Microsoft's Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb has released the Xbox Live Arcade charts for the week, showing classic arcade brawler
Double Dragon atop the XBLA download charts, closely followed by
Soltrio Solitaire - full countdown within.
Hryb
explains that the countdown lists the top titles purchased during the week by number of downloads, with classic 400-point ($5) titles, from
Xevious through
Rush'n Attack, amounting to four of the top ten games - with the 800-point
Castlevania: SOTN being the fifth.
However, original or substantially updated games, including
Pinball FX and
3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures, made up the other five titles on the countdown, which was revealed as follows:
1.
Double Dragon
2.
Soltrio Solitaire
3.
Rush'n Attack
4.
3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures
5.
Uno
6.
Pinball FX
7.
TMNT 1989 Arcade
8.
Xevious
9.
Catan
10.
Castlevania: SOTN
In addition, Hryb revealed the top 'unique user' counts for the week for Xbox 360 games that are playable online or are being played by online-connected users, headed by the ubiquitous
Gears Of War, and also including demo and beta versions for
Halo 3 and
Forza 2:
1.
Gears of War
2.
Crackdown
3.
Halo 3 Beta
4.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
5.
Forza Motorsport 2 Demo
6.
Guitar Hero II
7.
Aegis Wing
8.
Call Of Duty 3
9.
GRAW 2
10.
Oblivion
Hryb's
full post on MajorNelson.com also has information on unique user connectivity for original Xbox games, many of which can be played on the Xbox 360, revealing: "If the Xbox 360 list and the original Xbox list were combined, then
Gears of War continues to be the top Xbox Live title."