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chubigans · Jan 23, 2012

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/01/23/the-best-selling-psn-games-of-2011.aspx

So uh, this is a bit surprising.

Here are the top 10 best-selling PSN Games of 2011 (digital games only, not full PS3 games):

1. Tetris
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Infamous Festival of Blood
4. Back to the Future: The Game - Full Series
5. Dungeon Hunter: Alliance
6. Castle Crashers
7. LIMBO
8. Battlefield 1943
9. Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
10. Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012

And as for "top 10 Paid Downloads including Playstation Plus offers":

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation: Content Pack 2
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation: Content Pack 3
4. MLB 11 The Show Road to the Show Training Points
5. FIFA Soccer 12 Premium Gold Pack
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection: Content Pack 4
7. Angry Birds
8. FUT - Premium Gold Pack
9. MLB 10 The Show Road to the Show Training Points
10. FIFA Soccer 12 Premium Gold Jumbo

Sethos · Jan 23, 2012

People pay for Tetris?

alr1ght · Jan 23, 2012

8. FUT - Premium Gold Pack

I bet this is #1 on xbla.

badcrumble · Jan 23, 2012

Not THAT surprising. The first two are games that get frequently rereleased because they're two of the best games ever made and because people consistently purchase them and re-purchase them.

Zen · Jan 23, 2012

Haha, the Gameloft game is 5th. I wonder how good it is.

Hot Coldman · Jan 23, 2012

Two of the best games ever sold the most. Not surprising.

LiquidMetal14 · Jan 23, 2012

Zen said:
Haha, the Gameloft game is 5th. I wonder how good it is.

Minus the uber long initial load, it's pretty fun run of the mill dungeon romp. It could have been a lot worse considering how much crap Gameloft gets for ripping off ideas. 4 player online co op makes it better.

RE4 for 10 was a good deal. Certainly not one of the best games ever though ^^

Takao · Jan 23, 2012

Angry Birds is DLC?

HamPster PamPster · Jan 23, 2012

Was Resident Evil 4 just the PS2 classic or was it an HD port?

Glad to see Infamous Festivel of Blood so high. I'd love for them to just keep pumping out $10 mini-games with new powers and stories. I'm disappointed there wasn't a chirstmas one. I'm sure they could think of a story reason to pump new orleans full of snow

darkside31337 · Jan 23, 2012

Nice to see Magic crack the top 10. Are those Battlefield 1943 copies the free versions that came with BF3 (only because of a lawsuit)? I'm assuming thats the case.

And FIFA must definitely be #1 on XBLA.

Reilly · Jan 23, 2012

Takao said:
Angry Birds is DLC?

The bottom list is not DLC. That is the list of best-selling content overall on PSN.

Angry Birds is a Mini. Both lists are by units sold.

boingball · Jan 23, 2012

It speaks volumes to Sony's marketing that there is only one original game in the Top 10 (Infamous). And Tetris, with no marketing whatsoever, beats them all easily...

Takao said:
Angry Birds is DLC?

I am wondering that too.

Depressing to see Premium packs in the Top 10. Probably means more of them for more and more games are coming.

Edit:

Reilly said:
The bottom list is not DLC. That is the list of best-selling content overall on PSN.

Angry Birds is a Mini. Both lists are by units sold.

You are right. Even more depressing that Premium packs beat every other content except Angry Birds (which is not even a good version of Angry Birds).

GreenBikerDude · Jan 23, 2012

darkside31337 said:
Nice to see Magic crack the top 10. Are those Battlefield 1943 copies the free versions that came with BF3 (only because of a lawsuit)? I'm assuming thats the case.

And FIFA must definitely be #1 on XBLA.

Don't forget that Battlefield Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition also comes with a Battlefield 1943 code.

Saiyar · Jan 23, 2012

Surprised the GT5 DLC isn't on the download list considering it got over 1 million sales. I wonder what the numbers are like for those FIFA/CoD packs.

F-Pina · Jan 23, 2012

Did not expect some of these to be the top games.

Yoona · Jan 23, 2012

Didn't we have a thread on this already? I remember pretty fondly, because I was bitching about MK Kollection selling well and still being a broken pos.

Saiyar · Jan 23, 2012

Yoona said:
Didn't we have a thread on this already? I remember pretty fondly, because I was bitching about MK Kollection selling well and still being a broken pos.

That might have been one of the monthly threads.

chubigans · Jan 23, 2012

Saiyar said:
Surprised the GT5 DLC isn't on the download list considering it got over 1 million sales. I wonder what the numbers are like for those FIFA/CoD packs.

I believe that was one million worldwide. But yeah, kinda surprised too now that you mentioned it.

rapid32.5 · Jan 23, 2012

HamPster PamPster said:
Was Resident Evil 4 just the PS2 classic or was it an HD port?

Glad to see Infamous Festivel of Blood so high. I'd love for them to just keep pumping out $10 mini-games with new powers and stories. I'm disappointed there wasn't a chirstmas one. I'm sure they could think of a story reason to pump new orleans full of snow

HD version, there is not a single PS2 RE version on PSN yet.

sixteen-bit · Jan 23, 2012

How good is the RE4 port?

