New PSN Bulletin lists best sellers, upcoming Home content

by Jem Alexander { Jan 27th 2009 at 12:13PM }

Interested in seeing what sells on the PlayStation Network? Sony has you covered. A new PlayStation Bulletin promises to be released every week or two with some interesting stats about the service. Mostly, these are sales stats, but we're hoping to see some gameplay statistics in future updates.

The stat list, found after the break, applies to the American PSN store only. European stats are unknown. The bulletin contains some other interesting info, too, such as the fact that there are now "more than 162 downloadable games" and 430 PlayStation 3 games "are expanded through digital downloads." That seems a little high. Can you rattle off a list of 100+ PSN games?

Downloads have increased by over 20% over the last three months and over half the games found on the PSN Store are exclusive to the PlayStation Network. Home has also been updated recently with the addition of some Ninja gear and the bulletin promises more costumes, such as an Astronaut suit and a female pirate outfit this week.

All Time Top Download: Call of Duty 4 Variety Pack
All Time Top Downloaded Game: PAIN
Top Downloaded LittleBigPlanet Costume: Sack-In-A-Box
Top Downloaded Game Demo: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Top Downloaded Game Add-On: Call of Duty 4 Variety Pack
All Time Top Downloaded Movie: The Dark Knight
All Time Top Downloaded TV Show: Family Guy

Top Three Downloaded Games last week:

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Mortal Kombat II
Suikoden

Top Three PlayStation Home Downloads:

Hooded Top
Resident Evil Degeneration g-Virus T-shirt
Summer House

Top Three Downloaded Movies last week:

Mirrors (Unrated)
Babylon AD (Uncut)
Max Payne (Unrated)

Top Three Downloaded TV Shows last week:

24 Season 7
Watchmen Motion Comic Season 1
Family Guy Season 7

Tags: PlayStation-Network, PSN, PSN-bulletin, SCEA

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

havoc @ Jan 27th 2009 12:35PM

Were these 162 games all for the U.S. or world wide. Cause the asain stores have alot more ps one games.

Sympathie @ Jan 27th 2009 12:33PM

I think its US only not sure though.

Jem @ Jan 27th 2009 12:36PM

Direct from the bulletin: "In North America there are more than 162 downloadable games, in addition 430 games (disc based and downloadable) are expandable through digital downloads."

So yeah, that's just North America. Worldwide is far more believable.

reakt @ Jan 27th 2009 12:29PM

SCEA are just mocking those of us in Europe by letting us know how popular Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is. (this title has not been released here in Europe yet and SCEE have not even set a release date for it).

Havok @ Jan 27th 2009 12:29PM

Hey can anyone tell me how to change my avatar. I tried to upload a new one and it says its succesfull but it doesnt really change. Is their a certain file size or format to put it in. Any help would be appreciated :)

SimbaDogg @ Jan 27th 2009 6:10PM

wow i didn't even know changing avatars to custom ones was a possibility. If this is so, i'll be changing mine tonite

Mo @ Jan 27th 2009 12:30PM

is there a list of the games somewhere?

Mo @ Jan 27th 2009 12:43PM

what I mean is, do we only get a copy and paste? wheres the beef??

willxcore @ Jan 27th 2009 12:32PM

Yes! The more useless bits of info the better. I like how Major Nelson has updates the Live activity every week. Hope we get that for the PSN soon. Pain is only the most downloaded game because it came with so many PS3's. Otherwise it is definitely not the shining example of what the PSN has to offer. In fact I think it kind of sucks.

Angel Mass @ Jan 27th 2009 12:38PM

Finally

The1stMJC @ Jan 27th 2009 12:41PM

Wipeout should be #1 since it has the best quality.

Darkdrium777 @ Jan 27th 2009 12:46PM

Yeah, where's WipEout? It deserves more recognition IMHO

William @ Jan 27th 2009 12:53PM

Gamefly lists 291 PS3 games available to rent. Add the 162 downloadable games... 453 games total. And 430 of them have DLC? Come on! Even if Gamefly doesn't have every PS3 game, they've got most of them.

