Yesterday, Major Nelson of Xbox Live reported in his blog the Top 20 Xbox Live games of 2008, and the results are rather shocking. These results are taken from Xbox Live connectivity stats and number of downloads.
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. GTA IV
4. Gears of War 2
5. Gears of War
6. CoD: World at War
7. Guitar Hero III
8. Battlefield: Bad Company Demo
9. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Demo
10. Rock Band
11 Fable II
12. Mirror’s Edge Demo
13. Madden NFL 09
14. BF: Bad Company
15. Rainbow Six Vegas 2
16. UNO
17. Castle Crashers
18. COD: World at War Multiplayer Beta
19. Forza Motorsport 2
20. Too Human - Demo
Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)
1. Castle Crashers
2. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
3. Braid
4. A Kingdom for Keflings
5. UNO
6. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
7. Fable II Pub Games
8. Duke Nukem 3D
9. Bionic Commando: Rearmed
10. Worms
11. Soul Calibur
12. Portal: Still Alive
13. DOOM
14. 1942: Joint Strike
15. Bomberman Live
16. Mega Man 9
17. N+
18. Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3
19. Marble Blast Ultra
20. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
I guess what’s really interesting to me is a few game demos ranked on the list (Mirror’s Edge, Too Human, Force Unleashed), where the full game didn’t even make it in the top 20.
It’s also really interesting to see GTA 4 and Call of Duty 4 over-rank Gears of War 2. I just don’t think either of those games have the multiplayer options or modes that Gears of War 2 brings. Also, what’s up with Halo 3 making it onto the top of the list? That game didn’t even come out in 2008, and in my opinion, it’s not even that awesome of a game. There have been other excellent Live games that came out this year that deserve more notice than they received…Left 4 Dead for example. Left 4 Dead was one of the best Xbox Live enabled games that came out in 2008 in my opinion, where is L4D on that list? Forza, Battlefield, and Madden made it…but Left 4 Dead didn’t?! I call shenanigans!
It is good to see Castle Crashers, Braid, and Kingdom for Keflings at the top of the arcade downloads, all three of those are great games and are the top three best games on the Xbox Live Arcade in my opinion.
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Shoe 01.06.09 at 3:20 pm
Call of Duty 4 is pretty addicting, though. You can get experience points and level up your guy to earn new pieces of equipment and better guns.
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