Japan's Xbox Live stats indicate proneness to Japanese-developed games
It'd be impossible to discuss Japan's Xbox Live usage stats, recently released by Microsoft (and posted after the break), without pointing to the overwhelmingly Japanese-developed composition of them. Taking first place among the top XBLA purchases of 2009 was last year's Virtual On port -- a game so popular in Japan that it currently holds second place in the region's all-time bestsellers list. Games like Ikaruga and Trigger Heart Exelica populate the rest of the XBLA stats, though Western-developed Castle Crashers notably takes the number one position in all-time popularity.
The sheer Japanosity of these stats is even more apparent in the download numbers for all that other stuff. From demos (75 percent Japanese-developed) to Games on Demand (90 percent) to DLC (also 90 percent), Japanese players clearly have a hankering for homemade games -- even on their Western-developed consoles.
[Via Andriasang]
Xbox Live Arcade
Top 10 (2009)
Virtual On Oratorio Tangram (4/29/09)
Battlefield 1943 (7/8/09)
Castle Crashers (8/27/08)
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (7/29/09)
Trials HD (8/12/09)
R-Type Dimensions (2/4/09)
Shadow Complex (8/19/09)
Ikaruga (4/9/08)
The King of Fighters '98 Ulitmate Match (7/1/09)
Mega Man 9 (6/24/09)
Top 10 (All Time)
Castle Crashers
Virtual On Oratorio Tangram
Ikaruga
Bomberman Live
Battlefield 1943
Trigger Heart Exelica
Uno
Castlevania Dracula X
Fatal Fury Special
Rez HD
Games on Demand
Top 10 (2009)
Each Defense Force 3 (9/8/09)
Idol Master (8/11/09)
Idol Master Live 4 You! (8/11/09)
Bullet Witch (8/11/09)
Raiden Fighters Aces (11/17/09)
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (10/6/09)
Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena (9/15/09)
Armored Core 4 Answer (10/13/09)
Tenchu Senran (9/22/09)
Senko no Rondo Rev.X (9/8/09)
DLC
Top 10 (2009)
Idol Master Live For You
Dream Club
Idol Master
Fallout 3
Otomedeus Gorgeous!
Ace Combat 6
Street Fighter IV
Tales of Vesperia
Agarest Senki Riapiarans
Rumble Roses XX
Top 10 (All Time)
Idol Master
Idol Master Live For You!
Ace Combat 6
Dream Club
Rumble Roses XX
Tales of Vesperia
Soul Calibur IV
Fallout 3
Otomedeus Gorgeous!
Beautiful Katamari Damacy
Demos
Top 10 (2009)
Bayonetta (10/15/09)
Lost Planet 2 (8/19/09)
Forza Motorsport 3 (9/24/09)
Left 4 Dead 2 (11/3/09)
Ninja Blade (1/5/09)
Resident Evil 5 (12/5/08)
H.A.W.X (2/11/09)
Magnacarta 2 (7/24)/09
Halo Wars (2/5/09)
Time Leap (6/18/09)
Top 10 (All Time)
Resident Evil 5
Ace Combat 6
Lost Planet
Bayonetta
Tales of Vesperia
Trusty Bell (Eternal Sonata)
Ninja Blade
Tenchu Senran
Armored Core 4
Rainbow Six Vegas
Game Videos
Top 10 (2009)
Dream Club First Video (4/21/09)
Metal Gear Solid Rising E3-2009 Teaser Movie (7/8/09)
Dead Rising 2 4/30/09)
Dream Club "Yume Miru CagedBird Amane (HD) (5/25/09)
Gears of War 2 "Rendezvous" Trailer Japanese Subtitles (HD) (4/21/09)
Dream Club "Zettai Idol Sengen" Riho Futaba (HD) (5/25/09)
Capcom Top Secret Announce (Lost Planet 2) (2/23/09)
X Blade Japanese Video (4/13/09)
Magnacarta 2 (4/21/09)
Assassin's Creed II Japanese Subtitle E3 Trailer (6/19/09)
Top 10 (All Time)
Dream Club First Video
Resident Evil 5 '07 Latest Trailer Movie
Metal Gear Solid Rising E3-2009 Teaser Movie
Tales of Vesperia Trailer 1
Idol Master TGS 2006 Promotion Movie
Star Ocean 4 Trailer 2
Dead Rising 2 Trailer
Star Ocean 4 Trailer 1
Gundam Operation Troy Trailer (HD)
Last Remnant Trailer 2