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Xbox Live Sales Charts - 11/17/07-11/24/07 - News

by VGChartz Staff , posted on 24 November 2007 / 6,334 Views

Ah, another week of sales. A big game debuts to solid 3-day numbers, and we continue to see new users pour in over the Carcassonne free download from last week. 99 games are tracked. The 2 new ones are Totemball - a free Xbox Live Vision Camera game, and Undertow. A 16 person UE3-powered Multiplayer shooter.

Now included are LTD sales for both revenue and units sold/given away.

FAQ about how I get sales numbers, notations, ect are at 

http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=10292

Name Unit SalesCost (USD $)Revenue (USD)Release DateTotal LTDTotal Revenue
Carcassonne * 112,628$10.00$1,126,28006/27/07275,084$2,750,840
Yaris () 7,441$0.00$010/10/07221,937$0
Switchball 7,083$10.00$70,83011/07/0723,646$236,460
Undertow 6,930$10.00$69,30011/21/076,930$69,300
Uno ^ ^^^ 6,756$5.00$33,78105/09/061,411,472$7,057,361
Aegis Wing () 6,593$0.00$005/16/07811,196$0
Word Puzzle 4,851$10.00$48,51011/07/0718,697$186,970
Hexic 2 * 3,926$10.00$39,25708/15/0786,258$862,577
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 3,263$5.00$16,31709/12/07146,072$730,362
Puzzle Quest: CotW 3,007$15.00$45,10410/10/07113,788$1,706,819
Geometry Wars Evolved *** 2,937$5.00$14,68511/22/05763,862$3,819,310
Texas Hold'em * *** 2,675$10.00$26,75108/23/061,112,102$11,121,021
Boom Boom Rocket ^ 2,638$10.00$26,38104/11/07194,790$1,947,901
PacMan CE ^ 2,634$10.00$26,34406/06/07164,661$1,646,614
TMNT 2,327$5.00$11,63703/14/07530,539$2,652,697
Bomberman Live 2,253$10.00$22,53307/18/07294,046$2,940,463
Tetris Splash 2,239$10.00$22,38510/03/0786,421$864,205
Shrek 'N' Roll 2,131$10.00$21,31211/14/073,346$33,462
Worms HD 2,083$10.00$20,83103/07/07525,655$5,256,551
PinballFX 2,076$10.00$20,75704/25/07302,875$3,028,747
Streets of Rage 2 1,732$5.00$8,65808/29/07142,117$710,583
Luxor 2 ^ 1,728$10.00$17,27904/04/07106,438$1,064,379
Sonic the Hedgehog 1,621$5.00$8,10307/11/07244,408$1,222,038
Mutant Storm Empire 1,600$10.00$15,99610/31/0722,552$225,516
Track & Field 1,558$5.00$7,78908/08/07172,764$863,819
Feeding Frenzy ^ 1,469$10.00$14,68903/15/06228,904$2,289,039
Castlevainia: SOTN 1,465$10.00$14,65203/21/07384,182$3,841,822
Doom 1,402$10.00$14,02309/27/06397,554$3,975,543
E4 1,346$10.00$13,45510/17/0747,046$470,455
Ultimate MK3 1,291$10.00$12,91310/21/06367,277$3,672,773
Bankshot Billiards 2 ** 1,168$15.00$17,52311/22/05418,617$6,279,258
Street Fighter 2 HF 1,129$10.00$11,28508/02/06387,194$3,871,935
Marble Blast Ultra 1,103$10.00$11,02601/25/06460,262$4,602,616
3d Ultra Minigolf 1,080$10.00$10,80403/19/07227,786$2,277,864
Spyglass Board Games 1,066$5.00$5,32808/01/07111,922$559,608
PacMan 1,062$5.00$5,31008/09/06338,946$1,694,730
Golden Axe 1,055$5.00$5,27307/11/07159,844$799,218
Small Arms ** 1,043$10.00$10,43411/22/06292,096$2,920,964
Battlestar Galactica 1,029$10.00$10,29110/24/0723,961$239,611
Puzzle Fighter 2 HD 1,014$10.00$10,13808/29/0793,274$932,738
Robotron 2084 ^^^ 977$5.00$4,88401/06/06214,301$1,071,504
