Some classic Call of Duty games have seen large spikes in player numbers after Xbox online matchmaking issues were resolved.
Recently,Microsoftdeployed a fix to theXbox 360portion ofXboxLive,which resolved an issueaffecting the matchmaking in older Call of Duty titles.
After the fix was deployed, 2012’s Call of Duty Black Ops 2 reportedly attracted over 10,000 simultaneous players on Sunday, while 2011’sModern Warfare3 drew over 7,000.
Black Ops 2, the last COD to actually show player count, has 10K people playing right nowYou love to see itpic.twitter.com/YfOHY5D9KN
Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox 360 had over 7,000 players active with matchmaking working again.pic.twitter.com/t6kmpuzKyX
Currently, the following Call of Duty games are available on Xbox Series consoles via backward compatibility:
The Xbox 360 titles in particular have seen a large increase in interest since they were added to the service. Physical copies of the old games have also maintained their value thanks to this.
While some older Call of Duty titles reportedly have a large issue with hackers and modded lobbies, users on social media are reporting that thanks to the large amount of interest in the games, and the revitalised player base, these hacked lobbies are becoming far less common.
This weekend, Xbox said it had signed a“binding agreement” with Sony to keep Call of Duty on PlayStationfollowing Microsoft’s anticipated acquisition ofActivision Blizzard.
