New title 'Arkadian Warriors' sells briskly, while new 'Arcade Hits' gobble up many top-10 positions.
This week, Hack-N-Slash Arkadian Warriors debuts in the #1 position, dominating other new release, Gripshift, and XBLA hits.
In just 3 and 1/2 days, Arkadian Warriors debuts with the highest sales ever for the VGChartz.com XBLA Sales charts. After corrections to the whole of the chart, Arkadian Warriors debuted higher than closest competitor 'Undertow' by almost 100%.
Hybrid Puzzle/Racer Gripshift also has a decent start, at 1,900 units. Despite already being on the PSP handheld console, and Playstation Network (for PS3), the developers of Gripshift have high hopes for their first XBLA entry.
And rounding out the top 10, 4 of the 5 new XBox Live Arcade Hits chart strongly in the top-10, with Marble Blast Ultra, a game nearly 2 years old, taking a strong increase over last week.
Now the charts - note the adjusted LTDs of each game.
Units Sold Cost (USD$) Revenue Release Date Total LTD Total Revenue
Carcassonne *
12,810 $10.00 $128,100 06/27/07 381,399 $3,813,990
Yaris ()
7,703 $0.00 $0 10/10/07 199,050 $0
Arkadian Warriors
5,601 $10.00 $56,005 12/12/07 5,601 $56,005
Uno ^ ^^^
5,100 $5.00 $25,502 05/09/06 1,083,761 $5,418,806
Boom Boom Rocket ^
5,082 $10.00 $50,820 04/11/07 170,442 $1,704,420
Aegis Wing ()
4,959 $0.00 $0 05/16/07 614,181 $0
Marble Blast Ultra ^^
4,057 $5.00 $20,286 01/25/06 342,491 $3,404,628
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3,555 $5.00 $17,775 09/12/07 129,258 $646,290
Small Arms ** ^^
3,152 $5.00 $15,762 11/22/06 234,479 $2,329,034
PacMan CE ^
2,814 $10.00 $28,140 06/06/07 142,566 $1,425,660
Geometry Wars Evolved ***
2,650 $5.00 $13,250 11/22/05 564,140 $2,820,698
Puzzle Quest: CotW
2,538 $15.00 $38,074 10/10/07 104,136 $1,562,044
Switchball
2,485 $10.00 $24,854 11/07/07 29,192 $291,924
Bomberman Live
2,358 $10.00 $23,580 07/18/07 245,448 $2,454,480
Zuma ** ^^
2,297 $5.00 $11,484 11/22/05 208,992 $2,078,434
Bankshot Billiards 2 ** ^^
2,114 $10.00 $21,141 11/22/05 309,101 $4,625,944
Undertow
2,062 $10.00 $20,623 11/21/07 13,515 $135,148
Texas Hold'em * ***
1,956 $10.00 $19,560 08/23/06 816,938 $8,169,375
Tetris Splash
1,947 $10.00 $19,470 10/03/07 73,590 $735,900
Gripshift
1,898 $10.00 $18,975 12/12/07 1,898 $18,975
Worms HD
1,869 $10.00 $18,690 03/07/07 432,033 $4,320,330
TMNT
1,791 $5.00 $8,955 03/14/07 436,125 $2,180,625
Luxor 2 ^
1,753 $10.00 $17,528 04/04/07 92,167 $921,668
Sonic the Hedgehog
1,674 $5.00 $8,370 07/11/07 203,280 $1,016,400
Streets of Rage 2
1,620 $5.00 $8,100 08/29/07 120,420 $602,100
Track & Field
1,586 $5.00 $7,932 08/08/07 144,920 $7,932
Feeding Frenzy ^
1,499 $10.00 $14,985 03/15/06 178,019 $1,780,189
Castlevainia: SOTN