Galaga 969$5.00$4,84707/26/06304,277$1,521,387
Speedball 2 910$10.00$9,09510/17/0726,529$265,285
Prince of Persia 847$10.00$8,47306/13/07181,829$1,818,293
Frogger ** 844$5.00$4,21807/12/06259,522$1,297,608
Contra # 814$5.00$4,07011/08/06345,303$1,726,515
Joust 765$5.00$3,82511/22/05192,110$960,550
Alien Homnid HD 755$10.00$7,54802/28/07199,600$1,995,998
Double Dragon 699$5.00$3,49705/09/07166,374$831,872
Heavy Weapon 659$10.00$6,58601/17/07229,560$2,295,596
Zuma ** 655$10.00$6,54911/22/05303,537$3,035,369
Marathon: Durandal 622$10.00$6,21608/01/0771,766$717,656
Catan 588$10.00$5,88305/02/07177,888$1,778,883
Lumines! Live ^^ 570$12.50$7,12310/18/06201,480$2,518,498
Bejewled 2 *** 567$10.00$5,67011/22/05165,991$1,659,910
Assault Heroes 544$10.00$5,43912/13/06241,440$2,414,399
Wik: Fable of Souls *** 529$10.00$5,29212/15/07184,683$1,846,832
Exit 529$10.00$5,28910/24/0711,307$113,069
Ms. PacMan 522$5.00$2,60901/10/07144,337$721,684
DigDug ** 522$5.00$2,60911/11/06145,233$726,164
Totemball () 518$0.00$010/06/07240,152$0
Paperboy 488$5.00$2,44202/14/07162,515$812,577
Smash TV 470$5.00$2,35011/22/05276,816$1,384,080
Gauntlet ** 463$5.00$2,31311/22/05259,789$1,298,943
Mad Tracks 433$10.00$4,32905/30/07108,677$1,086,769
Outpost Kaloki X *** 427$10.00$4,27011/22/05168,637$1,686,370
Soltrio Solitare 414$10.00$4,14405/16/0788,859$888,594
Fatal Fury Special 400$5.00$1,99809/05/0732,461$162,303
Cloning Clyde 359$10.00$3,58907/19/06201,461$2,014,609
Astropop 337$10.00$3,36703/22/06105,909$1,059,087
Hardwood Backgammon *** 329$5.00$1,64512/08/0591,420$457,100
Jewel Quest 303$10.00$3,03403/08/06116,727$1,167,274
Hardwood Spades 273$5.00$1,36512/08/0581,730$408,650
Screwjumper! 255$10.00$2,55011/14/07570$5,700
Super Contra 241$5.00$1,20307/25/0730,533$152,663
Time Pilot 237$5.00$1,18408/30/06107,274$536,369
JetPac Refuled 218$5.00$1,09203/28/0799,952$499,762
Root Beer Trapper 200$5.00$99902/07/0791,594$457,969
Band of Bugs 185$10.00$1,85006/20/0744,037$440,370
Centepede & Millipede 185$5.00$92505/02/0737,522$187,610
Geon: Emotions 179$10.00$1,78609/19/0713,623$136,226
Space Giraffe 163$5.00$81408/22/0719,137$95,684
Missle Command 159$5.00$79607/04/0727,343$136,716
New Rally X 144$5.00$72212/27/0646,320$231,602
Mutant Storm Reloaded 138$10.00$1,38511/22/05122,599$1,225,995
Crystal Quest 137$5.00$68502/07/06116,136$580,680
Xevious 122$5.00$61105/23/0728,216$141,081
Gyruss 122$5.00$61104/18/0732,438$162,191
Rush'N Attack 111$5.00$55505/23/0731,147$155,735
StreetTrace: NYC 107$10.00$1,07308/22/0714,426$144,263
Wing Commander: Arena 96$10.00$96207/25/0725,904$259,042
Defender 96$5.00$48111/15/0650,805$254,026
Eets: Chowdown 93$10.00$92504/25/0735,539$355,385
Cyberball 2072 93$5.00$46309/05/077,757$38,783
Yie Ar Kung Fu 89$5.00$44407/28/0723,258$116,289
Scramble 81$5.00$40709/13/0654,423$272,117
Hardwood Hearts 81$5.00$40312/08/0547,889$239,443
Novadrome 63$10.00$62912/20/0637,736$377,359
Ecco: The Dolphin 56$5.00$27807/15/075,776$28,878
RoboBlitz 52$15.00$77712/06/0640,068$601,017
Totals 235,231 $2,057,131 18,614,758$139,002,541

