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June NPDs: The Sims takes top three spots, knocks WoW to number four

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NPD numbers for PC sales in June finally arrived, and like EA claimed already, The Sims destroyed the charts.

The third main release in the series took the top two spots with The Sims 2 coming in at number three.

Blizzard’s behemoth World of Warcraft took the fourth, fifth, seventh and eleventh spots, so no need to cry for them or anything.

Full list of top PC games in June is as follows courtesy of Gamasutra:

  1. The Sims 3 (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts)
  2. The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts)
  3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts)
  4. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard Entertainment)
  5. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment)
  6. Spore: Galactic Adventures (Maxis, Electronic Arts)
  7. World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
  8. Spore (Maxis, Electronic Arts)
  9. Empire: Total War (The Creative Assembly, Sega)
  10. StarCraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment)
  11. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Blizzard Entertainment)
  12. Reel Deal Slots Adventure (Phantom EFX)
  13. Civilization IV: Complete Edition (Firaxis Games, 2K Games)
  14. WarCraft III Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment)
  15. SimCity Box (Maxis, Electronic Arts)
  16. Diablo Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment)
  17. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts)
  18. Prototype (Radical Entertainment, Activision)
  19. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY Edition (Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks/2K Games)
  20. Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Terminal Reality, Atari)

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5 comments

#1

G1GAHURTZ
22/07/09, 3:45 pm

Such variety!

#2

M337ING
22/07/09, 4:02 pm

Better than the 50 Mario and Wii “Game” SKUs that you see in the console charts.

#3

loki
22/07/09, 5:09 pm

Girls and kids rule PC chart

#4

M337ING
22/07/09, 5:28 pm

That’s because the real gamers are buying stuff of Steam and Direct2Drive:

Last week:

1. Tales of Monkey Island
2. Street Fighter IV
3. Fallout 3
4. ArmA 2
5. Left 4 Dead
6. Dawn of Discovery
7. Counter-Strike: Source
8. GRID
9. Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
10. Trine

D2D:

1. ArmA 2
2. The Sims 3
3. Aion: Tower of Eternity
4. Street Fighter IV
5. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Deluxe Game of the Year Edition
6. The Sims 3 (Mac)
7. Dawn of Discovery
8. Civilization 4: Complete Edition
9. Tales of Monkey Island
10. Fallout 3

#5

SwiftRanger
22/07/09, 5:40 pm

It’s just the US PC retail chart, European PC retail sales easily double that as the last few years have proven and they are probably less monotone than this as well.

Digital distribution isn’t that big but PC retail sales in the US (which the NPD are tracking) aren’t huge either, now if only some sites would keep that in mind when they report on PC trends…

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