     I think it's pretty incredible that Black Ops players have more than three times the reported number of hours played, that GoldenEye players have.
     I really expected GoldenEye to stay within half the number of hours reported as Black Ops, but the data is pretty clear that Black Ops is being played a lot more than GoldenEye.

     While GoldenEye isn't winning in the hours reported, or players reporting data, its "professional" review score is slightly higher than Black Ops', so it has at least one bragging right!
     While both games seem to be providing Wii owners with many hours of fun, I think the real winner here is Activision, as it published both games.

     While I haven't played Black Ops on the Wii, I do own it on my PS3 and I finished the single-player campaign about 5 weeks ago.  I own GoldenEye 007 for the Wii, but I haven't played it in a while, because I'm still working on my New Year's resolution.
     If any of you are still playing GoldenEye's online multi-player regularly, feel free to add my friend code for the game, 2043-7355-3797.  If you're hopping online to play, feel free to send me an email to Scott(@)CoffeewithGames.com, and if I'm available I'll hop online as well.
     Also, feel free to share your friend codes with each other in the comments below.

Questions:
     Have any of you been playing GoldenEye 007 and/or Call of Duty: Black Ops on the Wii regularly?  If so, what rank are you in the games' online multi-player?
     I'm right around level 20 in GoldenEye 007's online.

If anybody is interested in either GoldenEye 007 or Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Wii, you can see sale prices for both games on Amazon.com linked below: