PlayStation Network Games (excluding PSOne classics) have grossed an estimated US$49.4 (±R354 million) during the second half of 2010. This is according to the Research & Analysis division of analyst firm Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE), a strategic market research and consulting firm focused on electronic entertainment and the emerging download and mobile game markets.<\/p>\n
After a rough start in the digital market, with most major titles debuting on Xbox Live Arcade first, Sony’s digital platform has seen significant growth, especially among multi-platform titles. FADE estimates that year-over-year growth during the 2nd half of the year was 40%, greatly outpacing Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade 18% increase. PSN finished the year on a high note, with an estimated US$9.3 million in revenues in December.<\/p>\n
Ubisoft’s ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ – a timed exclusive on PSN – was the best-selling title for the 2nd half of 2010 with 190,000 units sold. The Behemoth’s ‘Castle Crashers’ was the top-grossing game for the 2nd half of 2010, earning US$2.1 million from an estimated 143,000 units sold.<\/p>\n
Multiplatform releases on PSN closing parity with Xbox Live<\/strong><\/p>\n Multi-platform sales have had a rocky history on PSN, as digital blockbuster ‘Battlefield 1943’ sold over 1.1 million copies on Xbox Live Arcade, while the PSN version has just crossed the 500,000 unit mark.<\/p>\n “In 2009, Microsoft enjoyed a 2:1 sales advantage for multi-platform titles launching simultaneously. Today, that advantage is nearly even with first-month typical sales being 55\/45 among new titles like ‘Costume Quest,’ ‘Pac-Man CE DX,’ and ‘X-Men Arcade,'” said Benjamin Schlichter, Director of Research & Analysis at FADE.<\/p>\n PSN Plus Hits 100,000+ Estimated Monthly Users<\/strong><\/p>\n As per the Top-10 and FADE’s regular monthly reports, free titles offered by Sony as part of the PSN Plus subscription are seeing numbers of downloads that suggest a growing number of users are participating in the service. Time-exclusive title ‘Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves,’ a prelude to LittleBigPlanet 2, saw an estimated 72,000 downloads in December, with many coming from Plus members.<\/p>\n Top selling PSN titles by units sold, July-December 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Ubisoft) – 190,000 Units Sales and revenue figures for PSN Games indicate the service is closing on Xbox LIVE\u2019s market lead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-playstation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
2. Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) – 143,000 Units
3. ZEN Pinball (Zen Studios) – 127,000 Units
4. Dead Nation (Housemarque) – 122,000 Units
5. Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (SEGA) – 113,000 Units
6. Critter Crunch (Capybara Games) – 100,000 Units
7. Blacklight: Tango Down (Ignition Entertainment) – 97,000 Units
8. DeathSpank (Hothead Games) – 97,000 Units
9. Pac-Man CE DX (Namco Bandai) – 96,000 Units
10. Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (Telltale Games) – 80,000 Units<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"