Microsoft’s Xbox division had a particularly good end to 2010 – in December they posted their best hardware sales figures since the Xbox 360 launched, spurred on by the successful launch of the Kinect.
2010 also turns out to have been a fantastic year for the Xbox LIVE Arcade division of the service, growing to an estimated US$122 million in revenues through the year (according to analyst firm Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE)).
While retail software sales were struggling in 2010, Xbox Live Arcade continued to grow, posting a 16% year-over-year increase in revenues, despite the strengthening of Games on Demand and Indie titles. Growth was across the board, as new releases earned an average of US$816,000 per title on the year – up from approximately US$720,000 USD among new releases the year prior.
The top title in terms of units sold was Capcom’s ‘Dead Rising 2: Case Zero’ which saw just under 700,000 units sold at US$5.00 per unit. Playdead’s highly-reviewed platformer ‘LIMBO’ was the highest grossing, having recorded roughly US$7.5 million in revenues by years’ end.
Top selling Xbox LIVE titles, by Units Sold in 2010
1. Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (Blue Castle Games/Capcom) – 689,000 Units
2. Trials HD (RedLynx, LTD) – 553,000 Units
3. LIMBO (Playdead) – 527,000 Units
4. Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) – 415,000 Units
5. Toy Soldiers (Signal Studios) – 383,000 Units
6. Family Game Night [Various Titles (Hasbro)] – 294,000 Units
7. Monday Night Combat (Uber Entertainment) – 293,000 Units
8. Perfect Dark (Rare) – 279,000 Units
9. Battlefield 1943 (EA Dice) – 268,000 Units
10. Deadliest Warrior: The Game (Pipeworks Software) – 210,000 Units
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