Summer Of Arcade Games Top XBLA Sales

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Nsanity on 11 August 2011

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In the first half of the year, whenever you ask an XBLA developer when their game is coming out, you'll almost always get the same answer: "We're shooting for summer." It's not just that downloadable games look great with a base tan. Their creators are hoping to get on board with Microsoft's Summer of Arcade promotion and all the promotion that goes with it. As the XBLA activity readings (based on purchased versions) for last week demonstrate, it's a profitable plan.

The top three titles between August 1st and 8th were the current Summer of Arcade offerings:From Dust, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet and Bastion. We don't have specific numbers, but when you see a high-profile, high-quality July release like Ms. Splosion Man (which wasn't part of the promotion) way down there at #15, it's hard to deny the Summer of Arcade bump.

Source: Major Nelson

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BenVTrigger on 11 August 2011

Well I've bought Bastion, From Dust, and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet already and all three were fantastic so it would make sense they sell such high numbers. Also great seeing these smaller titles getting so much support. I think XBLA was one of the greatest things that could have ever happened to console gameing, it really allows a lot more risk and creativity.