Estimated Top Ten XBLA Titles in 2012, Ordered by Gross Revenues

1. Minecraft (4J Studios) – 4,997,000 Units / $97,388,000
   
2. Trials Evolution (RedLynx, LTD) – 1,002,000 Units / $14,298,000
   
3. The Walking Dead (TellTale Games) – 2,615,000 Units / $10,277,000
   
4. Counterstrike: GO (Valve) – 273,000 Units / $3,973,000
   
5. Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) – 252,000 Units / $3,778,000
6. Gotham City Impostors (Monolith Productions) – 258,000 / $3,698,000
7. I Am Alive (Ubisoft) – 245,000 Units / $3,609,000
8. Tony Hawk’s PS HD (Robomodo) – 226,000 Units / $3,261,000
9. Alan Wake’s American Nightmare (Remedy Entertainment) – 206,000 Units / $2,903,000
10. Trials HD (RedLynx, LTD) – 203,000 / $2,799,000
    

FADE is a strategic market research and consulting firm focused on electronic entertainment. With very little information currently available in these markets, FADE allows smaller developers to investigate these new potential sources of revenue and make informed business decisions moving forward. FADE produces reports for downloadable markets via consoles, PC, and mobiles, as well as downloadable content for retail titles for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Development has been progressing at a steady pace for the analytics system. The front end is nearly where we want it, with a lot of new features added within the past 2 weeks.

Major additions include, but are not limited to:

• User-definable sparkline for all titles
• Search feature for platforms, allowing users to quickly find any title within our system
• Search feature inside each title page, allowing for custom comparisons for up to 4 titles
• Sales graphing by day, week and month. We note that daily tracking is still being fleshed out, with weekly data being the default choice
• Individual charts for various metrics – Unit sales, revenue, price, cumulative units, and cumulative sales

There is a lot more to work on, but we’re getting there and we’re very happy with what the analytics system is shaping up to be. What does it look like? Why not find out for yourself!

We have officially launched a new version of our site. The goal of the new site is to integrate our new analytics system into the site, allowing users one-click access to sales data.

To view the new analytics service, please direct your mouse to analytics>platform of choice. As new platforms are integrated into our system, we will continue to add them to the menu.

Standard reports are still available, and can be purchased by contacting us.

FADE offers flexible pricing for developers and publishers, based on datasets needed, as well as types of information desired. With the establishment of our online analytics server, gaming enthusiasts and start-up developers can acquire data at reasonable prices, while still receiving actionable intelligence.

Current markets of focus include:

• Consoles (Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Games, WiiWare)
• Handhelds (3DS Ware)
• Smartphones (iOS, Android, BlackBerry App World, Windows Mobile)
• PC (Steam)
• Downloadable Content (Xbox Live, Playstation Network)

Future research is being conducted for the following markets:

• Micro-transaction based gaming for smartphones and PC
• Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMO)
• Social/Casual gaming portals (Facebook, Kongregate)

To access our online analytics system, please visit our analytics server. For platforms and reports unavailable within our server, please contact us via our contact page.