About seven months ago, I posted a blog called "By the Numbers" that looked the statistics produced by Giant Bomb's Xbox achievement tracker. Since then, I've done a few other stat-based blogs, but I think now would be a good time to go back to the original idea. Let's look at the achievement tracker based on the year of 2011 as a whole. What were the most played games? What were the least played games? What were the most completed games? Or what if we take a glance at how a Quick Look might affect how people decide what to buy?
By my count, there were 185 games released for Xbox 360 this year. I'm probably missed a few, but tracking down that info is harder than you think. Either way, we've got a pretty good population of data to make some accurate observations. I decided to only look at Xbox because not everyone on the site has access to the PSN tracker yet, and if I were to add in Steam stats, it would skew the results since I'm already not including all platforms. So, including just the Xbox stats makes it easier in several ways (i.e. I don't have to do a whole bunch of math).
Also note that, unless otherwise specified, these charts include both retail releases and XBLA releases.
Regardless of percentage completed or value per achievement, these are the games that had the most achievements unlocked per user. Are these achievements just easy to get? Or are they a result of the dedication of the game's fans?
You have put an incredible amount of content on the Board. Very impressive. It will take me some time to look through it all But that I shall. Nice work.
Can't believe GoW 3 is at the top & Deus Ex is no where to be seen. Interesting data set. My gaming proclivities are definitely not in the flow with other xbox gamers. Sad to hear about Yar's Revenge sucking. Maybe they'll offer a discount?
If it makes you feel any better, the total number of Xbox Live players on Rayman is now over 2000. So, I guess people are going back to it now that the holiday rush is over.
It's surprising that ilomilo made it into the Top 10 Most Played XBLA Games. I thought more people would have missed it, considering it officially launched in the beginning of January.
It's nice to see that Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes made it into the Top 10 Most Played Games Not Reviewed by Giant Bomb.
It's kind of interesting to see that none of the 10 most played games were in the 10 most completed achievements. Granted, some of that is likely due to achievement design. Anyone that can get Seriously 3.0, Hard to the Core, or My Kung Fu is Stronger are truly crazy. Fuck that.
Blows me away that LA Noire beat Skyrim. And Batman.
I guess it's because LA Noire had problems on the PS3, and 360 was the only other platform (at launch) so it got the bulk of the players. Whereas many people got the PC version of Skyrim, and the PS3 version of Batman was OK, so the 360 wouldn't dominate as much for those games.
Or maybe, just maybe, LA Noire has been out for over half a year whereas Skyrim has only been out for two months.
Well, maybe, just maybe, one might expect one of the games to have a larger following on Giant Bomb than the other.
I don't know, just a crazy thought.
LOL.
Sorry, I'm a little late with this reply, but why would you expect one game that Brad gave 5 stars to have a "larger following" than another game that Brad gave 5 stars to?
Blows me away that LA Noire beat Skyrim. And Batman.
I guess it's because LA Noire had problems on the PS3, and 360 was the only other platform (at launch) so it got the bulk of the players. Whereas many people got the PC version of Skyrim, and the PS3 version of Batman was OK, so the 360 wouldn't dominate as much for those games.
Or maybe, just maybe, LA Noire has been out for over half a year whereas Skyrim has only been out for two months.
Well, maybe, just maybe, one might expect one of the games to have a larger following on Giant Bomb than the other.
Blows me away that LA Noire beat Skyrim. And Batman.
I guess it's because LA Noire had problems on the PS3, and 360 was the only other platform (at launch) so it got the bulk of the players. Whereas many people got the PC version of Skyrim, and the PS3 version of Batman was OK, so the 360 wouldn't dominate as much for those games.
Or maybe, just maybe, LA Noire has been out for over half a year whereas Skyrim has only been out for two months.
The Skyrim vs. L.A. Noire numbers are interesting since Skyrim sold more than double the number of copies of L.A. Noire on the 360. This means that either a lot of Skyrim players on GB did not tie their Xbox Live accounts to the site or that Skyrim managed to capture a lot of more casual game players that probably wouldn't make an account on a gaming website. In any case, it's definitely an interesting result.
Since I recorded the numbers, about 50 new people have started L.A. Noire while over 200 new people have started Skyrim. So, Skyrim will likely pass it at some point.
The Skyrim vs. L.A. Noire numbers are interesting since Skyrim sold more than double the number of copies of L.A. Noire on the 360. This means that either a lot of Skyrim players on GB did not tie their Xbox Live accounts to the site or that Skyrim managed to capture a lot of more casual game players that probably wouldn't make an account on a gaming website. In any case, it's definitely an interesting result.
Ahhh poor Star Raiders. Not that it was that good or anything but it still hurts to see probably my favorite game from the Atari days get such a underwhelming remake.
I can't say I'm surprised since most of the Kinect games released in 2011 were shovel ware junk. Add to the fact that most of them got little to no exposure of any sort. The only reason I even remembered those games was thanks to the amazing quick looks. I can always count on the GB crew to play awful motion control (even when they don't use any!) games. That's even more so now with the Kinect.
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