Weekly PC Sales: Fallout 3 and Red Alert 3 Dominate, World of Warcraft Disappears

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Marketing research group NPD has released its weekly list of the best-selling PC software at U.S. retailers, covering the time between October 26 and November 1, 2008.

That week saw two high profile releases, Fallout 3 and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, both of which make strong debuts on the chart. So strong, in fact, that they pushed regular chart resident World of Warcraft right off the list, though that absence isn't likely to last--the Wrath of the Lich King expansion hits this Thursday, November 13.

  1. Fallout 3 / Bethesda / $49 (Average)
  2. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 / EA LA / $46 (Average)
  3. Fallout 3 Collector's Edition / Bethesda / $69 (Average)
  4. Spore / EA Maxis / $50 (Average)
  5. Far Cry 2 / Ubisoft Montreal / $50 (Average)
  6. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $20 (Average)
  7. Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy / Her Interactive / $16 (Average)
  8. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $20 (Average)
  9. Fallout 3 Survival Edition (Amazon.com Exclusive) / Bethesda / $120 (Average)
  10. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Premier Edition / EA LA / $64 (Average)

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    November 11, 2008 9:13 PM

    World of warcraft Dethroned!

    ...Well for a week.

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      November 11, 2008 9:31 PM

      Scooooooooooooooooooooore!

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      November 11, 2008 10:36 PM

      Well next week I am very sure we will see some WotLK presence

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        November 12, 2008 12:02 AM

        I wonder how presales/orders (i already paid for my copy) are accounted for. First week sales?

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        November 12, 2008 5:26 AM

        how sure are you?

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      November 12, 2008 12:22 AM

      Haha yeah enjoy it while it lasts I guess.

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