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Weekly PC Sales: Aeons of Aion Ended
Alice O'Connor
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The PC digital sales reign of Aion has drawn to a close. The top spot on Steam last week was claimed by the newly-opened Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders--no surprise considering its pre-order numbers are running at 300% of the original's--while Direct2Drive saw the coronation of Gothic developer Piranha Bytes' new RPG Risen.

Post-apocalyptic MMO Fallen Earth has already dropped from Steam's charts, though it's holding steady at D2D--resisting the advances of the ongoing fifth anniversary $5 sale.

Of course, it's important to note Aion has standard and collector's editions high in both charts, though it's impossible to judge whether combined they would claim the top spot.

Steam Top Ten (9/27 - 10/3) by revenue

  1. Left 4 Dead 2 (pre-order) / Valve
  2. Left 4 Dead / Valve
  3. Aion Collector's Edition / NCSoft
  4. Risen / Piranha Bytes
  5. Aion Standard Edition / NCSoft
  6. Batman: Arkham Asylum / Rocksteady Studios
  7. Counter-Strike: Source / Valve
  8. Borderlands (pre-order)
  9. Resident Evil 5 / Capcom
  10. F.E.A.R.2: Project Origin / Monolith
Direct2Drive (9/27 - 10/3)
  1. Risen / Piranha Bytes
  2. Fallen Earth / Fallen Earth, LLC
  3. Aion / NCSoft
  4. Mount and Blade (D2D Turns 5) / TaleWorlds
  5. Aion Collector's Edition / NCSoft
  6. World of Goo (D2D Turns 5) / 2D Boy
  7. Champions Online / Cryptic Studios
  8. BioShock (D2D Turns 5) / 2K Boston/2K Australia
  9. Defense Grid: The Awakening (D2D Turns 5) / Hidden Path
  10. Civilization 4 (D2D Turns 5) / Firaxis
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  • Geoffrois legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    October 6, 2009 9:45 AM

    Nice to see Risen is selling decently. I'm having a lot of fun with it to the point where I can't stop playing it at night.

    If you like RPGs with a bit of a challenge, check it out.

    • bVork legacy 10 years
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      October 6, 2009 10:01 AM

      Anyone who buys Risen on Steam is a retard, though. It has a 3 machine activation limit, while the retail release only has a disc check.

      • vertdang legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        October 6, 2009 10:48 AM

        I wouldn't call anyone a retard for buying it, a simple warning would have sufficed.... monkeynutz.

    • valcan_s legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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      October 6, 2009 10:57 AM

      Risen is a amazing RPG if you are looking something like Oblivion that is high end full of crafting, mass lvl of all types of traits, a real dynamic battle system that feels like a high quality fighter (no spam button 1 here) and multiple class system, great story, excellent AI, and achievements, crazy graphics engine amazing, great sound and plenty of adventuring and exploring you HAVE to buy this game.

      FYI the Nvidia drives have a very nice SLI profile runs like butter.

      • valcan_s legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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        October 6, 2009 10:58 AM

        "FYI the Nvidia drives have a very nice SLI profile runs like butter."

        I meant to say yesterdays drivers from Nvidia make a huge difference for performance not that there was anything wrong.

      • [deleted] 1014085309 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        October 6, 2009 1:50 PM

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