Call of Duty: Black Ops III has a larger playerbase than Infinite Warfare

Published: 21st November 2016 | Source: Steam Stats | Author: Mark Campbell

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has not had a successful launch on PC, quickly dropping from the top 50 most played games on Steam and has suffered from a huge decline in active players, with the game failing to hold over 6000 active players during yesterday's peak.

Now Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is having difficulty competing with last year's iteration, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, with the older game now having a higher 24-hour player peak than the newly released Infinite Warfare.

At the time of writing both games are frequently trading places on the Steam leaderboards, though it is clear that Infinite Warfare is fighting a losing battle when it comes to maintaining an active playerbase on PC.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III has a larger playerbase than Infinite Warfare

To many, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's PC version was dead on arrival, sporting an awkwardly similar multiplayer experience to other recent Call of Duty titles. Worse still is Activision's decision to separate the multiplayer modes of the Steam and Windows Store versions of the game, dividing the player base and making it almost impossible for Windows Store users to actually find enough players for Multiplayer to function properly.

While the singleplayer campaign of Infinite Warfare is an interesting addition to the series, the game simply does not compete with the many great shooters on the PC platform, be it Counter Strike, Rainbow Six Seige, Overwatch or Team Fortress.

Right now Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is not even one of Steam's top 50 games, which a hugely disappointing for one of AAA gaming's most famous franchises.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops III has a larger playerbase than Infinite Warfare