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Last post: 17 May at 17:34
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 18:45 |
Latest weekly game and achievement stats for TA members
Good news everyone! We made history this week!
There was an incredible sale on Games on Demand which made a very clear impact on the Stats this week. Don't believe me? Take a look yourself and realize that the combination of a sale, gamerscore contests and easy overall completions is enough to get our community very excited.
This report is for the period June 18th to June 24th 2012.
Games Started
19,399 TrueAchievements gamers started a total of 30,238 games between them (1,546 different games).
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is not only the cutest game on this chart, but it was far and away the most popular title this week. You'll see it again next week as Lego Batman 2 is going to break 3,000 gamers very soon.
Lollipop Chainsaw now has 5,251 total gamers which puts it just under half the mark set by its stablemate, Shadows of the Damned. Enough of those retail games which have an actual disc, lets talk digital goods.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Surf's Up and Open Season were all on sale for under $10. It turns out that you people like easy achievements. By "you people", I mean, of course, people that like hearing that achievement unlocked noise every few minutes.
Top Retail Games Started
Magic: The Gathering - DotP 2013 keeps the tradition alive. The Magic 2013 Core Set expansion for the physical game will be out very soon as well, which has me excited because Mutilate is being reprinted. I love that card. I also love how we can now count on a XBLA version of Magic: The Gathering every year just as we can a new version of Madden. It is a good time to be a geek.
Sonic CD, Sonic 4: Episode I and Sonic Adventure were the recent Deal of the Week. Despite all the criticism about this generation of Sonic, the 2D Sonic games sell like hotcakes.
Top Arcade Games Started
Fling (WP) is adorable! I know nothing about this game other then you actually fling those cute little mops of hair from the game tile. It's also the latest game from Miniclip, who is quickly becoming the most prolific developer for the Windows Phone.
Final Fantasy (WP) remains the best selling Final Fantasy available on the Windows Phone. Hopefully it will not be the only Final Fantasy available for much longer.
Top Windows Phone Games Started
Games Completed
7,031 TrueAchievements gamers completed a total of 9,837 games between them (1,134 different games).
Going on a comment from a few weeks ago regarding the disparity between people that complete the original 1k and those that complete the DLC, here comes Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The gap between those that have completed the base game and those that have completed all of the DLC will approach 10,000 gamers in a few more weeks.
You'll notice a few of the Games on Demand titles are, of course, on this chart. It's amazing what happens when Games on Demand are aggressively priced compared to their retail counterparts.
Top Retail Games Completed
The Walking Dead is going to remain on this chart all summer long, lingering like some sort of corpse. Why? Well all subsequent episodes are counted as DLC under The Walking Dead title. That would be why the incredible Game Content team has renamed that game page.
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition continues to pad its total. Thankfully the death grip it had on the XBLA stats has finally been relaxed. Magic: The Gathering - DotP 2013 is actually lower than I was expecting given the number of people that posted in the comments and on my friend feed about how they wanted to be the first one to finish the game.
Top Arcade Games Completed
Collapse! (WP) watch 2013: Now at 92.85% completion.
Rest of the chart: well, we're used to them.
Top Windows Phone Games Completed
Achievements Won
48,315 TrueAchievements gamers won a total of 621,767 achievements online between them (43,754 different achievements).
Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's something a 5 year old built which vaguely resembles a helicopter but you nod your head and listen to the parent explain how "gifted" their kid is!
Take a look at the actual achievements though and you'll note that the community has ripped through the story. Top achievement is for finishing chapter 1 and the bottom achievement is for finishing chapter 7. Soon we'll see this game on completion charts over and over again.
Top Retail Achievements Won
I approve of this chart. There's no Minecraft.
Top Arcade Achievements Won
If not for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, we would have had a week of nothing but achievement sweeps. Stupid CoD.
Top Windows Phone Achievements Won
Total TrueAchievements won by Genre
Not only is LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes part of Action-Adventure, so are all of the top Games on Demand titles. This gives us a rare week in which Action-Adventure tops the chart. Magic: The Gathering DotP - 2013 was not able to raise Card and Board by itself, though Simulation is continuing to drop back to where it belongs.
