US Laptop game charts: June 18-24
Maybe riding the wave of publicity in the latest Pixar film, the game edition of Autobus parked into the No. 1 place every week ago. But this week was a return to acquainted terrority: Blizzard's World of Warcraft, a best-seller given that its release in November 2004, hurdled more than Cars to reclaim the best spot at the time again, in accordance to information from research team NPD Funworld.
World of Warcraft also vaulted more than Half-Life 2: Episode A single, which dropped just one place to No. 3 this week, during the quantity of game titles sold at retail. But the true selection of copies of Episode 1 sold is larger than what the NPD figures depict. Episode One is additionally readily available for buy on Valve Software's preferred electronic distribution consumer, Steam, nonetheless NPD profits charts only account for boxed, retail purchases--not electronic downloads.
Even now, the budget-priced Cars and trucks: Radiator Springs Adventures, rated E for everybody, showed resiliency, holding the No. two slot. It debuted two weeks ago in third location prior to taking final week's pole place.
Anchored in fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively, ended up a trio of Sims games--The Sims 2, The Sims 2: Relatives Pleasurable Stuff, and the Sims two: Open for Organization. The bottom four noticed a coterie of role-playing and system games shift areas, but none ended up bumped off the list. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion jumped to No. seven from eighth put, even though Heroes of Could possibly & Magic V skipped back two spots to ninth.
Chart us_pc_sales for date 2006-07-05 16:03:49
