Weekly PC Sales: World of Warcraft Keeps Selling

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Following yesterday's release of July's top 20 best-selling PC games, marketing research firm NPD Group has issued its list of the top-selling PC titles at United States retailers during the week of August 10-16.

While the list is virtually unchanged from last week's, the impending releases of Maxis' The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion Pack and Spore may soon change things.

  1. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest / Blizzard / $38 (Average)
  2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $30 (Average)
  3. World Of Warcraft / Blizzard / $20 (Average)
  4. Spore Creature Creator / EA Maxis / $10 (Average)
  5. Nancy Drew: The Phantom Of Venice / Her Interactive / $20 (Average)
  6. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack / Blizzard / $30 (Average)
  7. The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $20 (Average)
  8. Diablo Battle Chest / Blizzard / $39 (Average)
  9. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare / Infinity Ward / $49 (Average)
  10. Warcraft III Battle Chest / Blizzard / $39 (Average)

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

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    August 26, 2008 9:43 AM

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      August 26, 2008 9:47 AM

      sims 2 ikea? or double deluxe?

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      August 26, 2008 9:52 AM

      Wow is not a "terrible game" - World of Warcraft is a phenomenal game. It is in some ways a victim of its own popularity because there are people who seem to specialize in putting it and its players down. There are things about WoW that are absolutely incredible, like the music, and that is why it is an amazing experience for some people.

      If you haven't played it, its truly your loss, because I can't imagine a game fan playing World of Warcraft and not seeing its merits.

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        August 26, 2008 10:10 AM

        If you can restrain yourself from getting sucked into it, I had a great time playing it. The game only started to really suck when you get to the real part of the game - the end game. Then it becomes a truly boring snooze fest where you have to farm your ass off to go anywhere in the game, and the fun ends there - IMO.

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        August 26, 2008 10:17 AM

        If you like the music, listen to the latest Blizzcast from the WoW webpage. It has a very very good interview w/ the main composer.

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        August 26, 2008 11:37 AM

        No, WoW is not a "terrible" game. It is a mediocre game. I started an account with an open mind and found it to be repetitive and boring. I quit after a month and have regretted it since then.

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          August 26, 2008 12:09 PM

          Well then I guess everyone is aiming for mediocrity.

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        August 27, 2008 11:50 AM

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      August 26, 2008 10:02 AM

      I heartily agree. I cannot understand that phenomenon, it is hardly what I would call an enjoyable game.

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        August 26, 2008 10:32 AM

        Aren't you missing the part where you insult the player base, even if its indirectly...

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          August 26, 2008 10:42 AM

          I know plenty of people who play WoW and all of them that really get into it are uninteresting and sad examples of functioning society members. The level that some people allow that game to be at in their lives is scary and sad really, I would much rather have a real life adventure than go click crazy in some laggy instance with a bunch of internet "friends". Of course, here I am insulting the idea of internet addiction on an online forum, so what do I know? The point is, I enjoy playing games when I have nothing better to do or when it is crappy weather outside, but WoW takes people to a level of addiction and creates this falsified reality that is nothing short of unhealthy.

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      August 26, 2008 10:22 AM

      Hahah says the cold turkey Death & Taxes ed-addict ;-)

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