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Action-Adventure4,974,131
That's all for this week, as the odd layout of dates from year to year mean we have no Stats Flashback. Next week, I will be out of town and some other poor Newshound will be filling in, perhaps some Newbiehound that has no idea what they are getting into.
Regardless, I'll be back the second week of July! Sadly, that's the dead zone between retail releases and the start of Summer of Arcade. Awesome. |
Last post: 16 May at 17:31
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 19:07 |
| Nice work as always! |
BOYCOTT EA! |
Last post: 07 May at 13:44
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 19:16 |
I also love how we can now count on a XBLA version of Magic: The Gathering every year just as we can a new version of Madden. It is a good time to be a geek.
"every year - new version"
not sure if serious   |
Last post: 17 May at 23:56
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 20:06 |
| I am starting Lego Batman 2 today. |
Last post: 23 Apr at 07:27
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 20:47 |
| Yep, Lollipop Chainsaw is continuing to chug along, even though it got topped by it's fellow Warner Bros.-published game Lego Batman 2. In fact, Warner Bros. Games has won the Most Starts title for the 2nd straight week, so no qualms from me. |
Last post: 06 May at 12:36
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 20:50 |
I'll finish Lego Batman this week than start Amazing Spider-Man. I don't play Lego games often...but this one, with it's open world and super hero smorgasbord, has been really fun. And my kids love it. So long as they leave my save file alone, it's been a great bonding experience!
Thanks for the stats as usual...I look forward to them every Sunday! |
Arcdelad |
Last post: 10 May at 07:05
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 20:50 |
| A comment about how many started Fling and how few have completed it wouldn't have gone amiss. |
Last post: 06 May at 02:16
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 21:13 |
| Interesting week , good work .'Stupid CoD' lol. |
Last post: 14 Apr at 09:58
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 21:34 |
| Damn. Thought I'd added to the Meatballs count but didn't complete it till the 27th. Next week then. |
Last post: 06 Aug 12 at 22:29
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 22:18 |
| Cant wait to see next week, all dat skyrim |
Last post: 17 May at 04:34
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Posted on 01 July 12 at 23:17 |
Ha! Take that, shooters!  |
Mame Tobikomi! 3rd Annual TA Bean Dive begins July 7th, 2012! |
Last post: 21 Aug 12 at 17:30
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Posted on 02 July 12 at 00:03 |
+1 for the non-shooters.
Looking at this, I really need to crack on with Lego Batman 2! |
Last post: Today at 00:25
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Posted on 02 July 12 at 02:53 |
| Love stats |
Who Then Now? |
Last post: 16 May at 21:53
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Posted on 02 July 12 at 04:23 |
DeviSlator said:A comment about how many started Fling and how few have completed it wouldn't have gone amiss.The last two achievements in Frenzy mode - particularly the last one - are mind-numbingly difficult.
I'd like to know if the Level 40 achievement in Frenzy on Fling is the toughest WP achievement (by TA ratio) ever- it would have to be close. |
Last post: 15 Apr at 19:36
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Posted on 02 July 12 at 10:35 |
| I have LEGO Batman but I dunno if I can be bothered playing it. Swore off LEGO games as they are mostly all the same but this one looks sooo goood. |
Aim to please, shoot to kill. Wakarimasu ka? |
Last post: 23 Apr at 23:24
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Posted on 02 July 12 at 10:45 |
| Sorry in advance for next week... I completed Harms Way yesterday! |
Last post: 30 Sep 12 at 11:46
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Posted on 02 July 12 at 10:49 |
| So unexpected for the easy titles like cloudy, surf up and open season. Hmmmmm I didn't see the deal. O well there next in my game que. lol |
The need to re-achieve. Redemption at its best. |
Last post: 13 Mar at 13:36
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Posted on 02 July 12 at 11:12 |
| Thanks for the stats! Maybe one day I'll make some stats come up. |
Last post: 10 May at 07:05
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Posted on 02 July 12 at 14:28 |
| I thought they weren't too bad. Read my guide for 5&10 gold medals for a handy trick to make it easier. Will add guides for the rest when I go through again and note my times |
Last post: 16 May at 21:23
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Posted on 02 July 12 at 18:45 |
| Heard Lego Batman 2 was a little glitchy (not uncommon for a Lego game) so I think I might wait for a patch before I pick it up. |