Xbox Live Arcade topped US$ 100 million ...

In a report release by Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment, LLC (FADE) for 2009, Xbox Live Arcade has broken the US$ 100 million mark in the past year, hitting US$ 103 million to be exact - that's 34% bigger than last year. The market-watch group also estimated the platform's biggest earners, so let's see which games topped the XBLA downloads chart. Estimated Top Titles by Revenue, 2009 (Average Price):

• Battlefield 1943 (EA Dice) - $12.5 million ($15.00)
• Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) - $7.3 million ($15.00)
• Trials HD (RedLynx, LTD) - $7.1 million ($15.00)
• Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment / Epic Games) - $6.1 million ($14.38)
• Family Game Night (Hasbro) - $4.2 million ($9.53)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Capcom) - $4.2 million ($15.00)
• Magic: The Gathering (Stainless Games) - $2.8 million ($10.00)
• Worms 2 (Team 17) - $1.8 million ($10.00)
• Peggle (PopCap Games) - $1.8 million ($8.86)
• Turtles in Time: Reshelled (Ubisoft Singapore) - $1.7 million ($10.00)

FADE further notes that 2010 will continue to see growth in Xbox Live Arcade, paritcularly with the launch of Project Natal that would introduce more Arcade titles and additional hardware into people's homes.-------LINKVery nice for those indie devs...though I thought thenumbers would be a bit bigger.Xbox Live Arcade topped US$ 100 million ...
With that kind of success, it's no wonder the 1st party is so weak, there is no need to worry about it. XBLA is a money maker.It also looks like that massive increase to $15 didn't stop people from buying...great move. I look forward to the 720's $20-$25 XBLA games.:P
Xbox Live Arcade topped US$ 100 million ...
SERIOUSLY!?! Wow...but now that I think about it, I know like ALL my friends that got all the Gears 2 maps last year, some Forza and Rockband stuff, and the mythic halo maps
[QUOTE=''SolidTy'']With that kind of success, it's no wonder the 1st party is so weak, there is no need to worry about it. XBLA is a money maker.It also looks like that massive increase to $15 didn't stop people from buying...great move. I look forward to the 720's $20-$25 XBLA games.:P
[/QUOTE] Indeed! MS knows how to make their money, and I'm sure Sony is taking notes seeing as how they've been copying all of MS' moves. I for one wont be surprised if next-generations PSN has a monthly fee, and they start milking more PSN Games like Siren by making them into ''episodic content bundles'' for $15 each. x_x Viva la gaming?[QUOTE=''Squall18'']SERIOUSLY!?! Wow...but now that I think about it, I know like ALL my friends that got all the Gears 2 maps last year, some Forza and Rockband stuff, and the mythic halo maps[/QUOTE] These numbers are the the XBL Arcade online. Not the Marketplace as a whole. :3