In review, units downloaded is up, alot.  Setting aside the free Carcassonne downloads (which were up 120% from last week, that were validated this week), sales were still up. Overall downloads increased from 158,000 units to 235,000 units. Revenue was also up $700,000, before taking Carcassonne out of the mix.

Growth from last week, again, taking out freebies is roughly 20% over last week. A solid increase. The big notable is Undertow's 3 day debut. Last week, Shrek N Roll and Screwjumper! were no where to be seen. Total users for Undertow (regardless of trials or full versions) is alot larger - more than both titles 3-day's combined downloads. Undertow also debuts at #1 for full-priced game downloads. It can either track like Marathon, and be very frontloaded, or more like Doom, and sell for a long time. Time will tell, however, which one it trends closer to.

LTDs are now included. XBLA is edging closer to the 20m download mark.  


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Snowmit (on 02 December 2007)

Wik Fable of souls came out 12/15/07? That's the future?

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Kai Master (on 29 November 2007)

I have one question : I have the demos of 98 games on my console but I can't download the 99th, it seems that's the HD trailer of Sensible Soccer, which appears on the games list (and is counted as a game) : Is that a bug in the French Live or everybody has this issue?

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Dynastius (on 29 November 2007)

Just to help clarify....you can in fact post high scores to the leaderboards form multiple XBox profiles even if you only buy a game one time. The limitation is if you have an Xbox Live Gold Membership or not. We have a (I'm sure not typical) X360 with about 7 profiles on it. 4 of which have Gold Xbox Live acounts. All four of us can post to the leaderboards on XBLA games. We have dozens of XBLA games and even "the old man" (me, the dad) has posted scores on almost all of them.

So there are in fact some people who do this, however I would guess (from my completely non-scientific sampling while voice chatting with people during some of the more social games like Uno and Texas Hold'em) that it's very UNCOMMON for people to have more than one Gold membership on their consoles. Many people I played told me they were using someone else's profile (dad, bf, whatever) to play the online multiplayer because they only had 1 Gold account on their system.

I think the 30% mark is actually higher than it needs to be....but I also think it's a good idea to err on the side of conservative considering MS won't release official numbers. heh,heh.

Nice work Stickball! Hey, one final comment, according to MS, they do NOT get a flat 30% for XBLA games. It varies over time based on the total number of units sold. (Dropping over time as new unit sales numbers are achieved...in other words, successful developers are rewarded with a higher percentage of their high unit selling titles as they sell more.) Perhaps that is the "base" percentage they start at? Because I do know that even at the beginning, MS has stated that the developer gets to keep "the marority" of the sales revenue.

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360Rocks (on 27 November 2007)

Multiple users can earn achievements locally, but the non XBL accounts on a 360 don't communicate back up to XBL. Gotta have a membership if you want to be able to brag about your successes and have people validate on their own. This also means the numbers should be valid without any double counting from profiles who haven't purchased the XBL game.

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mrstickball (on 26 November 2007)

NeoRatt - ioi is working on a function to add the downloads. At some point, I hope we can find "ways" of getting PSN and Wii sales #s as well.

snooty - I lower the numbers for many, many reasons. When I have a few chances to compare real-world #s to mine (ie, leaderboards), I try to keep it near to that.

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NeoRatt (on 26 November 2007)

So, why don't we include these in the weekly numbers database? I think they are just as important as physical sales. And, to tell you the truth, as time goes on they will be more important as eventually all games will be downloadable. Not if, but when.

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snooty89 (on 25 November 2007)

Then I'm thinkin that you shouldn't estimate the numbers 30% lower or whatever you were doing. I knew I wasn't crazy haha. Nice work on the numbers by the way.

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mrstickball (on 25 November 2007)

snooty - Thats what I thought as well. When I had my X360 RROD on me, I had to re-activate my XBLA titles....Only on my account.

