Weekly PC Sales: A Slow Start for GTA 4

December 15, 2008 12:00 PM

The NPD today released its list of best-selling PC games at US retailers between November 30 and December 6, revealing a weak retail debut on the platform for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV.

The full list follows:

World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King / Blizzard / $36 (Average)
Spore / EA Maxis / $48 (Average)
The Sims 2 Deluxe / EA Maxis / $19 (Average)
Call Of Duty: World At War / Treyarch / $50 (Average)
Fallout 3 / Bethesda / $49 (Average)
The Sims 2 Apartment Life Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $21(Average)
Grand Theft Auto IV / Rockstar Games / ($49 Average)
Left 4 Dead / Valve / $48 (Average)
Far Cry 2 / Ubisoft Montreal / $50 (Average)
The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff Exp. / EA Maxis / $19 (Average)

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Beady

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December 15, 2008 12:05 PM

Rockstar HQ deploying piracy excuse in 5...4...3...2.....
- mc-fine
  
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  December 15, 2008 1:10 PM
  
  did you check the piracy figures to see if its a legit complaint?
  - [deleted] 2084680424
    
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    December 15, 2008 3:24 PM
    
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    - Jobos
      
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      December 15, 2008 4:04 PM
      
      lol, so true. That and the fact that this game is proving VERY hard to crack.
      - Hoax
        
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        December 16, 2008 3:31 AM
        
        Except not.There was a working fix for it from day one. There were many amateur hack and workarounds that did not work but 3 reliable cracks were out in the first two days as reported by pcgameshardware.de
  - paketep
    
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    December 15, 2008 4:25 PM
    
    Rockstar shouldn't care about the pirates. They should care about potential buyers. And it looks like this time we were forewarned about the POS port they tried to shove down our throats (not to mention GfWL and RGSC).