The Division Claims Top Spot as Most Popular Game on Xbox One

<p>There is a new popular kid in town&&num;8211&semi;just mere weeks after its release&comma; Ubisoft&&num;8217&semi;s <em>The Division<&sol;em> has risen to be the most popular game on the Xbox One&period; It even beat out <em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops 3<&sol;em>&comma; a well-established franchise that holds the top spot for a very long time every year it is released&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>News comes via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vg247&period;com&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;21&sol;the-division-most-popular-xbox-game&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">VG24&sol;7<&sol;a>&comma; and as <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ca&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;21&sol;the-division-is-officially-xbox-ones-most-popular-game" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">IGN<&sol;a> astutely states&comma; we don&&num;8217&semi;t know exactly how Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s popularity ranking is calculated&period; It could be by number of players playing the game&comma; how many star ratings the game has received by players&comma; or some other means of tracking&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One thing is for sure&comma; <em>The Division<&sol;em> is clearly a successful new IP for the Swedish Ubisoft Massive&period; Thus far&comma; the open-world shooter has broken several records&colon; most day one sales for Ubisoft&comma; largest Q1 launch in UK history&comma; and the most lucrative first week for a new game franchise&period; The MMO elements of the new shooter have definitely helped keep players on board and likely lured friends of those players into the fray&period; It is definitely a game that hinges on social interaction between players&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Check out what we thought about the game by reading our <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;the-division-review&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">full review<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ca&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2016&sol;03&sol;21&sol;the-division-is-officially-xbox-ones-most-popular-game" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">IGN<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;