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Xbox Live Indie Games 2009 sales compiled, Z0MB1ES on top

by Griffin McElroy on Jan 26th 2010 1:30PM

When we wrote initially about James Silva's twin-stick Xbox Live Indie Game, I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1NIT!!!1, the words "smash hit" didn't exactly come to mind. However, according to GamerBytes' breakdown of the Indie Games platform's sales over the past year, that's exactly what it was -- it outsold every other game on the service, moving 160,000 units at $1 a pop, which brought in $112,000 in profit for its humble developer, Ska Studios.

Check out GamerBytes' full list of sales data for more interesting tidbits about the platform's sales. For instance, it might interest you to know that Rumble Massage was the 6th-highest selling XBL Indie Game of 2009. Oh, sorry, did we say "interest?" We meant "horrify."

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Reader Comments (21)

It's very depressing that none of the Arkedo Series games appear anywhere on that list.

Really? Thanks to Joystiq, I bought the first and third game of that series and really love them! The crouch animation in the third one is probably one of the most adorable things I have ever seen in a video game! Sad that they didn't make that list. :(

I can't wait till I finish my game and release it! :D

I love Pixel kindof on the short side but worth 240 points. I didn't care for the first one and hadn't tried the second.

Well, it's not really an apples-to-apples comparison for a lot of these. Remember that most of the Arkedos came out in the latter part of the year, so something like Rumble Massage had a several-months lead on it.

Okay, so the ladies get Rumble Massage. What do the fellas get?

"Don't be afraid of talking to girls." ha ha

Rumble Massage really pushes the limits of 'game'.

Then you're not playing it the right way...

Have you beaten Rumble Massage yet? I haven't found a way to beat the 6th level and there doesnt seem to be a gamefaq on it.

I "beat" that game all the time!

wow friggin score for that dev. the game couldn't have been all that hard to make, over a hundred grand. damn

I played it on shrooms and almost lost my marbles.

drugs are bad m'kay

Hooray! support indie games! =) I got Kudo, zomb1es, fishing girl, arkados 1/3, headshot 2, and avatar drop! all well worth it!

Rumble massage....so that's what you call it?

I usually don't fall into video game memes. Didn't do those Portal cake and Still Alive jokes, etc...

but that zombies song kicks ass. I love it. It is what makes that game awesome.

MLS is a lie

I'll point out that Ska Studios likely pulled in 112k in revenue, not profits. I would imagine the costs weren't terribly high, but still, it's worth mentioning.

I'd be inclined to think this has more to do with the reasonable price compared to the quality of product. Also, the word Zombies (however it's spelled) could have helped... our society is going through quite the Zombie fetish right now... however it's better than chick society - who are obsessed with vampire boys who are more feminine than she-males.

I bought it

Now when will they release a 'rod' attachment for use with Rumble Massage? You know, for those hard to reach places...
Such thing sells wonderfully for the Hitachi Wand...

karthik Subramaniam is coming this february at India's first and independent annual summit for the game development ecosystem - India Game Developer Summit (gamedevelopersummit dot com) to teach how to become a successful Indie Game Developer. His talk covers all aspects of Indie game development ranging from the choice of gaming platform - PC/Mobile/Console to pros & cons of self publishing and digital distribution.

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