Speaking to VG247, Criterion's Alex Ward has confirmed that 50,000 people have played Burnout Paradise online over both systems in the past 24 hours.
"In the past 24 hours we've had 50,000 people play Burnout Paradise online on both systems," Ward told the site. "If they only stayed online for one hour each on average (and most stayed for more than that), there will be have been over FIVE AND A HALF YEARS of play online in Paradise City in the last 24 hours."