1st Place – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Genre: Shooter | Developer: Infinity Ward | Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One | Release Date: October 25, 2019 | Model: Buy-to-play
In first place on the May 2020 leaderboard is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has 13730 play hours with 445 players. This puts it well ahead of the 5 top titles: CoD has more than double the play hours of GTA V, which ranks 2nd with 6070 play hours.
- On average, each player has spent around 31 hours in the shooter.
- In terms of total playtime, players only spend an average of one and a half hours per session in the game. A total of 8528 sessions were started.
What is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a first-person shooter that offers both a single-player campaign and multiplayer modes. There are game modes that can accommodate up to 100 players.
What has happened in the game recently? Actually, Season 4 in Modern Warfare and Warzone was supposed to start on June 3, 2020, but Activision has postponed the start of Season 4 indefinitely.
In the meantime, Activision unexpectedly brought the duo mode to Warzone at the end of May, which many fans had been waiting for. Call of Duty: Warzone is the free version that combines the features of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with battle royale.
The 5 most popular PS4 games of the group – What the data says
| Name | Platform | Play Hours | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | PS4 | 13730 | 445 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | PS4 | 6070 | 251 |
| Apex Legends | PS4 | 4040 | 183 |
| Persona 5 Royal | PS4 | 3251 | 78 |
| Destiny 2 | PS4 | 3251 | 84 |
What stands out about the data? When looking at the data, various things stand out about the most popular PlayStation 4 games among the group:
- Destiny 2 has the fewest play hours compared to the other four titles and thus ranks 5th, but players stay in-game the longest.
- Games like Apex Legends or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare are instead characterized by many, albeit short, sessions.
- Battle Royale offers players more short-term entertainment, while games like Destiny 2 are played for longer stretches.
What do (almost) all the games have in common? It is noticeable that the five most popular PS4 games on the list are all games that offer a strong multiplayer component – with one exception: that is Persona 5 Royal. This is a JRPG that only had its release at the end of March 2020. However, this game is also the only one on the list that does not offer a real multiplayer component.
Games like Grand Theft Auto V or even Call of Duty: Modern Warfare offer single-player features but are mainly played for their strong multiplayer aspects.
Especially games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare or Apex Legends are also played for Battle Royale. This is also reflected in the data.
Here, particularly many sessions are started, which are relatively short again.
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