Saiyar · Jan 23, 2012

chubigans said:
I believe that was one million worldwide. But yeah, kinda surprised too now that you mentioned it.

Are these charts USA only?

depward · Jan 23, 2012

Dungeon Hunter?! Wut

Samus4145 · Jan 23, 2012

Very interesting list. I wouldn't have pegged most of those in the rip ten, then again MANY good PSN titles get overlooked.

pharmboy044 · Jan 23, 2012

Yoona said:
Didn't we have a thread on this already? I remember pretty fondly, because I was bitching about MK Kollection selling well and still being a broken pos.

That was probably the December list that you were bitching about.

test_account · Jan 23, 2012

Saiyar said:
Surprised the GT5 DLC isn't on the download list considering it got over 1 million sales. I wonder what the numbers are like for those FIFA/CoD packs.

The GT5 DLC is split into different packages. The one million downloads is probably spread across all the packages.

Infinite Justice · Jan 23, 2012

Does the guy still get royalties from Tetris even now?

chubigans · Jan 23, 2012

Saiyar said:
Are these charts USA only?

You know what, it doesn't specify actually. Huh.

test_account said:
The GT5 DLC is split into different packages. The one million downloads is probably spread across all the packages.

Ah, that's a good point too.

WrenchNinja · Jan 23, 2012

Sethos said:
People pay for Tetris?

It's an excellent version of Tetris. First game I bought last year, put many hours into it. Local play is a blast.

bjork · Jan 23, 2012

Tetris is not a surprise, but Castle Crashers having the legs that it does? That one does surprise me.

chubigans · Jan 23, 2012

Infinite Justice said:
Does the guy still get royalties from Tetris even now?

He does, actually. He's behind "The Tetris Company" and they actively license out the brand, more recently to furniture makers. (!)

Yoona · Jan 23, 2012

pharmboy044 said:
That was probably the December list that you were bitching about.

So MK Kollection is a top 10 selling game of the year and still broken. Hahaha NRS.

Cels · Jan 24, 2012

chubigans said:
He does, actually. He's behind "The Tetris Company" and they actively license out the brand, more recently to furniture makers. (!)

easily stack your furniture in a closet!

kuYuri · Jan 24, 2012

_dementia said:
How good is the RE4 port?

It's fine. Go for the 360 GoD version if you have a choice though, better than PSN version.

Infinite Justice · Jan 24, 2012

chubigans said:
He does, actually. He's behind "The Tetris Company" and they actively license out the brand, more recently to furniture makers. (!)

Cool, he must swimming Scrooge Mcduck style

aechris · Jan 24, 2012

bjork said:
Tetris is not a surprise, but Castle Crashers having the legs that it does? That one does surprise me.

Castle Crashers just came out on PSN this past year though, too.

MikeE21286 · Jan 24, 2012

alr1ghtstart said:
8. FUT - Premium Gold Pack

I bet this is #1 on xbla.

icwutudidthere

Tmac · Jan 24, 2012

Sethos said:
People pay for Tetris?

Best game ever made. Why not?

Tetrinet still the king! And it's free.

SmithnCo · Jan 24, 2012

It's a pretty good version of Tetris, so that's nice.

SatelliteOfLove · Jan 24, 2012

Cels said:
easily stack your furniture in a closet!

"Dammit, where's that futon when I need it?!?"

RedSwirl · Jan 24, 2012

I've thought about buying Tetris PSN. It's a pretty good port but I doubt I need a version of the game on a console. If it had autolog and all my PSN friends played it I'd probably be on there. For now though, Tetris on the DS is pretty much all I need.

dr_octagon · Jan 24, 2012

if any game really needed 1080p and 5.1 surround sound, it was tetris

online is fun and ea will probably make a vita only version with dlc (just because they can)

MiamiWesker · Jan 24, 2012

Nice to see RE4 so high, still the best game of the last ten years.

GraveRobberX · Jan 24, 2012

Damn anyone else get the Tetris song ringing in their ear at the slight mention of Tetris

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!

Also yay at inFamous FOB + BTTF <3 + BF 1943 in Top 10

GeoramA · Jan 24, 2012

Only bought three of those (inFamous, BttF, and Limbo)

I hope Stacking, Rochard and Renegade Ops weren't far from the top ten.

ULTROS! · Jan 24, 2012

I'm surprised Scott Pilgrim isn't in the top 10.

Decado · Jan 24, 2012

WTF? I though Dead Nation did well. Should be #1

whalleywhat · Jan 24, 2012

People should be buying Renegade Ops and M&M: Clash of Heroes. This is criminal.

Qasiel · Jan 24, 2012

Decado said:
WTF? I though Dead Nation did well. Should be #1

Most of the people I know who ended up getting Dead Nation did so via the Welcome Back scheme (I know I did). I doubt that would have contributed to the list.

Grayman · Jan 24, 2012

chubigans said:
He does, actually. He's behind "The Tetris Company" and they actively license out the brand, more recently to furniture makers. (!)

well there goes that idea i had. gotta move when you come up with this stuff kids.

Noisepurge · Jan 24, 2012

Decado said:
WTF? I though Dead Nation did well. Should be #1

technically Dead Nation was released in 2010, its first month sales would be counted to that year.

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