Never mind that a mere 300,000 or so Xbox 360s were sold in Japan last year. Those who bought the console (hopefully!) enjoyed the console's online capabilities.
Note: data covers the 2009 calendar year, and overall ranking covers from 2005 to 2009. Launch dates are noted when appropriate.
2009 Xbox LIVE Arcade Top Ten Titles
1. Virtual On Oratorio Tangram ver.5.66 (4/29/2009)
2. Battlefield 1943 (7/8/2009)
3. Castle Crashers (8/27/2008)
4. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (7/29/2009)
5. Trials HD (8/12/2009)
6. R-Type Dimensions (2/4/2009)
7. Shadow Complex (8/19/2009)
8. IKARUGA (4/9/2008)
9. THE KING OF FIGHTERS'98 ULTIMATE MATCH (7/1/2009)
10. Mega-Man 9 (6/24/2009)
Overall Top Ten
1. Castle Crashers
2. Virtual On Oratorio Tangram ver.5.66
3. IKARUGA
4. Bomberman LIVE
5. Battlefield 1943
6. Trigger Heart Exelica
7. UNO
8. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
9. FATAL FURY SPECIAL
10. Rez HD
2009 Top Ten Demo Downloads
1. BAYONETTA (10/15/2009)
2. Lost Planet 2 (8/19/2009)
3. Forza Motorsport 3 (9/24/2009)
4. Left 4 Dead 2 (11/3/2009)
5. NINJA BLADE (1/5/2009)
6. Resident Evil 5 (12/5/2008)
7. H.A.W.X (2/11/2009)
8. Magna Carta 2 (7/24/2009)
9. Halo Wars (2/5/2009)
10. Time Leap (6/18/2009)
Overall Top Ten Demo Downloads
1. Resident Evil 5
2. ACE COMBAT 6
3. Lost Planet
4. BAYONETTA
5. Tales of Vesperia
6. Eternal Sonata
7. NINJA BLADE
8. Tenchu Senran
9. ARMORED CORE 4
10. Rainbox Six: Las Vegas
Games on Demand (from 2009)
1. Earth Defense Force 3 (9/8/2009)
2. THE iDOL@STER (8/11/2009)
3. THE iDOLM@STER Live 4 You! (8/11/2009)
4. Bullet Witch (8/11/2009)
5. RAIDEN FIGHTERS ACES (11/17/2009)
6. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (10/6/2009)
7. Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena (9/15/2009)
8. Armored Core for Answer (10/13/2009)
9. Tenchu Senran (9/22/2009)
10. Senko no Ronde Rev.X (9/8/2009)
2009 Top Ten DLC Downloads
1. THE iDOLM@STER Live 4 You!
2. Dream Club
3. THE iDOLM@STER
4. Fallout 3
5. Otomedius Gorgeous!
6. Ace Combat 6
7. Street Fighter IV
8. Tales of Vesperia
9. Record of Agarest War: Re-appearance.
10. Rumble Roses XX
Overall Top Ten DLC Downloads
1. THE iDOLM@STER
2. THE iDOLM@STER Live 4 You!
3. Ace Combat 6
4. Dream Club
5. Rumble Roses XX
6. Tales of Vesperia
7. Soulcalibur IV
8. Fallout 3
9. Otomedius Gorgeous!
10. Beautiful Katamari
2009 Top Ten Game Clip/Trailer Downloads
1. Dream Club Debut Trailer
2. Metal Gear Solid Rising E3-2009 Teaser
3. Dead Rising 2 Trailer
4. Dream Club "Yumemiru CagedBird" song (HD)
5. Gears of War 2 "Rendezvous" Trailer
6. Dream Club "Zettai Idol Sengen" song (HD)
7. Capcom Top Secret Announcement (Lost Planet 2 trailer)
8. X Blade Japanese language trailer
9. Magna Carta 2
10. Assassin's Creed II Japanese subtitled E3 trailer
Overall Top Ten Clip/Trailer Downloads
1. Dream Club Debut Trailer
2. Resident Evil 5 2007 Trailer
3. Metal Gear Solid Rising E3-2009 Teaser
4. Tales of Vesperia First Trailer
5. THE iDOLM@STER TGS 2006 Promotional Movie
6. Star Ocean 4 Trailer 2
7. Dead Rising 2 Trailer
8. Star Ocean 4 Trailer 1
9. GUNDAM OPERATION TROY (HD)
10. Last Remnant Trailer 2
Xbox LIVE マーケットプレース、2009年＆累計で一番ダウンロードされたタイトルは？ - ファミ通.com [Famitsu]