According to the Research & Analysis division of analyst firm, Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment, Microsoft set a new record in 2011 with the Xbox Live Arcade growing to an estimated $144 million USD in revenues in 2011 which equates to 18% increase in growth.
Eric Chahi’s From Dust, published by Ubisoft led the Arcade sales, selling approximately 308,000 units sold with gross revenues totaling an estimated $4.6 million USD in revenue. Next up was Full House Poker which was actually the most-downloaded paid title with an estimated 375,000 units sold or $3.6 million USD in revenues.
The Xbox Live Arcade market place’s success was largely thanks to the ‘Summer of Arcade’, as seven of the top ten highest-grossing titles were released during the promotion. Castle Crashers is an evergreen seller and sold an estimated 335,000 units during its 4th year on market. FADE actually estimates that over 2 million copies of Castle Crashers have been sold between XBLA and PSN, placing it as the best selling and highest grossing title in downloadable console gaming history.
Here’s the estimated top selling titles, by Units Sold in 2011
- Full House Poker (Microsoft Game Studios) – 375,000 Units / $3.6 Million USD ($9.66 ASP)
- Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) – 335,000 Units / $4.6 Million USD ($13.69 ASP)
- Fruit Ninja Kinect (Halfbrick Studios) – 324,000 Units / $3.2 Million USD
- From Dust (Ubisoft) – 308,000 Units / $4.6 Million USD ($15.00 ASP)
- Trials HD (RedLynx, LTD) – 286,000 Units / $4.0 Million USD ($13.80 ASP)
- Magic: The Gathering (Stainless Games) – 278,000 Units / $2.7 Million USD ($9.71 ASP)
- Torchlight (Runic Games) – 272,000 Units / $4.0 Million USD ($14.64 ASP)
- Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Signal Studios) – 241,000 Units / $3.6 Million USD ($15.00 ASP)
- Bastion (Supergiant Games) – 241,000 Units / $3.6 Million USD ($15.00 ASP)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale (Bedlam Games) – 210,000 Units / $2.8 Million USD ($13.38 ASP)
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