Posted by Alec Meer on May 14th, 2009.
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Giving the monthly PC sales charts a sideways eyeball now and again is always interesting. Yeah, it’s short-sighted of the NPD to not include digital sales in any form, but nonetheless it’s some sort of picture as to what’s going on in the wider world of PC gaming. Beneath the cut: game names, with numbers next to them. You’d never have guessed. There are a couple of bonafide surprises in there, however.
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Posted by Kieron Gillen on January 28th, 2008.
Share ·The NPD have released their figures for US PC retail sales in 2007, as reported by GameDaily. The biggest sellers? I’m glad you asked.
1. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade – Vivendi (Blizzard) – 2.25 million
2. World of Warcraft – Vivendi (Blizzard) – 914K
3. The Sims 2 – Electronic Arts – 534K
4. The Sims 2 Seasons Expansion Pack – Electronic Arts – 433K
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – Activision – 383K
6. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars – Electronic Arts – 350K
7. MS Age of Empires III – Microsoft – 313K
8. Sim City 4 – Electronic Arts – 294K
9. MS Flight Simulator X – Microsoft – 280K
10. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion Pack – Electronic Arts – 272K
That includes sales from every multi-pack you can imagine. The total value of PC Games retail is $910 million, which is down $60 million from 2006 (Which itself was up from 2005’s $953 million (Which was down from 2004’s $1.1 Billion (No, really))).
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