Weekly PC Sales: Left 4 Dead by Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age, Borderlands and Torchlight
Original: The week before Left 4 Dead 2's release curiously saw Valve's zombie shooter get left behind by digital customers, as online pre-orders for the sequel slipped from the number three spot on Steam's top ten to, well, a position not listed on the chart.
Unsurprisingly, sales juggernaut Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 topped Steam's charts, with Direct2Drive, which refuses to sell MW2, seeing Dragon Age reign again.
Steam Top Ten (by Revenue): 11/8 - 11/14
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward
- Dragon Age: Origins - BioWare
- Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition - BioWare
- Borderlands - Gearbox
- Overload Complete Pack (75% Off) - Triumph Studios
- Torchlight - Runic Games
- Crysis / Crysis Warhead Bundle (50% Off) - Crytek
- Football Manager 2010 - Sports Interactive
- Mass Effect - BioWare
- Counter-Strike: Source - Valve
- Dragon Age: Origins - BioWare
- Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition - BioWare
- Borderlands - Gearbox
- Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition with Prima Guide - BioWare
- Torchlight - Runic Games
- Best of Indie Bundle Vol. 2 (75% Off)
- Tropico 3 - Haemimont Games
- Civilization 4: The Complete Edition - Firaxis Games
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward
- Fallen Earth - Fallen Earth, LLC
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Durajim
replyThat makes no sense at all, every time I've looked on the Steam store, L4D2 has been number one or two on top sellers!
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Since it updates every Sunday I'm going to guess it doesn't include pre-orders. L4D2 will be there next week I'm sure.
Their top-seller list on the store might count pre-orders though, and it may not even sort on actual numbers.-
Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders were listed the week before, in the number three spot.
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Yeah, it's odd.
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I did some digging. It looks like the Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders were listed at #2, but then disappeared from the chart once it was released.
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Anyone trying to claim that L4D2 is just overpriced DLC is a complete moron. Yeah, that's right, I said it. Whether they like it or not is not the issue. Anyone who has actually played the game can see that there is far more to it than any DLC would provide. MW2 on the other hand....
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s/"Steam store"/"ShackNews". ShackHype is a sort of self-contained engine of hype energy that not only comsumes all contrary opinion but feeds on itself.
For reference, the ShackHype Digital Download Top 10 this week were:
#0: Left 4 Dead 2
#1 and #2: Modern Warfare 2
#Boner: Torchlight
#5: Team Fortress 2
#6: Dragon Age
#7: Crysis Bundle
#H8: Borderlands
#9: Mass Effect
#10: People trying to pre-order the Torchlight MMO -
I'm kind of thinking that Steam pre-orders, being final (unlike at retail) would perhaps just show in the charts week to week.
If so it would make sense that on release day, where preorders stopped and so did the 10% off that sales would be a little drab.
Perhaps looking at the active players will give a better rough idea of sales. Looks like 2:1 or 3:1 in MW2's favour. (link http://store.steampowered.com/stats/ )
Current Players Peak Today Game
40,681 86,032 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer
33,123 43,804 Left 4 Dead 2
26,702 83,641 Counter-Strike: Source
24,194 69,220 Counter-Strike
13,397 32,596 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
10,147 12,598 Team Fortress 2
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