In a list recently released by market researcher NPD, it was revealed that EA’s The Sims 3 was the best selling PC-title of 2009 in the United States. The game was released in June 2009. A first expansions to The Sims 3 known as The Sims 3: World Adventures was released in November 2009, and managed to claim the seventh position in the ranking.
The NPD also stated that the market for PC-software took a major blow this year, with revenues dropping by more than 23% when compared to 2008. The overall software industry lost approximately 11% in terms of revenue in 2009.
Second on the list of best selling PC-games was the second expansion to World of Warcraft, World of Warcaft: Wrath of the Lich King, which was released in November 2008. Other games found in the ranking include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Spore, Dragon Age: Origins and Empire: Total War. The complete ranking can be found after the jump.
- The Sims 3
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
- The Sims 2: Double Deluxe
- World of Warcraft Battle Chest
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- World of Warcraft
- The Sims 3: World Adventures
- Spore
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Empire: Total War
Not too surprising, just looking at that list, I have to say that everything below MW2 sold less than 2 million copies or so. I wish more people would embrace the PC, cause it is an awesome platform for the games that you can’t play on the consoles, and it makes FPS games more enjoyable with all the mods you can add.
I’m very happy to see that DA:O made it in the top 10. I’m honestly AMAZED the people are still buying new copies of WoW.