NFL Blitz the Top Selling PSN Download in January

We’re not willing to risk losing an enormous chunk of our readership by saying derogatory things about American Football, so instead we’ll get straight to the point: EA’s hastily published NFL Blitz has done alright for itself in 2012’s inaugural PSN best-sellers list, beating out fellow arcade sports rival, erm, NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, to top the downloadable charts for January.

All said January wasn’t an especially hot month for new releases, with faithful favourites inFamous: Festival of Blood and Sonic CD both holding onto top-five positions.

AMY was perhaps the most notable new release of the month, finishing up in a respectable ninth – a miracle considering its scathing reviews.

Elsewhere, on the PSone Classics chart, Final Fantasy VII reclaimed its all-too-obvious place at the top of the charts, while Corpse Party continued its domination of the PSP digital best-sellers list. We wonder if the quirky visual novel will get brushed aside once the Vita launches properly next week.

Top-selling PS3 game downloads for January 2012

1. NFL Blitz
2. NBA JAM: On Fire Edition
3. Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection
4. inFAMOUS 2 Festival of Blood
5. Sonic CD
6. PAYDAY: The Heist
7. Dungeon Defenders
8. Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD
9. AMY
10. Crysis
11. Resident Evil 4
12. Shadow of the Colossus
13. Castle Crashers
14. Trine 2
15. REAL STEEL
16. Darksiders
17. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
18. Battlefield 1943
19. Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition
20. Saints Row 2