1,473 $10.00 $14,730 03/21/07 315,426 $3,154,260
Asteroids & Asteroids Deluxe
1,470 $5.00 $7,350 11/28/07 4,340 $21,700
Spyglass Board Games
1,383 $5.00 $6,915 08/01/07 94,425 $472,125
PinballFX
1,320 $10.00 $13,200 04/25/07 250,596 $2,505,960
Word Puzzle
1,312 $10.00 $13,124 11/07/07 22,235 $222,354
E4
1,264 $10.00 $12,635 10/17/07 43,506 $435,050
Street Fighter 2 HF
1,103 $10.00 $11,032 08/02/06 306,296 $3,062,963
Puzzle Fighter 2 HD
1,068 $10.00 $10,680 08/29/07 79,098 $790,980
Ultimate MK3
1,019 $10.00 $10,192 10/21/06 290,929 $2,909,293
Golden Axe
948 $5.00 $4,740 07/11/07 132,798 $663,990
Doom
941 $10.00 $9,408 09/27/06 314,176 $3,141,756
3d Ultra Minigolf
936 $10.00 $9,360 03/19/07 187,107 $1,871,070
Lumines! Live ^^
931 $10.00 $9,309 10/18/06 160,301 $2,001,428
Contra #
815 $5.00 $4,074 11/08/06 272,655 $1,363,275
Catan
780 $10.00 $7,800 05/02/07 146,529 $1,465,290
Alien Homnid HD
747 $10.00 $7,470 02/28/07 164,076 $1,640,760
Hexic 2 *
729 $10.00 $7,290 08/15/07 75,144 $751,440
Galaga
725 $5.00 $3,626 07/26/06 240,848 $1,204,241
Robotron 2084 ^^^
721 $5.00 $3,604 01/06/06 155,701 $778,504
Mutant Storm Empire
707 $10.00 $7,072 10/31/07 20,594 $205,938
Assault Heroes
696 $10.00 $6,960 12/13/06 191,003 $1,910,027
Speedball 2
690 $10.00 $6,902 10/17/07 23,786 $237,864
Battlestar Galactica
662 $10.00 $6,615 10/24/07 22,147 $221,463
Screwjumper!
656 $10.00 $6,555 11/14/07 7,349 $73,485
Prince of Persia
651 $10.00 $6,510 06/13/07 149,619 $1,496,190
PacMan
605 $5.00 $3,024 08/09/06 267,886 $1,339,431
Double Dragon
583 $5.00 $2,915 05/09/07 136,492 $682,460
Wik: Fable of Souls ***
579 $10.00 $5,790 12/15/05 155,715 $1,557,150
Joust
537 $5.00 $2,683 11/22/05 141,718 $708,587
Heavy Weapon
534 $10.00 $5,336 01/17/07 187,740 $1,877,396
Shrek 'N' Roll
531 $10.00 $5,313 11/14/07 5,854 $58,547
Ms. PacMan
531 $5.00 $2,655 01/10/07 118,698 $593,490
Marathon: Durandal
522 $10.00 $5,220 08/01/07 59,778 $597,780
Frogger **
504 $5.00 $2,520 07/12/06 212,214 $1,061,070
DigDug **
487 $5.00 $2,436 11/11/06 115,054 $575,273
Paperboy
473 $5.00 $2,364 02/14/07 133,202 $666,009
Exit
452 $10.00 $4,515 10/24/07 10,389 $103,880
Bejewled 2 ***
385 $10.00 $3,850 11/22/05 122,451 $1,224,510
Fatal Fury Special
327 $5.00 $1,635 09/05/07 27,465 $137,325
Mad Tracks
325 $10.00 $3,248 05/30/07 89,113 $891,128
Super Contra
318 $5.00 $1,590 07/25/07 25,551 $127,755
Outpost Kaloki X ***
315 $10.00 $3,150 11/22/05 120,647 $1,206,470
Hardwood Backgammon ***
310 $5.00 $1,550 12/08/05 65,661 $328,307
Astropop
309 $10.00 $3,090 03/22/06 86,832 $868,320
Soltrio Solitare
276 $10.00 $2,760 05/16/07 73,098 $730,980
Totemball ()
273 $0.00 $0 10/06/06 189,162 $716,670
Hardwood Spades
268 $5.00 $1,338 12/08/05 58,602 $293,007
Jewel Quest
244 $10.00 $2,438 03/08/06 87,554 $875,536
