Game News Fallout 3 still selling, as is Sims 2

[DarkUnderlord]

Tags: Drakensang

It's always fun to look at the sales charts. NPD and Direct2Drive have released theirs and <a href="http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58131">ShackNews has the low-down</a>:
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<blockquote><b>NPD's Top Ten (3/29 - 4/4)</b>
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1. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $16
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2. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King / Blizzard / $38
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3. Empire: Total War / Creative Assembly / $50
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4. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $16
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5. World Of Warcraft Battle Chest / Blizzard / $39
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6. World Of Warcraft / Blizzard / $20
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7. Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II / Relic / $49
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8. The Sims 2 Pets Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $16
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9. Spore / EA Maxis / $50
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10. The Sims 2 University Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $16
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<b>Direct2Drive's Top Ten (3/29 - 4/4)</b>
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1. Final Fantasy XI Vana'diel Collection 2008 / Square Enix
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2. BattleForge / EA Phonemic
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3. Space Siege / Gas Powered Games
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4. Rome: Total War Gold / Creative Assembly
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<b>5. Fallout 3 / Bethesda</b>
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6. Men of War / Best Way
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7. Empire: Total War / Creative Assembly
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8. Command & Conquer 3: Red Alert - Uprising / EA LA
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<b>9. Drakensang: The Dark Eye / Radon Labs</b>
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10. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis
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Remember, NPD's data only accounts for traditional (non-download) retailers in the United States, while D2D's list is only representative of one digital download outlet.</blockquote>
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Seems RPG'ers favour direct download sites over retail outlets? If you're one of those who got Drakensang, you might also like to check out <a href="http://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6984">Ergo's Fan-Made Fixpack</a> at RPGWatch.

 

[Azrael the cat]

From the game lists it looks like retail sales are dominated by 'casual gaming' (i.e. the Sims), whereas gamers dedicated to traditional genres (RTS, RPG, mmorpg, FPS etc) are more likely to buy online. Makes sense - the purchases are less likely to be impulse-buys, and the gamers are more likely to play multiplayer online, hence are more likely to have a good net-connection and shop online.

 

[JarlFrank]

Nice to see how the Total War games are that far up. At least strategy gaming is not dead yet. And yeah agree with Azrael, the people who buy online prefer to buy real games instead of casual stuff.

 

[Seboss]

Finally, NPD acknowledges online sales. About time.

 

[Shannow]

Finally, NPD acknowledges online sales. About time.

Remember, NPD's data only accounts for traditional (non-download) retailers in the United States, while D2D's list is only representative of one digital download outlet.

Did I miss something?

 

[Volourn]

"Did I miss something?"

Yeha, the fact Sebows is an ignorant moron who seemingly can't read the topic he posted in. R00fles!

 

[Sir_Brennus]

I can't post news properly - even if my life depends on it.

The guys that produced BattleForge should be familiar to you, because they produced the top rated RPG/RTS hybrids called SpellForce.

Their name is EA-Phenomic BTW.

 

[doctor_kaz]

Any list that would have Space Siege in the top 10 makes me cry.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

I can't post news properly - even if my life depends on it.

The guys that produced BattleForge should be familiar to you, because they produced the top rated RPG/RTS hybrids called SpellForce.

Their name is EA-Phenomic BTW.

The list is a copy-paste from ShackNews BTW. Also you fail at quote and why would I know anything about BattleForge?