Top ten PC games through April 15

by Blake Snow { Apr 25th 2006 at 8:00AM }

The NPD Group has released the top 10 best selling PC games for the week ending April 15, 2006. Here they are in all their top-ten-ness:

The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff - Electronic Arts
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 2K Games
The Sims 2 Open for Business - Electronic Arts
Age of Empires III - Microsoft
The Sims 2 - Electronic Arts
World of Warcraft - Blizzard
Civilization IV - 2K Games
Star Wars: Empire at War - LucasArts
Zoo Tycoon 2 - Microsoft
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - Electronic Arts

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nick Bristow @ Apr 25th 2006 8:52AM

Who still plays the sims....

C. Grant @ Apr 25th 2006 8:59AM

Apparently, that guy.

Kwipper @ Apr 25th 2006 9:29AM

I tried the sims, and found out it just isn't for me. I really don't understand the appeal in it.

FinalPrototype @ Apr 25th 2006 9:42AM

My girlfriend still plays the Sims. The more these expansions come out, then less I get to see my comp. I would do anything to see her get off the pc and onto a console.

Sloopydrew @ Apr 25th 2006 10:02AM

Depressing to see Elder Scrolls fall below The Sims. I've never really been able to get into those Sims' games. Somehow they make me feel "dirty."

funkonaut @ Apr 25th 2006 10:23AM

How weird that people would play a game on a computer indoors where you can control a pseudo-AI character and have him flip virtual hot dogs on a virtual grill on the virtual deck of a virtual house that can serve as a virtual deathtrap by locking the virtual bathroom door.

Which is all I did in the Sims. I enjoyed watching those little freaks piss on themselves and starve to death in the bathroom because they couldn't unlock the bathroom door.

Jeff @ Apr 25th 2006 10:34AM

"Who ever played the Sims?"

Everybody who isn't a WOW-playing, funeral-crashing gaming geek.

As in, regular people with computers. This is the real market for computer games.

vidGuy @ Apr 25th 2006 11:56AM

I played the Sims 2, but I never got very far. I always enjoyed setting some deathtrap, like removing the pool ladder just before a pool party so that a dozen Sims drowned. Or watching the house burn down and stopping a Sim everytime she tried to grab a fire extinguisher. I never wanted those virtual people to live happily!

alex @ Apr 25th 2006 5:48PM

I don't play WoW either.

Quentin @ Apr 25th 2006 10:42PM

Wow. I didn't expect the FFS expansion to knock of Elder Scrolls IV. I guess its because its retailing for 20 bux. I think the reason why so many people are willing to shell out money for this game (and the expansions) is for the sandbox factor. Only your imagination is the limit (and a stupid nude blur). The mod community has really come along and they continue to come out with new and interesting things almost every week.

I freakin' love playing the sims and I consider my self a beyond average gamer. Every single expansion pack I get the day it comes out. I was strongly considering getting an MMO like WOW, but when you hear of stories of people losing their jobs and friends to that time sink of a game, I couldn't take any chances.