The Best Selling PC Games of 2005

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Gameguru Mania News - Jan,19 2006 -

The Best Selling PC Games of 2005 - briefly
(hx) 05:43 PM CET - Jan,19 2006 - Post a comment / read (4)
The NPDGroup has issued the list of the top 10 best selling PC games in North America in 2005:

1. World Of Warcraft (Vivendi Universal) - $47
2. The Sims 2: University Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts) - $33
3. The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts) - $45
4. Guild Wars (NCSoft) - $48
5. Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (Atari) - $30
6. Battlefield 2 (Electronic Arts) - $48
7. The Sims 2: Nightlife Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts) - $32
8. Age Of Empires III (Microsoft) - $47
9. The Sims Deluxe (Electronic Arts) - $19
10. Call Of Duty 2 (Activision) - $46

Apparently, the year's top seller for PC was, unsurprisingly, Blizzard and Vivendi's MMORGP hit World Of Warcraft!

last 10 comments:

Jelster	(04:26 AM CET - Jan,20 2006 )
Ahh what a breath of fresh air having hte top ten full of Sims games again. :roll:

xxxx	(06:07 PM CET - Jan,20 2006 )
Pretty much the sad state of PC gaming.

xxxx	(06:09 PM CET - Jan,20 2006 )
Even more sad is look at the money Maxis and EA are making. What do they provide back to the community in terms of thanks? Think "free" addon or 'something'. Nothing, that's what they give. Cuz they are money hungry bastards but yet people keep going and buying games, knowing they are going to be in Addon hell.

The Outlaw	(03:39 PM CET - Jan,21 2006 )
Well Sims has always been there in the top list. What I was wondering was howcome AOE 3 was there in the top slot for such a long time. I have played both demos, and didnt find nething new in it. The worst part was just like in all AOE games the pop limit is always 200, and thats something stupid. I think Cossacks is better in this regard.

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