July PC Sales: Nancy Drew Tops World of Warcraft, The Sims

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Games market research group NPD Group has released its composite list of the 20 best-selling PC games across July. As a reminder of its chart-topping run a few weeks ago, Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice took the number-one slot for July, coming in ahead of chart regulars The Sims and World of Warcraft.

Call of Duty 4 fell out of the top ten last month, leaving the rest of the charts to be mostly filled by the usual suspects. Blizzard, aside from raking its usual piles of profit from World of Warcraft, brought Diablo back into the charts following the hype for the coming release of Diablo 3.

Note that these numbers only represent sales in the United States.

  1. Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice / Her Interactive / $19 (Average)
  2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe / EA Maxis / $30 (Average)
  3. Spore Creature Creator / EA Maxis / $10 (Average)
  4. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest / Blizzard / $38 (Average)
  5. The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $19 (Average)
  6. Diablo Battle Chest / Blizzard / $39 (Average)
  7. World of Warcraft / Blizzard / $20 (Average)
  8. World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack / Blizzard / $28 (Average)
  9. The Sims 2 FreeTime Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $30 (Average)
  10. Warcraft III Battle Chest / Blizzard / $40 (Average)
  11. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare / Infinity Ward / $49 (Average)
  12. Civilization IV / Firaxis Games / $29 (Average)
  13. The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $20 (Average)
  14. Starcraft: Battle Chest / Blizzard / $20 (Average)
  15. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures / Funcom / $50 (Average)
  16. Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition / Ubisoft Montreal / $31 (Average)
  17. Age of Empires III / Ensemble Studios / $30 (Average)
  18. Crysis / Crytek / $39 (Average)
  19. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword Expansion Pack / Firaxis Games / $20 (Average)
  20. The Sims 2 Seasons Expansion Pack / EA Maxis / $30 (Average)
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    August 25, 2008 11:54 AM

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      August 25, 2008 11:59 AM

      To be fair, I've heard that those Nacy Drew games are above-average adventure games, so that may have something to do with it as well. I'm sure there is a large market of adventure gamers with middling PCs who pick that stuff up as, and of course a much, much larger market of 11 year-old Nancy Drew fans who also buy the games.

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      August 25, 2008 12:02 PM

      This game has been number 1 or 2 the last 3 months. It is pretty amazing how an 80 year old IP can come out of nowhere like this though.

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        August 25, 2008 1:41 PM

        There's more than one of them. HER Interactive has an entire series of this games. At least a dozen now.

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      August 25, 2008 12:47 PM

      HC gamers are a minority? Who knew?

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