January's Top Sellers

On Tuesday, PC Data released the national listing of top-selling PC game titles for January. The charts were topped (not surprisingly) by Baldur's Gate. Already, the top spot seems to be threatened by EA/Maxis' popular SimCity 3000. While being a late January release, SC3000 still made it into the number nine position on the list. With the strong showing the title has made on the weekly top-selling list, it may easily take over Baldur's seat at the top. Weekend roaming found that several retailers were sold out of SimCity 3000 along with an almost complete sellout on the first published SimCity 3000 strategy guide.

(This Month) (Last Month) Title / Publisher / Avg Price (1) (*) Baldur's Gate / Interplay / $44

(2) (5) Starcraft Expansion: Brood Wars / Havas Interactive / $26

(3) (1) Deer Hunter II 3D / GT Interactive / $15

(4) (3) Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2 / Activision / $19

(5) (6) Half-Life / Havas Interactive / $42

(6) (9) Starcraft / Havas Interactive / $40

(7) (*) Monopoly Game / Hasbro Interactive / $16

(8) (4) Microsoft Flight Simulator / Microsoft / $44

(9) (*) Sim City 3000 / Electronic Arts / $42

(10) (9) Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator Microsoft / $43

(11) (16) Deer Avenger / Havas Interactive / $18

(12) (11) Wheel Of Fortune / Hasbro Interactive / $28

(13) (*) Microsoft Age Of Empires / Microsoft / $29

(14) (18) Myst / Learning Company / $16

(15) (*) Myth II: Soulblighter / Bungie / $41

(16) (*) Diablo / Havas Interactive / $24

(17) (8) Frogger / Hasbro Interactive / $24

(18) (20) Sierra Sports: Nascar Racing 99 / Havas Interactive / $36

(19) (*) MP Falcon 4.0 / Hasbro Interactive / $45

(20) (*) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six / Red Storm Entertainment / $41