Top 5 Most Pirated Games of 2011

Hello all, a late Happy Newyear, I was visiting my family so I took a couple of days off.

Anyway, 2012 is here and we're going to see some awesome titles this year!
What's scary, though, is that a lot of people pirate games. Here is the top 5 most pirated games of 2011 on PC, Xbox 360, and the Wii according to www.torrentfreak.com

PC Game Downloads on BitTorrent in 2011

as of December 30, 2011

#	game	est. downloads	released
torrentfreak.com
1	Crysis 2	(3,920,000)	(Mar. 2011)
2	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	(3,650,000)	(Nov. 2011)
3	Battlefield 3	(3,510,000)	(Oct. 2011)
4	FIFA 12	(3,390,000)	(Sept. 2011)
5	Portal 2	(3,240,000)	(Apr. 2011)

Wii Game Downloads on BitTorrent in 2011

as of December 30, 2011

#	game	est. downloads	released
torrentfreak.com
1	Super Mario Galaxy 2	(1,280,000)	(May. 2010)
2	Mario Sports Mix	(1,090,000)	(Feb. 2011)
3	Xenoblade Chronicles	(950,000)	(Aug. 2011 EU)
4	Lego Pirates of the Caribbean	(870,000)	(May. 2011)
5	FIFA 12	(860,000)	(Sept. 2011)

Xbox 360 Game Downloads on BitTorrent in 2011

as of December 30, 2011

#	game	est. downloads	released
torrentfreak.com
1	Gears of War 3	(890,000)	(Sep. 2011)
2	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	(830,000)	(Nov. 2011)
3	Battlefield 3	(760,000)	(Oct. 2011)
4	Forza Motorsport 4	(720,000)	(Oct. 2011)
5	Kinect Sports: Season Two	(690,000)	(Oct. 2011)

And there you go. Crysis 2 wins the award of being the most downloaded game of 2011.

2011, a good year for gaming?

 

2011 was overall quite a disappointing year for gaming.
There were some gems, but mostly bad titles and hardware.

Let's take a look at some of them.

Kinect + its games 
It's a useful way to navigate the 360's dashboard. That's about all the Kinect has been good for shortly after people buy it. Why? Because it's been out for over a year now and there still aren't any proper games for it beyond cheap kids titles and party games.
Not good, Microsoft.


The 3DS + its games
This has to be the most disappointing gaming handheld of the 21st century.

"A botched reveal, a ridiculous price-tag, a cumbersome UI, no second thumbstick and no decent games." 

Pumping out the same handheld and games for years won't do much good, Nintendo.

 
 Duke Nukem Forever
Ahh, Duke Nukem. Him and I go way back.
Duke Nukem Forever has been in development since 1996, but came out this year. Was it worth the wait? No, no it wasn't.




 Homefront
There were such high hopes for this game. A lot of money was spent, a lot of hype generated. Then people played it, found out the setting was stupid, the story overwrought, the singleplayer terrifyingly short (both on length and ideas) and the multiplayer a novelty that was never going to lure people from whatever shooter they were already playing. 


Brink
Like Homefront, this was an original title that many had high hopes for. Its bold art design couldn't hide a launch marred by technical issues and people not quite "getting" the game, though, and while it seems to have stabilised in recent months, Brink will never be the top=-shelf multiplayer shooter it wanted to be. 



2012 seems promising, though.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Diablo III

Doom 4
Dota 2
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Guild Wars 2
Mass Effect 3
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Soulcalibur V
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
The Last Guardian