NPD: Top 20 Best-Selling PC Games of October
Posted 11/17/08 at 11:24:42 PM by Nathan Grayson
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Fallout 3 -- looks about right. Next up, Spore -- no Nancy Drews here. And then we have... Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy? In third place? We're double face-palming (separately, and with disappointment -- not like Macaulay Culkin), especially considering who crossed the finish line huffing-and-puffing behind Ms. Killjoy.
Just take a look at the full list of NPD Group's top 20 best-selling games of October.
1. Fallout 3 / Bethesda Softworks / $49 (Average)
2. Spore / EA Maxis / $49 (Average)
3. Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy / Her Interactive / $18 (Average)
4. Far Cry 2 / Ubisoft Montreal / $50 (Average)
5. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning / EA Mythic / $49 (Average)
6. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest / Blizzard Entertainment / $38 (Average)
7. The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $26 (Average)
8. Fallout 3 Collectors Ed / Bethesda Softworks / $79 (Average)
9. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $25 (Average)
10. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 / EA Los Angeles / $48 (Average)
11. World Of Warcraft / Blizzard Entertainment / $20 (Average)
12. Civilization IV: Colonization / Firaxis / $29 (Average)
13. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade / Blizzard Entertainment / $29 (Average)
14. Crysis: Warhead / Crytek / $30 (Average)
15. Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway / Gearbox Software / $49 (Average)
16. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Premier Ed / EA Los Angeles / $65 (Average)
17. Dead Space / EA Redwood Shores / $49 (Average)
18. Spore Creature Creator / Spore Creature Creator / $10 (Average)
19. Civilization IV / Firaxis / $24 (Average)
20. The Sims 2 FreeTime Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $25 (Average)
As per usual, this data is retail only, but we're still not too happy with you, Far Cry 2. Really, Ubisoft! At least Red Alert 3 has an excuse.
Next month's prediction:
Submitted by Khaled on Thu, 11/27/2008 - 1:39am
Next month's prediction: Wrath of the Lich King #1 ... NPD covers world wide, no ?
wow.....
Submitted by hammerfell on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 8:58pm
nancy drew out selling WoW wotLK is just messed up..... let alone far cry 2.......what is happening to this country.....
i'm suprised fallout3 is doing that well though. bethesda soft. owns all (except valve)
L4D should top all this easy. valve owns all (even bethesda)
Submitted by Scatter on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:34pm
Nancy Drew outsold WotLK in October because WotLK didn't come out until November.
It's actually nice to see
Submitted by horzo on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 9:04am
It's actually nice to see that the highest "Sims" expansion on the list is only at #9.
I'm gonna say DRM for
Submitted by atomaweapon on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 8:15am
I'm gonna say DRM for farycry is finally catching up
Submitted by decapitor on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 6:04am
Well if nobody else is going to say it I'll throw it out there and say that I bought Fallout 3 over Far Cry 2 solely because of their DRM policies.
Far cry was fun but...
Submitted by Devo85x on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 5:19am
I bought Far Cry 2 and it was fun but to come behind nancy drew? lol i still feel bad for the people who bought Fallout 3 first day since most of them crashed
Submitted by praetor_alpha on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 6:58am
I preordered, and it does crash, but not enough for me to pull my rotting irradiated hair out to finish it. Please feel bad for me.
Submitted by Digital-Storm on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 3:32am
Farcry 2 and C&C Red Alert 3 sucked. Both terribly boring, and Terribly repetetive.
hahaha that is so cool,
Submitted by Air Jordan on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 12:33am
hahaha that is so cool, nancy drew
Submitted by Scatter on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 10:18pm
I consider myself to be a long time PC gamer and love Fallout 3 but I don't see the ned to slam games such as Nancy Drew. Aside from being an adventure game at a time when there isn't many adventures to choose from the Nancy Drew games are 1/2 the price of all the other games on this list. You'd be making a mistake if you didn't think that this was a factor.
Idefinately think the new
Submitted by s3th on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 9:35pm
Idefinately think the new Mirrors Edge game deserves a spot, that game is the coolest thing Ive played in a long time. I love le parkour anyway so that game just makes it come to life
Mirrors Edge
Submitted by dankers on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 10:23pm
I don't think Mirrors Edge is out for PC yet
Submitted by Devo85x on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 5:20am
Its not
Submitted by wolf17 on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 9:25pm
Didn't it get moved to a january release? Yeah I wasn't too happy about that.. and knowing my luck I'll have another halo 2 incident lol.. where it'll get delayed and take like 2 years for Mirrors Edge to finally get released for PC! lol
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