Weekly PC Sales: Dawn of War 2 Dominates WoW
by Chris Faylor, Mar 02, 2009 9:55am PSTThe latest software sales figures from sales-tracking group NPD are in, showing the top ten PC games at United States retailers during the week of February 15-21, 2009.
That week saw the debut of Dawn of War II, along with the surprise return of Crysis Warhead. Meanwhile, Fallout 3 and Call of Duty: World at War both dropped off, but F.E.A.R. 2 managed to hang on, just not in the #2 slot it hit last week.
By the way, Dawn of War 2 marks the first new game to top Wrath of the Lich King since the juggernaut appeared way back in November. Since then, Lich King and The Sims 2 have battled for supremacy, but no new game has charted above the King until now.
- Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II / Relic / $49
- World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King / Blizzard / $35
- The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $19
- The Sims 2 Deluxe / EA Maxis / $3
- Spore / EA Maxis / $41
- World Of Warcraft Battle Chest / Blizzard / $34
- World Of Warcraft / Blizzard / $16
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin / Monolith / $49
- The Sims 2 Apartment Life Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $19
- Crysis Warhead / Crytek / $19
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But. When a new game comes out that is half way decent...it will always make a spike in the chart. Perhaps even to #1 for that week if it's good. It doesn't mean it's dominating...or dethroning because it might be gone from the chart in a month whereas some of those titles have been there for years and aren't going away tomorrow. How many times can WoW be "dethroned" anyway? Shouldn't it be just once if the word was used properly? Or does WoW get a new throne every other week to be removed?
These words should be reserved for what they mean. I guess it's not a big deal.
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The only thing i keep telling myself is that I have too many other games to play still.
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Where is Lich King down to $35?
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