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snooty89 (on 25 November 2007)

Right, but i may be wrong, but my understanding is that multiple users on an xbox need to both pay for the game to unlock the achievements. I have 2 gamertags and only can play the arcade games I payed for on the account I bought them on. I don't think that multiple users is an issue at all. It is profile specific.

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mrstickball (on 25 November 2007)

Its possible, cebrain. However, in my methodology, I try to lower projected sales to compensate for that.

Lets put it this way:
If I multiplied every game's sales by a very simple multiplier, the sales would be much, much higher (about 30-40% higher than what I have). But I have done what I can to factor against multiple users. Even then, I don't think it's very likely to find a ton of extra profiles playing the same download - I first compared actual in-box games in the VGC sales charts with similar methodology before I did this. Using this, I have been able to forecast most any million Xbox 360 seller within a few days of the actual sales....Not too bad.

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cebrian (on 25 November 2007)

I have one question with the methodology, cant more than one user on one xbox360 have achievements on a live arcade game? I ask that because a friend of mine has an x360 and all his roommates have a profile and each profile register the worms hd achievements on its own... so wouldnt those sales be counted triple or something?

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Fabius (on 25 November 2007)

Texas Hold after Uno the next Mio Seller !!

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360Rocks (on 25 November 2007)

I love the convenience and price

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mrstickball (on 25 November 2007)

Microsoft gets a flat 30% for each download that is not their own IP.

Wiistation, I agree the revenue is way off. Unfortunately, there is litterally no way to extrapolate what % of the revenue is free.

Most of the asterisks, and such aren't all free downloads. Only 3 games have had free downloads - Carcassonne, Hexic, and Texas Hold'Em. Those are the only 3 games that have suspect (in terms of revenue) for sales numbers. The rest have had price drops, or are included in either XBLA Unplugged (which cost about $30 USD when it came out), or are included in the Arcade bundle.

Actual Revenue is probably closer to the $115-$120m mark...Provided you included the revenue from the XBLA Unplugged sales.

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WiiStation360 (on 25 November 2007)

I think MS gets about 35-40% of the cost for most games.

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NEOES (on 25 November 2007)

wow....I wouldn't have believed it at first, but Xbox Live Arcade is a goldmine. MS is making alot of money from these small, cheap downloadable games, and they really add to the profit they receive fro XBox Live anyway. Good going, MS.
I personally have 5 of them....yes, two were free, (Uno and Robotron) but I bought Zuma, Sonic the Hedgehog and Castlevania.

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pntsurf1 (on 25 November 2007)

Does anyone want to estimate what MS's profit margin is off these online game sales?

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WiiStation360 (on 25 November 2007)

The sales numbers are great, and seem quite reliable. The revenue is way off. Almost every top game has a asterisk because it was a promo, cheaper for a while, free, or price dropped. Why not just stick to the sales numbers?

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hunter_alien (on 25 November 2007)

lol ... look at Screwjumper! The downloads are pathetic :P

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ssj12 (on 25 November 2007)

^^ Leo is an idiot. The top downloads are the list of top downloads in the last week and they are normally all demos.

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FilaBrasileiro (on 25 November 2007)

leo tell us what the top PS3 downloads are

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mrstickball (on 24 November 2007)

As of now, I cannot get PSN and VC at the moment. Currently, Nintendo doesn't have any sort of tracking service available to view what their users are playing/downloading (aside from themselves).

Once Home comes out, I anticipate that we might see some sort of tracking services out there, so we can start working on PSN downloads.

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leo-j (on 24 November 2007)

If you have an HD TV it says what the top ps3 downloads are.

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Zucas (on 24 November 2007)

And VC as well.

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sonygangster (on 24 November 2007)

yeah there should be psn downloads too if possible??!!

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Globox (on 24 November 2007)

wow some serious money

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FilaBrasileiro (on 24 November 2007)

Zucas I believe so.

I'd also like to see PSN downloads.

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Zucas (on 24 November 2007)

I wonder if we should include in our platinum game sales, platinum downloads as well. Cause there are a few titles in here that have gone platinum. I mean it isn't shipments, but still it deserves some kinda recognition.

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Zucas (on 24 November 2007)

Awesome.

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