518 people are playing Black Ops 2 on Wii U right now

by Ben Salter Featured 18 Comments 22 Votes 539 Views 20/11/2012 Back to News

Call of Duty: Black Ops II had 800,000 Xbox 360 players online on launch day.

The Wii U version? It had 518.

Meanwhile, zombies had just 42 when Kotaku tried to play.

Now, before you declare it a failure, the circumstances are very different. For one, the Wii U just launched a matter of hours ago, and requires a 5GB patch to play online. Most people are probably content playing Mario offline for now, as downloading the patch means you can't use your console until it is finished.

It also hasn't launched in any region outside of the US, and most of the early adopters probably already have Black Ops II on another platform.

By Ben Salter

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Kudos: 207,555

M@ndyz

That's right also not many people would have bought black ops 2 on wiiu.. Might be craploads of peeps playing mario though

20/11/2012

Add me on steam........... bootie [mmgn] Or raptr.......... bootie101 Or wiiu. actually don't add me on wiiu im never on it :p

Kudos: 70,384

Harry

518 is more than any Wii game ever had at once.... [MOG]

20/11/2012

Lemonaids.

Kudos: 26,651

OllyEbbz

Oh for Christ sake, it's a little early to judge isn't it? the console has been out what a day or two in one territory! Give it a month or two and then get back to me. Even then though you can't possibly compare to Xbox and PS3 numbers. Dumb sites looking for their headlines. -_-

20/11/2012

Lives in the United Kingdom.

Kudos: 6,495

xxLCr0wxx

most people hav'nt got the games becuase its not launched yet in some places

20/11/2012

Kudos: 26,042

BBking

A 5G patch?!?! WTF!!??

20/11/2012

Sydney, NSW. Hills District

Kudos: 298,781

Tano

I'm not saying anything...

20/11/2012

"Niko! Cousin!"

Kudos: 24,479

Marge

They didn't put in the functionality for background downloading? ... oh nintendo ...

20/11/2012

Your Mother's Closet

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Tano

Marge said: They didn't put in the functionality for background downloading? ... oh nintendo ...

BUT TEH WII U!!! TEH WII U! [Rage]

20/11/2012

"Niko! Cousin!"

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abujaffer

They started making the console a while back, then made the firmware as production went by. Makes sense, don't really see what's the issue here.

I'd rather that than:
A) A delayed launch (they would have to make the firmware first, then be able to ship with it).
B) Nothing after launch (3DS, anyone?). [heartbreak]

20/11/2012

3D world... where everything, even flat stuff, are in 3D.

Kudos: 298,781

Tano

abujaffer said: They started making the console a while back, then made the firmware as production went by. Makes sense, don't really see what's the issue here.
I'd rather that than:
A) A delayed launch (they would have to make the firmware first, then be able to ship with it).
B) Nothing after launch (3DS, anyone?).

Agreed. No issue with the 5gb patch on my end.

20/11/2012

"Niko! Cousin!"

Kudos: 207,555

M@ndyz

whered my post go??????? :'@

20/11/2012

Add me on steam........... bootie [mmgn] Or raptr.......... bootie101 Or wiiu. actually don't add me on wiiu im never on it :p

Kudos: 26,651

OllyEbbz

M@ndyz said: whered my post go???????

Strange one this, but I found if you click on this news link from the 'Around MMGN' section on the front page it brings you here but click on the actual news link under 'Latest News' and it takes you to the WiiU post... where our posts are [Shifty]

20/11/2012

Lives in the United Kingdom.

Kudos: 207,555

M@ndyz

OllyEbbz said:
M@ndyz said: whered my post go???????

Strange one this, but I found if you click on this news link from the 'Around MMGN' section on the front page it brings you here but click on the actual news link under 'Latest News' and it takes you to the WiiU post... where our posts are

omg its so confusing :'@

20/11/2012

Add me on steam........... bootie [mmgn] Or raptr.......... bootie101 Or wiiu. actually don't add me on wiiu im never on it :p

Kudos: 26,651

OllyEbbz

@beta

My post above M@ndys, why is this happening?

20/11/2012

Lives in the United Kingdom.

Kudos: 26,042

BBking

Shouldn't this be compared to the 360s launch title, being CoD 2 ??

I mean, the Wii U is always gonna be less, but hardly anyone has a Wii U yet.

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