Xbox Live Arcade Sales, Week Ending 12/29/07
'Sensible World of Soccer' scores a goal in it's sophmore session, while newcomer 'Spongebob Squarepants: Underpants Slam!' has a mediocre start
December 29th, 2007
Despite starting off to a rocky first few days due to the wrong version of the game being pulled and replaced 2 days later, Codemaster's The Sensible World of Soccer shook off the controversy, and scored a huge goal it's first full week on the charts, garnering an estimated 15,000 units of sales it's first full week. Even though the charts are still in their infancy, these numbers are the highest any game has recorded being sold for a full week - only free downloads have done better.
While SWOS was garnering all of the attention for it's blistering week, Sierra Online's Arkadian Warriors , Xbox Live's first RPG continued it's strong sales, selling another estimated 13,000 units - a slight increase from last week.
However, this week's only new title, a Spongebob Squarepants game (a favorite cartoon in the United states) started rather weakly, with an estimated 1,400 units sold. Despite being released the week of Christmas, children tended to buy other big games with any newly-recieved points cards. Although Spongebob cannot be considered a poor showing ($14,000 in 3 days isn't something to laugh at), sales will most likely follow in the pattern of fellow cartoon-turned game Shrek 'N' Roll, which is at $66,000 LTD revenue.
In other news, some games are "missing" from the charts. That is, no, or negative sales were recorded via the methods I use for sales. These charts are based, and compiled off of Mygamercard.net achievement traffic. Since Mircosoft implemented the new tracking systems, some gamers have most likely deleted low-scoring games they have, removing them from the charts. However, numbers were not impacted severly (the most removed game was Mutant Storm Reloaded, with ~175 cards removed). Sales for these games will continue to be tracked.
Units Sold Cost (USD$) Revenue Release Date Total LTD Total Revenue
Sensible World of Soccer
15,518 $10.00 $155,184 12/19/07 19,596 $195,960
Arkadian Warriors
13,056 $10.00 $130,560 12/12/07 31,216 $312,157
Yaris ()
7,264 $0.00 $0 10/10/07 215,082 $0
Carcassonne *
7,218 $10.00 $72,180 06/27/07 398,208 $3,982,080
Uno ^ ^^^
4,776 $5.00 $23,882 05/09/06 1,093,567 $5,467,839
Aegis Wing ()
4,621 $0.00 $0 05/16/07 850,251 $0
Boom Boom Rocket ^
4,305 $10.00 $43,050 04/11/07 179,304 $1,793,040
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3,891 $5.00 $19,455 09/12/07 136,725 $683,625
PacMan CE ^
3,630 $10.00 $36,300 06/06/07 149,034 $1,490,340
Marble Blast Ultra ^^
3,297 $5.00 $16,487 01/25/06 349,645 $3,440,400
Gripshift
3,262 $10.00 $32,616 12/12/07 8,601 $86,007
Small Arms ** ^^
2,813 $5.00 $14,065 11/22/06 240,468 $2,358,977
Tempest
2,748 $5.00 $13,740 12/19/07 4,318 $21,588
Puzzle Quest: CotW
2,704 $15.00 $40,560 10/10/07 109,115 $1,636,729
Bomberman Live
2,364 $10.00 $23,640 07/18/07 250,332 $2,503,320
Switchball
2,302 $10.00 $23,018 11/07/07 33,891 $338,912
Luxor 2 ^
2,187 $10.00 $21,868 04/04/07 96,023 $960,224
Tetris Splash
2,115 $10.00 $21,150 10/03/07 77,685 $776,850
Track & Field
2,042 $0.00 $0 10/06/06 147,278 $742,600
Geometry Wars Evolved ***
2,023 $5.00 $10,113 11/22/05 569,128 $2,845,636
Zuma ** ^^
1,972 $5.00 $9,860 11/22/05 213,261 $2,099,778
Bankshot Billiards 2 ** ^^
1,960 $10.00 $19,604 11/22/05 313,384 $4,668,777
Worms HD
1,929 $10.00 $19,290 03/07/07 436,068 $4,360,680
Streets of Rage 2
1,695 $5.00 $8,475 08/29/07 123,756 $618,780
Sonic the Hedgehog
1,656 $5.00 $8,280 07/11/07 206,772 $1,033,860
Feeding Frenzy ^
1,642 $10.00 $16,416 03/15/06 181,224 $1,812,238
TMNT
1,554 $5.00 $7,770 03/14/07 439,590 $2,197,950
Spongebob Underpants Slam!