Smash TV
235 $5.00 $1,173 11/22/05 191,559 $957,793
Gauntlet **
230 $5.00 $1,152 11/22/05 180,064 $900,320
Centepede & Millipede
201 $5.00 $1,005 05/02/07 31,047 $155,235
JetPac Refuled
200 $5.00 $1,001 03/28/07 81,578 $407,891
Cloning Clyde
193 $10.00 $1,932 07/19/06 158,606 $1,586,057
Root Beer Trapper
186 $5.00 $928 02/07/07 74,733 $373,663
Xevious
177 $5.00 $885 05/23/07 23,433 $117,165
Space Giraffe
150 $5.00 $750 08/22/07 16,008 $80,040
Band of Bugs
147 $10.00 $1,470 06/20/07 36,159 $361,590
Yie Ar Kung Fu
126 $5.00 $630 07/28/07 19,179 $95,895
Time Pilot
122 $5.00 $609 08/30/06 84,625 $423,125
Crystal Quest
94 $5.00 $468 02/07/06 85,074 $425,367
Geon: Emotions
90 $10.00 $900 09/19/07 11,082 $110,820
New Rally X
90 $5.00 $450 12/27/06 36,543 $182,715
Missle Command
87 $5.00 $435 07/04/07 22,542 $112,710
Cyberball 2072
84 $5.00 $420 09/05/07 6,318 $31,590
Gyruss
65 $5.00 $325 04/18/07 26,585 $132,925
Eets: Chowdown
64 $10.00 $638 04/25/07 29,056 $290,558
Hardwood Hearts
60 $5.00 $300 12/08/05 34,146 $170,729
Defender
56 $5.00 $280 11/15/06 39,972 $199,858
Novadrome
55 $10.00 $551 12/20/06 29,731 $297,308
Ecco: The Dolphin
45 $5.00 $225 07/15/07 4,845 $24,225
Wing Commander: Arena
39 $10.00 $385 07/25/07 21,105 $211,045
StreetTrace: NYC
36 $10.00 $360 08/22/07 11,841 $118,410
RoboBlitz
35 $15.00 $522 12/06/06 31,515 $472,715
Rush'N Attack
21 $5.00 $105 05/23/07 25,449 $127,245
Scramble
20 $5.00 $98 09/13/06 42,766 $213,828
Mutant Storm Reloaded
2 $10.00 $25 11/22/05 86,960 $869,601
Totals (101 Tracked Games):
125,269
$932,549.00
14,881,217 $111,793,909.00
Other misc. notes:
Accuracy on these charts is going up, and will be very, very good in the next few weeks. With the fall Xbox 360 Dashboard update, trial games are no longer tracked. For new releases, this means that sales are going to be coming 100% from games sold, not just achievements. So we can be fairly certain new titles are going to have great accuracy. They're still estimates, but they should be very close (within 10%) of actuals.
And for the reasoning behind lowering the games by roughly 23% overall: since we now have near-actuals to compare sales on (via actual userbase rather than achievement base for new games), I have found out the totals were a bit high on new releases, and older games. Therefore I adjusted most of the numbers. After adjustments, accuracy increased even more vs. Major Nelson/Microsoft actual positioning. This week, 7/10 titles were in Major Nelson's top 10, and 9/15 were in his top 10. The lowest title was 'Asteroids & Asteroids Deluxe' at #20, taking out the freebies and Arcade titles.
As always, check out the FAQ for notations:
http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=10292