Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE) have analysed last year's Xbox Live Arcade sales, estimating total revenues to have been more than $100 million. The best selling title was DICE's Battlefield 1943 with around 800,000 copies sold for a total $12.5 million in revenue. Last year's summer release Castle Crashers came in at an estimated 485,000 copies sold taking its total to just under a million. Check out the list of last year's top earners on Xbox Live Arcade.
Top sellers in 2009:
Battlefield 1943 (EA Dice) - $12.5 million ($15.00)
Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) - $7.3 million ($15.00)
Trials HD (RedLynx, LTD) - $7.1 million ($15.00)
Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment / Epic Games) - $6.1 million ($14.38)
Family Game Night (Hasbro) - $4.2 million ($9.53)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Capcom) - $4.2 million ($15.00)
Magic: The Gathering (Stainless Games) - $2.8 million ($10.00)
Worms 2 (Team 17) - $1.8 million ($10.00)
Peggle (PopCap Games) - $1.8 million ($8.86)
Turtles in Time: Reshelled (Ubisoft Singapore) - $1.7 million ($10.00)