1,385 $10.00 $13,848 12/26/07 1,385 $13,848
Undertow
1,340 $10.00 $13,396 11/21/07 16,403 $164,020
Spyglass Board Games
1,332 $5.00 $6,660 08/01/07 97,161 $485,805
E4
1,281 $10.00 $12,810 10/17/07 46,148 $461,475
Word Puzzle
1,129 $10.00 $11,288 11/07/07 24,425 $244,250
Puzzle Fighter 2 HD
1,119 $10.00 $11,190 08/29/07 81,096 $810,960
Castlevainia: SOTN
1,092 $10.00 $10,920 03/21/07 317,871 $3,178,710
Golden Axe
993 $5.00 $4,965 07/11/07 134,832 $674,160
PinballFX
846 $10.00 $8,460 04/25/07 252,609 $2,526,090
3d Ultra Minigolf
843 $10.00 $8,430 03/19/07 188,946 $1,889,460
Ultimate MK3
753 $10.00 $7,532 10/21/06 292,766 $2,927,661
Assault Heroes
705 $10.00 $7,047 12/13/06 192,642 $1,926,412
Speedball 2
656 $10.00 $6,562 10/17/07 25,132 $251,328
Mutant Storm Empire
639 $10.00 $6,392 10/31/07 21,903 $219,028
Robotron 2084 ^^^
620 $5.00 $3,101 01/06/06 157,028 $785,143
Contra #
619 $5.00 $3,094 11/08/06 274,030 $1,370,149
Lumines! Live ^^
592 $10.00 $5,916 10/18/06 161,746 $2,015,870
Alien Homnid HD
573 $10.00 $5,730 02/28/07 165,504 $1,655,040
Street Fighter 2 HF
532 $10.00 $5,320 08/02/06 308,001 $3,080,015
Exit
532 $10.00 $5,320 10/24/07 11,390 $113,890
Asteroids & Asteroids Deluxe
510 $5.00 $2,550 11/28/07 5,590 $27,950
Marathon: Durandal
483 $10.00 $4,830 08/01/07 60,837 $608,370
Doom
482 $10.00 $4,816 09/27/06 315,755 $3,157,548
Hexic 2 *
456 $10.00 $4,560 08/15/07 76,242 $762,420
Texas Hold'em * ***
449 $10.00 $4,488 08/23/06 819,264 $8,192,631
Frogger **
442 $5.00 $2,212 07/12/06 213,376 $1,066,880
Ms. PacMan
432 $5.00 $2,160 01/10/07 119,616 $598,080
Catan
420 $10.00 $4,200 05/02/07 147,681 $1,476,810
Battlestar Galactica
350 $10.00 $3,500 10/24/07 23,071 $230,703
Prince of Persia
348 $10.00 $3,480 06/13/07 150,621 $1,506,210
Heavy Weapon
345 $10.00 $3,451 01/17/07 188,766 $1,887,662
Super Contra
345 $5.00 $1,725 07/25/07 26,205 $131,025
Shrek 'N' Roll
335 $10.00 $3,347 11/14/07 6,638 $66,379
Double Dragon
334 $5.00 $1,668 05/09/07 137,406 $687,028
PacMan
283 $5.00 $1,414 08/09/06 268,832 $1,344,163
Fatal Fury Special
273 $5.00 $1,365 09/05/07 28,044 $140,220
Galaga
269 $5.00 $1,344 07/26/06 242,019 $1,210,093
Joust
250 $5.00 $1,250 11/22/05 142,458 $712,287
Bejewled 2 ***
248 $10.00 $2,475 11/22/05 123,234 $1,232,335
Wik: Fable of Souls ***
240 $10.00 $2,400 12/15/05 156,507 $1,565,070
Paperboy
235 $5.00 $1,175 02/14/07 133,814 $669,069
Outpost Kaloki X ***
233 $10.00 $2,325 11/22/05 121,265 $1,212,645
Astropop
219 $10.00 $2,190 03/22/06 87,408 $874,080
Soltrio Solitare
216 $10.00 $2,160 05/16/07 73,659 $736,590
Mad Tracks
203 $10.00 $2,030 05/30/07 89,588 $895,884
Centepede & Millipede
177 $5.00 $885 05/02/07 31,401 $157,005
Time Pilot
157 $5.00 $783 08/30/06 85,005 $425,025
Hardwood Spades
148 $5.00 $738 12/08/05 59,000 $294,995
Screwjumper!
