Weekly PC Sales: The Lich King Reclaims Its Throne, Left 4 Dead Rises and Call of Duty Falls

January 19, 2009 9:15 AM

The latest PC sales figures from marketing research firm NPD Group are in, showing the ten most popular games at United States retailers from January 4-10, 2009.

After being dethroned by The Sims 2 Double Deluxe last week, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King reassumed the top spot. Meanwhile, Left 4 Dead rose from #7 to #3, Call of Duty and Fallout 3 dropped a few spots, and Red Alert 3 reappeared, probably because of a lower price: $29 instead of the $49 it sold for across December.

World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King / Blizzard / $32 (Average)
The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $19 (Average)
Left 4 Dead / Valve / $41 (Average)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 / EA LA / $28 (Average)
Spore / EA Maxis / $49 (Average)
World Of Warcraft Battle Chest / Blizzard / $38 (Average)
The Sims 2 Apartment Life Exp. Pack / EA Maxis / $19 (Average)
World Of Warcraft / Blizzard / $20 (Average)
Fallout 3 / Bethesda / $49 (Average)
Call Of Duty: World At War / Treyarch / $50 (Average)

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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ScubaStev3

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January 19, 2009 9:25 AM

Good to see a good team like Valve in the top with a great game..
- CasbahBoy
  
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  January 19, 2009 9:46 AM
  
  I'm guessing last week's patch played at least some part in Left 4 Dead's rise in weekly figures :)
  - Smurfy12
    
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    January 19, 2009 12:31 PM
    
    Not really, it was hardly epic by Valve's standards.
- ZombieAcademy
  
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  January 19, 2009 9:58 AM
  
  Ditto for Bethesda. A lot of great games don't make the money they should. Glad to see this isn't the case with fallout.
- fransaskois
  
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  January 19, 2009 10:16 AM
  
  And this is just boxed copies... I bet they make most of their sales through Steam (at a higher profit margin).