Major Nelson reveals top 20 Xbox Live games and arcade downloads

Well, that was entirely unexpected. How, in a year chock-full of incredible Xbox Live-enabled releases, did Yaris manage to not only be the most downloaded XBLA title of 2008, but also place first on the annual Xbox Live activity charts? We could have sworn that those accomplishments would have gone to Castle Crashers and Halo 3, respectively! What's that? They did, but we thought we'd distort the truth because we haven't made a Yaris joke in a while? Oh, thank God.

Yes, Major Nelson recently released the final Xbox Live statistics for 2008 -- Halo 3 dominated the overall Xbox Live activity chart (followed by CoD 4 and GTA IV), and Castle Crashers was the top downloaded XBLA title of the year (in front of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 and Braid). We've got both of the totally unsurprising lists posted after the jump, as well as the top Live titles from the original Xbox, the winner of which will straight-up blow your mind.

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU's)

1. Halo 3

2. Call of Duty 4

3. GTA IV

4. Gears of War 2

5. Gears of War

6. CoD: World at War

7. Guitar Hero III

8. Battlefield: Bad Company Demo

9. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Demo

10. Rock Band

11. Fable II

12. Mirror's Edge Demo

13. Madden NFL 09

14. Battlefield: Bad Company

15. Rainbow Six Vegas 2

16. UNO

17. Castle Crashers

18. COD: World at War Multiplayer Beta

19. Forza Motorsport 2

20. Too Human Demo

Top Arcade Titles (full versions purchased)

1. Castle Crashers

2. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

3. Braid

4. A Kingdom for Keflings

5. UNO

6. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

7. Fable II Pub Games

8. Duke Nukem 3D

9. Bionic Commando: Rearmed

10. Worms

11. SOULCALIBUR

12. Portal: Still Alive

13. DOOM

14. 1942: Joint Strike

15. Bomberman Live

16. Mega Man 9

17. N+

18. Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3

19. Marble Blast Ultra

20. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

Original Xbox Top Live Titles (based on UU's)

1. Halo 2 (WHOOOOA!)

2. Fable

3. Star Wars: Battlefront 2

4. Counter-Strike

5. Fable: Lost Chapters

6. Doom 3

7. Conker: Live & Reloaded

8. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

9. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

10. Star Wars: Republic Commando

11. Star Wars: Battlefront

12. Burnout 3

13. Guilty Gear XX #Reload

14. Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows

15. Call of Duty 3

16. Ninja Gaiden Black

17. Crimson Skies

18. MechAssault 2

19. Call of Duty 2

20. Rainbow Six 3