138 $10.00 $1,380 11/14/07 7,935 $79,350
DigDug **
137 $5.00 $686 11/11/06 115,636 $578,185
Space Giraffe
129 $5.00 $645 08/22/07 16,314 $81,570
Yie Ar Kung Fu
108 $5.00 $540 07/28/07 19,395 $96,975
Gauntlet **
103 $5.00 $515 11/22/05 180,596 $902,979
Hardwood Backgammon ***
100 $5.00 $500 12/08/05 66,001 $330,007
Missle Command
93 $5.00 $465 07/04/07 22,755 $113,775
Cyberball 2072
72 $5.00 $360 09/05/07 6,543 $32,715
Xevious
72 $5.00 $360 05/23/07 23,586 $117,930
Totemball ()
70 $5.00 $348 08/08/07 190,937 $725,544
Rush'N Attack
42 $5.00 $210 05/23/07 25,581 $127,905
Band of Bugs
39 $10.00 $390 06/20/07 36,387 $363,870
Hardwood Hearts
38 $5.00 $188 12/08/05 34,252 $171,255
Geon: Emotions
36 $10.00 $360 09/19/07 11,232 $112,320
New Rally X
35 $5.00 $174 12/27/06 36,691 $183,455
Jewel Quest
32 $10.00 $318 03/08/06 87,808 $878,080
Ecco: The Dolphin
30 $5.00 $150 07/15/07 4,923 $24,615
Gyruss
18 $5.00 $89 04/18/07 26,691 $133,457
Defender
8 $5.00 $42 11/15/06 40,056 $200,278
JetPac Refuled
0 $5.00 $0 03/28/07 81,761 $408,805
Novadrome
0 $10.00 $0 12/20/06 29,783 $297,830
Eets: Chowdown
0 $10.00 $0 04/25/07 29,143 $291,428
StreetTrace: NYC
0 $10.00 $0 08/22/07 11,901 $119,010
Smash TV
0 $5.00 $0 11/22/05 191,913 $959,565
Root Beer Trapper
0 $5.00 $0 02/07/07 75,028 $375,142
Scramble
0 $5.00 $0 09/13/06 42,808 $214,038
RoboBlitz
0 $15.00 $0 12/06/06 31,526 $472,889
Wing Commander: Arena
0 $10.00 $0 07/25/07 21,164 $211,640
Cloning Clyde
0 $10.00 $0 07/19/06 158,799 $1,587,989
Crystal Quest
0 $5.00 $0 02/07/06 85,201 $426,004
Mutant Storm Reloaded
0 $10.00 $0 11/22/05 87,019 $870,189
132300.15 $805.00 $1,022,779
15377200.15 $114,579,606
Next week's XBLA Release: Metal Slug 3