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'Tetris' is the Best Selling PSN Game of 2011
Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 10:30 AM ETTags: PlayStation Network, Tetris, Angry Birds, Limbo, MLB 11 The Show, Call of Duty: Black Ops (all tags)
'Black Ops' DLC makes up the three most popular downloads.
The folks over at Game Informer got their hands on a list of the top 10 best selling games on PSN for 2011. While some of the titles are expected, there are a few on there that come as a bit of a surprise.
The best selling game of 2011, not including full PS3 games or Mini titles, was the old go-to 'Tetris.' It's available on practically anything capable of playing games, even crappy old cell phones, but it still sells like crazy. Also topping the list are titles like 'Resident Evil 4,' Back to the Future,' 'Castle Crashers' and 'Limbo.'
PSN's top 10 paid downloads list takes out the stipulation that Mini games aren't included and we see 'Angry Birds' at number 7 - the only game to make the list. The top three are all 'Black Ops' content, as is number six. Interestingly enough, training points for 'MLB 11 The Show' appear in fourth place while training points for 'MLB 10 The Show' take ninth.
Source: Game Informer
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'Tetris' is the Best Selling PSN Game of 2011
Wed Jan 25, 2012 at 10:30 AM ETTags: PlayStation Network, Tetris, Angry Birds, Limbo, MLB 11 The Show, Call of Duty: Black Ops (all tags)
'Black Ops' DLC makes up the three most popular downloads.
The folks over at Game Informer got their hands on a list of the top 10 best selling games on PSN for 2011. While some of the titles are expected, there are a few on there that come as a bit of a surprise.
The best selling game of 2011, not including full PS3 games or Mini titles, was the old go-to 'Tetris.' It's available on practically anything capable of playing games, even crappy old cell phones, but it still sells like crazy. Also topping the list are titles like 'Resident Evil 4,' Back to the Future,' 'Castle Crashers' and 'Limbo.'
PSN's top 10 paid downloads list takes out the stipulation that Mini games aren't included and we see 'Angry Birds' at number 7 - the only game to make the list. The top three are all 'Black Ops' content, as is number six. Interestingly enough, training points for 'MLB 11 The Show' appear in fourth place while training points for 'MLB 10 The Show' take ninth.
Source: Game Informer
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Major League Gaming Brings in 3.5 Million Unique Viewers - Dominates the 18-24 Demographic
Wed Dec 07, 2011 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Major League Gaming, MLG, StarCraft II, Halo: Reach, Call of Duty: Black Ops, eSports (all tags)
Professional gaming is on its way up in the states, with up to 241,000 peak viewers for the MLG alone.
It's been a real uphill battle to get eSports growing in the states, but over the last few years things have been improving in a big way. The MLG championships on the weekend of November 18th drew in a whopping 241,000 concurrent viewers. MLG boasts a total of 3.5 million unique viewers across their competitions for this year.
A few hundred thousand may not seem like much, but even the biggest competitions held in the U.S. last year didn't break the 100,000 concurrent viewer mark - now in 2011 the MLG has gotten more than double.
Major League Gaming CEO Sundance DiGiovanni says that these viewership numbers are encouraging, especially in the all important young male demographic. "Our live streams of the Pro Circuit National Championships garnered more 18-24 male viewers than Comedy Central, MTV, TBS, and FX draw in an average quarter hour and nearly as many as Adult Swim," he says.
In 2011, MLG featured 'StarCraft II,' 'Halo: Reach,' 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' and 'League of Legends.' Nothing has been announced for 2012 yet, but you can expect things to kick off again in the spring.
Source: Major League Gaming
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Major League Gaming Brings in 3.5 Million Unique Viewers - Dominates the 18-24 Demographic
Wed Dec 07, 2011 at 11:30 AM ETTags: Major League Gaming, MLG, StarCraft II, Halo: Reach, Call of Duty: Black Ops, eSports (all tags)
Professional gaming is on its way up in the states, with up to 241,000 peak viewers for the MLG alone.
It's been a real uphill battle to get eSports growing in the states, but over the last few years things have been improving in a big way. The MLG championships on the weekend of November 18th drew in a whopping 241,000 concurrent viewers. MLG boasts a total of 3.5 million unique viewers across their competitions for this year.
A few hundred thousand may not seem like much, but even the biggest competitions held in the U.S. last year didn't break the 100,000 concurrent viewer mark - now in 2011 the MLG has gotten more than double.
Major League Gaming CEO Sundance DiGiovanni says that these viewership numbers are encouraging, especially in the all important young male demographic. "Our live streams of the Pro Circuit National Championships garnered more 18-24 male viewers than Comedy Central, MTV, TBS, and FX draw in an average quarter hour and nearly as many as Adult Swim," he says.
In 2011, MLG featured 'StarCraft II,' 'Halo: Reach,' 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' and 'League of Legends.' Nothing has been announced for 2012 yet, but you can expect things to kick off again in the spring.
Source: Major League Gaming
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