Top Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade titles of 2007

Major Nelson just published a list of the top Xbox Live games, in each of three major categories, for 2007: Xbox 360 Titles, Xbox titles, and Xbox Live Arcade titles (that category is measured in sales). Unsurprisingly, Halo 3 is the most popular Xbox 360 title on Live, while Halo 2 is the most popular Xbox title on Live. There are some interesting titles scattered amongst the remaining eighteen titles in those categories, but we're really interested in the Xbox Live Arcade titles.

The top-selling XBLA game in 2007 was Konami's 1989 arcade classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, followed by Worms in second place and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in 3rd. To be honest, we're surprised to see this many original XBLA titles on the list, including UNO and Geometry Wars Evolved (still here after all these years). Hit up the full lists after the break.

2007 Top Xbox 360 Titles (UU's)

Halo 3
Gears of War
Call of Duty 4
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
Call Of Duty 3
Crackdown
Oblivion
Guitar Hero II
Forza Motorsport 2
Lost Planet

2007 Top Xbox LIVE Arcade Titles (Sales)

TMNT 1989 Arcade
Worms
Castlevania: SOTN
UNO
Bomberman LIVE
3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures
Sonic The Hedgehog
Pinball FX
Geometry Wars Evolved
Texas Hold 'em

2007 Top Original Xbox Titles (UU's)

Halo 2
Star Wars: Battlefront 2
Counter-Strike
Battlefield 2: MC
Doom 3
Forza Motorsport
Madden NFL 07
Conker: Live Reloaded
Call of Duty 3
Rainbow Six 3

Reader Comments (38)

Holy crap, COD4 was released only two months before the year ended and this list was compiled and still manage to sell older games. Nice.

I'm more surprized TMNT 1989 Arcade manage to beat out what I would consider to be far better downloads, bomberman for multiplayer, SotN for single player..

I'm more not really surprised that this is the freebee XBLA crap you are gonna get for XBL service disruption during xmas vacation. Grab yer ankles once again for good ol Major Nelson. Try not to squirm this time, huh. Oh and I hear the service is still havin hangups? anyone wanna confirm that?

I'm not surprised Bomberman didn't do well. The game is classic, but no one is ever on. I always get the "0 Games Found" message. Not enough people have it. It's a shame.

im suprised GOW is so high on that list...espescially over COD4. Crackdown too..wow.

good to see Forza on that list though..great racing title.

well cod 4 didn't come out until november, so gears had about 11 months since it came out to rack up time over cod. Dont worry cod 4 will surpass it this year.

Well crackdown is up there because of the Halo 3 beta...

Cool, maybe that means some of the other great classic arcade games will follow. X-Men, The Simpsons, Aliens, AvP, Ninja Gaiden, etc...

Way to break the stereotype of the 360 being a SHOOTAN GAEM console, 360 owners!

Nice avatar!

Eh, since they are top live titles, and the FPSes main draw is online multiplayer, i'm not surprised

WTF. XBL is still having connection issues tonight. WTF I say!

Jack honestly. You need to get help seriously. This obsession with Microsoft is very very disturbing.

I just tried to login to Xbox.com, and it just takes me to the Homepage not logged it. However via my 360 is fine.

I tried to play battlefront 2 on live a few times months ago, and there was no one on.
No one at all.
Great job for second place.

It's cool...I didn't read that. I ain't gonna ...say...nuthin

Look now we have our resident Xbox troll.

So Fernando for Nintendo, Shaggitarus(something like that) for the PS3, and now him for the Xbox. lol

Well I like the xbox best so I'm partial to you.

except jack is so anti xbox it's past the point of amusement. The question is, if he's anti xbox where does he go for his games?

is jack in the xbox trying to get a rise out of someone, or is he just some hyper kid up late because the baby sitter isnt paying attention?

Actually, I'm tellin the babysitter what to type. Oh and she thinks you're all idiots too.

Guitar Hero 2 is higher that 3? and it doesn't even have online mulitplayer, oh wow.

higher than*

An eight month lead and being the first GH game on the system might have something to do with it.

I was thinking about getting a 360. any advice? what model is the best? which one doesn't have the RROD problem?

Definitely get a HDD. Other than that, they all perform equally well (or equally shotty...). If you're lucky, you won't get any RRoD problems.

@david.

You totally missed his attempt at sarcasm. He's a dick, leave him be.

I've read anecdotal evidence that newly refurbished consoles and newly manufactured consoles have a much lower failure rate, but still RRoD sometimes. Just throwing this out there, since I doubt jack is being serious.

you're banned jack. Don't come back.

We should have dedicated mods.

Good to see Castlevania did so well. Maybe now that it's officially in the top three arcade games of the year, Konami can hopefully now see profit potential and deliver what all Castlevania fans have been asking for since Symphony of the Night hit the playstation; an all-new side-scrolling Castlevania game for a home console.

XBox Live was down for me. This is getting to be a joke and I am considering canceling it. The free game idea lost its appeal when I couldn't get on last night. WTF the sense of paying for a service when it is horrible. Yes I know it has been only 2+ weeks but when you pay for somthing you should expect quality. I hate to say this but I never experienced such problems on my PS2 or the Wii. Between the lag issues on COD4 and the brutal connection qualities of XBox Live I am fed up. Now time to grab my ankles while I wait for a free game of Frogger or Uno. Yippie. Might as well send me the original Candy Land board game.

I choose Xbox Live over going out to McDonalds/other fast food restaurant once a month, since that's pretty much how much it costs. (i pay monthly)

I'd kill for Candy Land on the Xbox.

I like the Xbox 360...But I feel very anti M$ right now since XBLA is still being...Poop...ish....
With 142,000 people online in halo 3(In the mode I'm playing), how long do you think it should take to start a round? 10 seconds? 40 seconds? or 5 minutes? *sigh*

That free XBLA game better be worth this.

And I like teh trolls! Gives you a good laugh here and there...(Since I never take them seriously :D)

so i wonder what arcade game, we live users, will get free..

Just announced your free XBox Live Arcade game is Yaris. Enjoy!!!! Just kidding.

Yay! And Microsoft released it even before all these XBL problems! Psychic customer service FTW

I'm hoping we get a choice of one of these top 10 arcades maybe, that would be hot

nice.

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