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NPD's Top Selling PC Games List Reveals a 35% Chance of Blizzard in April

By Chris Faylor, May 14, 2009 9:52am PDT

Sales-tracking research firm The NPD Group has once again chimed in with its monthly analysis of the United States' software market, providing us...

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"I sincerely hope not. PC gaming would be really suck if everything was a BlizWow clone."

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Weekly PC Sales: Go Go 'Fallout Trilogy'

By Chris Faylor, May 13, 2009 8:37am PDT

If you've been paying attention to the recent sales charts, you pretty much know what to expect from NPD and its listing of the ten best-selling PC...

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"It's all those chinese gold farmers getting new accounts when the old ones get banned."

- AhmNee see all 29 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Zeno Clash Meets the Usuals

By Chris Faylor, May 04, 2009 10:20am PDT

If you saw the sales charts from last week, then you've got a pretty good idea of what to expect from the latest listings. On the retail side, NPD...

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"Congrats to them breaking into first on D2D - I'm sure the STEAM figures are up there, too. ..."

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Weekly PC Sales: Demigod Debuts Strong

By Chris Faylor, Apr 27, 2009 10:20am PDT

The software sales charts are in for the second full week of April, showing a strong debut for the piracy-ridden Demigod at US retailers, with...

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"Please don't use "best" but instead say "my favorite". I makes you sound childish when you say ..."

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Weekly PC Sales: Nancy Drew Returns with Valor

By Chris Faylor, Apr 22, 2009 8:04am PDT

It's been five months since one of Her Interactive's Nancy Drew games broke into the top ten, but the prodigal daughter has returned thanks to a...

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"Oh and I just noticed that it said $7. Probably a misreading of the game's title since it's #7 ..."

- roushimsx see all 3 comments

Grand Theft Auto DS Misses Sales Expectations

By Chris Faylor, Apr 17, 2009 8:25am PDT

While analysts had predicted that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars would see first month sales of anywhere from 200K to 450K units, sales-tracking...

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"I know GameStop’s pushing Chinatown Wars with a contest to win a “mob boss experience” on ..."

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March NPD Sales: Resident Evil 5 Breaks 1.5 Million, Pokemon Platinum and Halo Wars Debut Strong

By Chris Faylor, Apr 16, 2009 3:35pm PDT

Offering a glimpse into the fascinating world of game sales, research group NPD has released its take on the software and hardware sales in the US...

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"Well good for them. I just beat RE5 tonight as a matter of fact. I went to my next door ..."

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March's 20 Best Selling PC Games Revealed by NPD, Empire: Total War Beats World of Warcraft

By Chris Faylor, Apr 16, 2009 10:18am PDT

Rolling its weekly charts into one monthly bundle, sales-tracking firm NPD has compiled a list of the 20 best-selling PC games at US retailers...

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"muahahaha !!! WoW will be #1 again next week with the release of 3.1 :p"

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Weekly PC Sales: Revenge of The Sims

By Chris Faylor, Apr 13, 2009 9:10am PDT

As we kick off the new week, PC software sales data from the first week of April has arrived from both marketing research group NPD and digital...

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"Battleforge - Saw the trailer of it on D2D and it actually looks really cool. Anyone here ..."

- ElArabDeMagnifico see all 14 comments

Weekly PC Sales: Lich King and BattleForge Reign

By Chris Faylor, Apr 07, 2009 9:20am PDT

The latest sales charts for PC software are in, showing that, during the week of March 22, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King lead retail...

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"There was a lot of that going on in the several guilds I was involved in as well. I really liked ..."

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Weekly PC Sales: Total War Follows The Path

By Chris Faylor, Apr 02, 2009 8:57am PDT

It's that time of the week again, as the marketing research gurus at NPD have released their list of the best-selling PC games at US retailers...

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"Before the latest patch, I would've agreed with your sentiments, but now at least the game is ..."

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Weekly PC Sales: Empire Total War Sees Uprising

By Chris Faylor, Mar 24, 2009 12:32pm PDT

The PC sales data from the second week of March are in, with Empire: Total War reigning NPD's chart while EA LA's download-only Red Alert 3...

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"Wild guess here. I think if you get it from D2D, you get the cd-key anyway. Since you got the ..."

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February Console Sales: Wii Fit, Street Fighter 4 Lead

By Nick Breckon, Mar 19, 2009 3:45pm PDT

Nintendo's lineup of Wii and DS titles continues to dominate the North American console sales charts, with Wii Fit once again being named the...

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"Is it possible to post the number of units sold for PC sales as well? The PC sales never have ..."

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Weekly PC Sales: Empire Total War Dominates, Warhammer Online Resurfaces

By Chris Faylor, Mar 17, 2009 9:54am PDT

Marketing research firm NPD has issued its weekly list of the ten best-selling PC games at United States retailers, this one covering the first...

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"I'm wondering if Warhammer gets new love because people are getting bored with WoW again. I just ..."

- Bamii see all 20 comments

Feburary's 20 Best-Selling PC Games Listed

By Chris Faylor, Mar 12, 2009 10:15am PDT

Following up on its weekly sales charts, marketing research group NPD has compiled a list of the 20 best-selling PC games at United States...

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"StarCraft and d2 are still alot of fun to play. And StarCraft matches are so much fun to watch ..."

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