The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008

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JaggedSac said:

http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/01/04/the-top-20-live-games-of-2008.aspx

The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008

Last year was a great year to be an Xbox 360 gamer as is evident by the quality of titles that Xbox LIVE members were playing. After a few days of number crunching, here are the top games for 2008 based on Xbox Live connectivity.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)

 Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)

1	Castle Crashers
2	Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
3	Braid
4	A Kingdom for Keflings
5	UNO
6	Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
7	Fable II Pub Games
8	Duke Nukem 3D
9	Bionic Commando: Rearmed
10	Worms
11	SOULCALIBUR
12	Portal: Still Alive
13	DOOM
14	1942: Joint Strike
15	Bomberman Live
16	MEGA MAN 9
17	N+
18	Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3
19	Marble Blast Ultra
20	Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

Interesting. Here's what I have for my XBLA charts at the end of the year (less 3 days):

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1	Uno ^ ^^^		425,294
2	Castle Crashers		383,400
3	Geometry Wars Evolved 2		210,458
4	Braid		200,888
5	N+		194,764
6	Worms HD		188,648
7	Geometry Wars Evolved ***		155,044
8	Rez HD		144,664
9	Texas Hold'em * ***		143,721
10	Bomberman Live		134,464
11	Doom		133,030
12	Street Fighter 2 HD Turbo		131,590
13	Metal Slug 3		130,586
14	Brain Challenge		128,822
15	A Kingdom for Keflings		128,100
16	Carcassonne *		127,808
17	TMNT		127,350
18	Sonic the Hedgehog 2		126,774
19	Bionic Commando: Rearmed		120,948
20	Marble Blast Ultra ^^		118,555
21	Ikaruga		113,629
22	Duke Nukem 3d		112660
23	Ultimate MK3		102,626
24	Bankshot Billiards 2 ** ^^		102,019
25	Street Fighter 2 HF		100,637
26	Small Arms ** ^^		89,614
27	Sonic the Hedgehog		87,020
28	Castlevainia: SOTN		85,443
29	Soul Calibur		83,741
30	Banjo Kazooie		82,490

Mind you, Uno was a pack-in so it's numbers were inflated slightly. Some games were really close (Top 3, Worms, Doom, Bomberman Live, MBO, UMK3) but some were off pretty bad (Mega Man 9, N+, Rez HD, Bionic Commando: Rearmed). Overall, I think the XBLA project did pretty well going head to head with Major Nelson's numbers, but it's still (certainly) imperfect. What I think has killed me is sample size....It's still kind of small, at 2.5 million users.

 

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