Current best selling PC games: Keyboard and mouse FTW!
by Blake Snow 
{ Sep 6th 2006 at 8:00AM }
The NPD Group has released the top 10 selling PC games for the week of August 20 - August 26, 2006. World of Warcraft seems addicting as ever with EA's Madden NFL 07 taking the top selling spot just in time for the start of the 2006-2007 NFL season (starts tonight). The full list is as follows:- Madden NFL 07 - Electronic Arts
- World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
- The Sims 2 - Electronic Arts
- Roller Coaster Tycoon 3: Gold - Atari
- Nancy Drew: Danger By Design - Her Interactive
- The Sims 2 Open For Business - Electronic Arts
- Warcraft III Battle Chest - Blizzard
- Cars Radiator Springs Adventures - THQ
- Civilization IV - 2K Games
- Elder Scrolls IV - 2K Games
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
nootau @ Sep 6th 2006 8:17AM
Madden at the Top either points to the really bad sales of PC games in general (how many Madden fans really buy the PC version??!?) or it shows that there are Many more madden fans that play PC games and do not have a console than one would think....
Or it could have been a mistake, people looking for their Xbox360/PS2/Gamecube version, but demand kept them out of stock, could have thought the PC version could work with their console because (hey, its a computer too! right? lol), and they all returned them later.....lol
timville @ Sep 6th 2006 8:25AM
Ummm.....
The NFL Season doesn't start until Thursday night. Today is Wednesday (atleast in my part of the world... which is time zone EDT...)
Jonn @ Sep 6th 2006 8:53AM
Wait, Warcraft 3?
OtakuCODE @ Sep 6th 2006 9:11AM
Numbers don't lie... if the numbers don't jive with your conceptions of the gaming market, then your conceptions are wrong. Change them and everything will be shiny.
That being said, I'm surprised WoW is still around simply because I would expect their customer base to be nearly saturated. Guess not. I wonder if they have a room at Blizzard HQ where you can go in and just swim in money?
Raynre @ Sep 6th 2006 9:11AM
Now it makes sense...
Ive been holding out on the Warcraft 3 Battlechest until it came down to the same price as the Starcraft chest.
Of course, you asshats keep buying them all and Blizzard keeps the price up, denying me of my RTS goodness. CURSE YOOOOOOOOU!! *shakes fist*
JonFitt @ Sep 6th 2006 10:20AM
Damn, that's a dire set of games you guys are buying in the US. No wonder US game stores barely bother to stock PC games.
You should come and check out a GAME store in the UK, now that's PC game retail!
Evan @ Sep 6th 2006 9:36AM
Nancy Drew? And games that have been out for months?
I'd like to see the number of each sold, because I bet it drops very steeply.
Cry Havoc @ Sep 6th 2006 10:26AM
This isn't hard to believe. The last stellar FPS for the PC was F.E.A.R. There has definitely been a lull in the PC game market lately. The last game I bought was Winning Eleven 9.
N0Skillz @ Sep 6th 2006 11:18AM
You know its a bad day for PC gamers when Nancy Drew: Danger By Design is in the Top 5!
But then again, i'm one of those horrible people that keeps the price so high, while I get my games for free... sorry guys.
Platinum Skeet @ Sep 7th 2006 5:06AM
I think the people that got the Madden on PC had some type of controller because sports games are the only ones that blow with mouse and keyboard...