Major Nelson publicó una lista de los 20 juegos más populares de Xbox LIVE de 2009 en diferentes categorías. Para nada sorprendente es la presencia de Halo 3 en el primer lugar. Esta es la lista completa:

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Juegos top en Xbox LIVE

1. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Modern Warfare 2
4. Call of Duty: WaW
5. Gears of War 2
6. GTA IV (Purchase and download the full game)
7. Left 4 Dead
8. Halo 3: ODST
9. FABLE II Episode 1 (of 5)
10. バイオハザード５」デモ (BioHazard 5 – Resident Evil 5)
11. Halo Wars – Demo
12. RESIDENT EVIL 5
13. Fallout 3
14. UFC 2009 Undisputed Demo
15. Left 4 Dead 2 – Demo
16. Gears of War
17. 1 vs 100
18. Guitar Hero World Tour
19. Guitar Hero III
20. FIFA 09

Juegos top de arcade (juegos completos, no demos)

1. Battlefield 1943
2. Castle Crashers
3. Trials HD
4. Hasbro Family Game Night **
5. Shadow Complex
6. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
7. Magic: The Gathering
8. UNO
9. Worms
10. Peggle
11. Worms 2: Armageddon
12. Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
13. ‘Splosion Man
14. A Kingdom for Keflings
15. 3 on 3 NHL Arcade
16. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic Arcade
18. Marble Blast Ultra
19. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
20. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Juegos top de Xbox originals

1. Halo 2
2. Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
3. Fable
4. Counter-Strike
5. Conker: Live Reloaded
6. Doom 3
7. Splinter Cell Chaos
8. SW: KOTOR
9. Star Wars: Battlefront
10. SW: Republic Commando
11. Burnout 3
12. Fable: Lost Chapters
13. Call of Duty 2
14. Call of Duty 3
15. Call of Duty Finest
16. MechAssault 2
17. Crimson Skies
18. Guilty Gear XX #Reload
19. Rainbow Six 3
20. Gauntlet Seven Sorrows

Juegos top independientes

1. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
2. Avatar Drop
3. RC-AirSim
4. Headshot
5. Miner Dig Deep
6. Rumble Massage
7. Who Did I Date Last Night
8. Kodu Game Lab
9. Avatar Golf
10. Aquarium HD
11. myFishtank
12. Head Shot 2
13. DrumKit
14. A Perfect Massage
15. The Impossible Game
16. Inside Lacrosse’s CL2010
17. ZP2K9
18. ezmuze+ Hamst3r edition
19. The Drinking Game
20. Physics Sandbox