Note that it says 'expanded'... So that doesn't include wallpapers and crap.

PBone @ Jan 27th 2009 12:54PM

Only reason pain is on top of the list of the most downloaded game is because it came free with the 160gb bundle and mgs 4 80gb bundle.

Jawmuncher @ Jan 27th 2009 1:07PM

Is the resident evil shirt free?

sneeches @ Jan 27th 2009 1:48PM

no, nothing is free in home :(

Mattchewie @ Jan 27th 2009 2:00PM

Actually, if memory serves right, they have 2 shirts and yes, they cost nothing.

sneeches @ Jan 27th 2009 2:26PM

I'm gonna check soon as I get home from work then, lets hope its free :)

johnnybutt35 @ Jan 27th 2009 2:10PM

i wonder if the 162 games on psn counts playable demos. 162 seems way too steep for full games.

Sancho @ Jan 28th 2009 10:23PM

i doubt it. i have every demo there is unless i own the game so 131 demos on my 320 gig hdd. plus 17 games from psn. lots of other games so..... doubtful demos were included

bluenocturnex @ Jan 27th 2009 2:10PM

Wipeout HD is by far the best purchase I made on the PSN Store.

PS3Freak187 @ Mar 3rd 2009 3:09AM

Wipeout was the smartest purchase I ever made.

Carlos @ Jan 27th 2009 2:28PM

Ninja gear? Where?

Heimbachae @ Jan 27th 2009 3:32PM

People still "play" Home?

vir1980 @ Jan 27th 2009 4:07PM

Warhawk is the #1

Deaddy @ Jan 27th 2009 4:19PM

I don't plan to do much purchasing in Home, but I think it sucks that clothing is separated into male and female. If you buy a had or pair of glasses they should let you move it back and forth.

PSN: Erdie @ Jan 27th 2009 5:59PM

I've been pretty impressed with the games/etc. offered on the PSN so far. There's some quirky crap out there, and I like it.

Lil_Mermaid_Girl @ Jan 27th 2009 6:40PM

I don't see why mortal kombat 2 is still selling so much. It's been in the store for a looong time.

162 might be counting the japanese store lol. They must have that many with all the ps1 releases they get.

Theossie @ Jan 27th 2009 6:52PM

Come on guys.. 75 PS3 - 43 PSP - 28 PSone - 3 Eye

That's just on the US store.. you can prolly take a few away from the PS3 total but it ain't that far off.. Add in the game released in EU and JP only add it will right..

pinkorangutang@yahoo.com @ Jan 27th 2009 6:58PM

I wonder if they be chargin' me my arm an' leg to get that thar pirate outfit!?

SoloStyle @ Jan 27th 2009 7:12PM

So where is this "ninja gear" mentioned for Home? Surely you don't simply mean the Samurai Swords ornament?

blazekingnj @ Jan 28th 2009 5:07PM

Surely it was sarcasm.In all honesty, the sarcasm towards Home going for this longis plain childish. If you don't want to use it, don't. You're not being forced to.And as usual, if it turns out to be a great addition to the console in years to come not one person from this writing staff will admit they were wrong. Even the piggybacking type comments here are just plain childish with the "I'm going to jump on the bandwagon to be cool like the rest" mentality. In all of my years, I've never seen one person say "OMG, this is the best beta ever!" as this is the stage home is in anyway and people set their standards waaaaayyyyy to high expecting a beta to be a demo of a full product. I blame the media for that one.

BlazeKing @ Jan 28th 2009 5:26PM

It was sarcasm that wasn't needed on the staff's part. I thinsk it's childish to make those type of remarks on EVERY news post. I agree that there's not that much to do in Home but I expect that from a beta (unlike what news media has made it seem like a barebones full release). It's childish and for other users to just jump on the bandwagon with the negative comments just to be "e-cool" is childish also. It has it's good qualities also and people should start focusing on the good more than the bad; but that's just the mentality of today:
bad news spreads faster...