From Dust and Full House Poker top list of best-selling XBLA games in 2011

Now that we know which games and downloadable content performed the best over the PlayStation Network in terms of sales last year, a list of top-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade games for 2011 has recently been published, revealing Ubisoft’s From Dust and Microsoft’s Full House Poker as the leaders by revenue and unit sales, respectively.

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According to the Research & Analysis division of analyst firm Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment (or FADE), From Dust lead the sales listing by revenue, generating an impressive $4.6 million in 2011, while Full House Poker was the overall best-seller by units, with 375 000 sold last year.

Perennial favourite Castle Crashers was second in both categories and sold 335 000 units, also generating $4.6 million in revenue.

FADE says that Microsoft set a new sales record in 2011, as Xbox LIVE Arcade grew to an estimated $144 million in revenue.

Here’s the full list of top sales performers over Xbox LIVE Arcade in 2011:

  • 1.) Full House Poker (Microsoft Game Studios) - 375,000 Units / $3.6 Million USD ($9.66 ASP)
  • 2.) Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) - 335,000 Units / $4.6 Million USD ($13.69 ASP)
  • 3.) Fruit Ninja Kinect (Halfbrick Studios) - 324,000 Units / $3.2 Million USD
  • 4.) From Dust (Ubisoft) - 308,000 Units / $4.6 Million USD ($15.00 ASP)
  • 5.) Trials HD (RedLynx, LTD) - 286,000 Units / $4.0 Million USD ($13.80 ASP)
  • 6.) Magic: The Gathering (Stainless Games) - 278,000 Units / $2.7 Million USD ($9.71 ASP)
  • 7.) Torchlight (Runic Games) - 272,000 Units / $4.0 Million USD ($14.64 ASP)
  • 8.) Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Signal Studios) - 241,000 Units / $3.6 Million USD ($15.00 ASP)
  • 9.) Bastion (Supergiant Games) - 241,000 Units / $3.6 Million USD ($15.00 ASP)
  • 10.) Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale (Bedlam Games) - 210,000 Units / $2.8 Million USD ($13.38 ASP)

Which of these Xbox LIVE Arcade games do you own? Did you contribute to last year’s sales of these games?






Comments:

Graeme

I wonder how they got those numbers, I'm not sure Microsoft would have given them out. Makes me wonder about the accurracy.

I'm glad From Dust took in so much, I really enjoyed it, thought it felt very different from most games out there, but at the same time pleasingly reminiscent of god games of old.

Castle Crashers is still selling strongly after 4 years on the marketplace, that's a great result for The Behemoth. Now if they'd just hurry up and release Battleblock Theatre.

I'm somewhat surprised to see Daggerdale on the list, considering it was almost universally considered to be a buggy mess.

Oliver

Overseas, it seems as though Daggerdale was pretty well received (from podcast talk and general internet chatter), but the consensus is that it's pretty messy, for sure.

This analyst company regularly releases sales information regarding Xbox LIVE Arcade and Xbox LIVE Marketplace and Microsoft hasn't stopped them yet, so I've always thought it was accurate and/or official. If MS steps in an debunks the list, then we'll know.

I still haven't played From Dust... dang. ;(

Also looking forward to Battleblock Theatre, but with sales of CC still going strong, they can take their time (unfortunately and fortunately) - release it already! ;)

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