US PC Game Charts: April 9-15

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
Posted Apr 25, 2006 12:37 pm PT

Oblivion gets bumped out of the top slot by the latest Sims 2 add-on, while Battlefield 2 and The Godfather get whacked.

For all their might, the daedra have nothing on the sims. The demonic creatures from the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion were knocked off the top slot of the US PC Sales charts, according to the most recent figures released by industry trade group NPD Funworld.

According to NPD, Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff was the top PC title in the US the week of April 9, its first week on the market. The add-on adds a variety of new content to The Sims 2, including clothes for adult sims, toys for kid sims, and décor for sim houses--all for $19.99, which is $15 less than the Open for Business expansion pack, the third-best-selling game of the week.

Elder Scrolls didn't fall far, however. Bethesda Softworks and 2K Games' habit-forming role-playing game slipped just one slot to number two, four slots ahead of Blizzard Entertainment's equally addictive massively multiplayer role-playing game, World of Warcraft.

If real-time strategy is your thing, the PC top 10 had a trio of popular favorites: Age of Empires III (fourth), Star Wars: Empire at War (eighth), and The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II (10th). Those more partial to turn-based strategy had just one offering--seventh-place finisher Civilization IV, and animal-sim lovers bought enough of Zoo Tycoon 2 to have it reenter the top 10 at number nine.

The two games falling off the top 10 the week of April 9 were both from megapublisher Electronic Arts: Battlefield 2 and The Godfather.

Chart us_pc_sales for date 2006-04-29 13:59:32

Today's #1 Game The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff
- PC
- EA Games
- Maxis
- Strategy
- Release:Apr 11, 2006
2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Release:03/20/06
- PC
- Role-Playing
3. The Sims 2: Open for Business
- Release:02/28/06
- PC
- Strategy
4. Age of Empires III
- Release:10/18/05
- PC
- Strategy
5. The Sims 2
- Release:09/14/04
- PC
- Strategy
6. World of Warcraft
- Release:11/23/04
- PC
- Role-Playing
7. Civilization IV
- Release:10/25/05
- PC
- Strategy
8. Star Wars: Empire at War
- Release:02/15/06
- PC
- Strategy
9. Zoo Tycoon 2
- Release:11/11/04
- PC
- Strategy
10. The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II
- Release:03/02/06
- PC
- Strategy

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alpha_company
Posted May 16, 2006 6:23 am PT

wow man...
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TheFalseDragon
Posted May 2, 2006 11:34 am PT

I don't play pc games... but I do play Mac games. How come Gamespot never mentions them?
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yb125
Posted May 1, 2006 3:55 pm PT

" Is it just me, or does anyone else remember when Sims 2 was released they said that it will have no need for expansion packs because it will already have everything you will ever need already in the game? "

It's just you, they specifically said there will be seven expansion packs.
Not big on the addons, but love the expansion packs.
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koolgg
Posted May 1, 2006 3:55 pm PT

the sims suck
grand theft auto san andreas, resident evil 4 all the way
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jasperchiong
Posted May 1, 2006 2:28 pm PT

it's just you, but still i find sims boring.
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nhlkoho
Posted May 1, 2006 12:06 pm PT

Sims is so overdone its ridiculous. Charging people for new clothes and maybe some pictures you can hang in your crappy sim house. Give it a rest already. I think the creator of this franchise has enough money from all these idiots that keep buying his games. Is it just me, or does anyone else remember when Sims 2 was released they said that it will have no need for expansion packs because it will already have everything you will ever need already in the game?
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larsypoop
Posted May 1, 2006 5:20 am PT

I can't stand it that EA has FOUR 'top 10' games. I hate that comapny so much, not the employees, but the managers.
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comthitnuong
Posted Apr 30, 2006 8:06 pm PT

how is sims 1st
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jahoousa
Posted Apr 30, 2006 5:34 pm PT

I dunno about anybody else but I'm kinda First person'd out, including Oblivion (Which was cool untell I finished the main quest and the dark brotherhood quest). Can't wait til the next command and conquer comes out...... I'll be playing Civ. 4 til then
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reconsoc
Posted Apr 30, 2006 10:42 am PT

Who plays the Sims? Talk about boring.
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anamnawshad
Posted Apr 30, 2006 8:14 am PT

I don't play PC games anymore.......
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Screamteam411
Posted Apr 30, 2006 5:26 am PT

Lol why are you guys arguing with what people buy? PC Game Consumers have spoken, and these are the top-10 games that they bought this week, end of story. None of this, "this should be on there," or "why isn't that on there"
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yb125
Posted Apr 30, 2006 3:21 am PT

Come on the Add on is selling that well, it's just a few new objects. Oh well I love me some sim so it fine.
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guardianlegend7
Posted Apr 30, 2006 2:39 am PT

Wow, there isn't a single action, adventure, or FPS game on there.
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godovivel
Posted Apr 30, 2006 2:12 am PT

where is console sales GS ?????????????????
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opium2k
Posted Apr 29, 2006 9:03 pm PT

give it a rest with the played out sims games already !!!
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DarthVaderNDS
Posted Apr 29, 2006 7:44 pm PT

all of EA's games are doing the worst.
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ajca
Posted Apr 29, 2006 6:10 pm PT

...and WoW is still way up the the top bunch
what an amazingly popular game.
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MrNib
Posted Apr 29, 2006 5:45 pm PT

Pong should be #1 then Asteriods
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terrabreak13
Posted Apr 29, 2006 2:08 pm PT

the Sims completely own the PC.
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Link1515
Posted Apr 29, 2006 2:05 pm PT

Oblivion should be number 1
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