US PC game charts: May 21-27
Oblivion retakes the sales throne, Heroes of Might & Magic V debuts in third, Rise of Nations slides to eighth.
Online may be the future of the role-playing game genre, but single-player adventuring isn't dead yet. A resurgent Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion relit the dragonfires of gamers' hearts and wallets this week, claiming the top spot on the NPD weekly PC sales charts. During the week of May 21 to 27, Oblivion dethroned last week's champ, the massively multiplayer success World of Warcraft, which slipped to the second spot.
While those two RPGs were duking it out for the top spot, a representative from a much less popular genre snuck in right behind them. Ubisoft's turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might & Magic V debuted on the chart in the third slot. While that helped push fellow turn-based strategy game Civilization IV off the charts completely, it did give the subgenre a higher spot than any real-time strategy game this week. Microsoft's real-time one-two punch of Age of Empires and Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends came in the eighth and tenth spots, respectively.
A trifecta of Electronic Arts' Sims titles held their ground on the charts, with the Sims 2 expansion packs Family Fun Stuff and Open for Business holding their respective spots at number four and number seven, while the original The Sims 2 moved up from sixth to fifth, swapping places with the NCsoft MMORPG Guild Wars Factions. EA also provided the only first-person shooter on the list, Battlefield 2, which took the ninth spot on the list.
Chart us_pc_sales for date 2006-06-07 17:50:33
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
| Publisher: 2K Games | Developer: Bethesda Softworks |
| Platform: PC | Category: Role-Playing |
| Release Date: Mar 20, 2006 |
| 2 |
World of Warcraft
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment | Platform: PC | Category: Massively Multiplayer
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release: Nov 23, 2004 |
| 3 |
Heroes of Might & Magic V
Publisher: Ubisoft | Platform: PC | Category: Turn-Based Strategy
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release: May 23, 2006 |
| 4 |
The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff
Publisher: EA Games | Platform: PC | Category: Virtual Life Games
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release: Apr 11, 2006 |
| 5 |
The Sims 2
Publisher: EA Games | Platform: PC | Category: Virtual Life Games
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release: Sep 14, 2004 |
| 6 |
Guild Wars Factions
Publisher: NCsoft | Platform: PC | Category: Role-Playing
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release: Apr 28, 2006 |
| 7 |
The Sims 2: Open for Business
Publisher: EA Games | Platform: PC | Category: Virtual Life Games
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release: Feb 28, 2006 |
| 8 |
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Platform: PC | Category: Real-Time Strategy
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release: May 9, 2006 |
| 9 |
Battlefield 2
Publisher: EA Games | Platform: PC | Category: Tactical Shooters
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release: Jun 21, 2005 |
| 10 |
Age of Empires III
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Platform: PC | Category: Real-Time Strategy
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release: Oct 18, 2005 |
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Developer: Bethesda Softworks
Genre: Role-Playing
Platform: PC
Release Date: Mar 20, 2006
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46 Comments
I hope Rise of Nations won't slip too much... it's an awesome game.
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WoW isn't a business model based on box sales. It's recurring monthly revenue from subscriptions. It took the previously imagined ceiling of MMORPG players and increased the count by over an order of magnitude.
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elder scrolls still leads!!! WoW and sims 2 still ALIVE!!!
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It is amazing to see that WoW is still selling so well. It's old and already has 6 million members. How many more people can possibly play that game?
And what happened to Ghost Recon for PC?? Geez, that game is already off the charts.
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The Sims 2 people enjoy building things. Personally, after a long day of being a nice guy, I like to inflict some misery in a game.
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Sims 2 still in the top 10 list
its amazing that the game is still popular after so many years
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Sims 2 just never gets off the list...
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even with the re-rating of ECIV it sells!
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thats cool Elder scrolls rock wit it, lean wit it
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are you high on something? Oblivion gameplay isn't boring, it's great, but I'm past the hype.
Now playing: HeroesV. That's cool.
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Arg why are people buying TES? It was sooo boring! They nailed the graphics, the combat, the world... but forgot the gameplay! People don't buy it unless patch 1.2 fixes known issue: No actual gameplay included in original release
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ES4:Oblivion and BF2 are both up there, good. I am at peace now.
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That's one reason I'm proud of being a Sims owner- it keeps getting sold!!
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Wow, it's sad. College really ruined my PC Gaming habits. I do not have a single game on that list
Time to get back to gaming.
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I think they should combine the numbers for ES4 and the collectors edition to give a true idea of how many they are selling
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When I think that I'm still playing Morrowing because my comp won't run Oblivion it makes me really really sad ... =/
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ELDER SCROLLZ R00LZ!!!!
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WOW still up there, damn man. Especially with those cartoonish graphics.
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the chart is prety crazy, wow and sims 2 still selling, just wow!
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lol Oblivion is on a roll and is having great momentum for the holiday season.
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oblivion on top again.
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I don't care what peole says/complain about monthly subscription fee on MMO's game but World of Warcraft saved me money coz I haven't bought a full game since Dragon Quest VIII. That saved me hundreds of dollars. Woot for WoW!!!
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Do these numbers include electronic downloads? Or is this chart strictly off-the-shelf sales?
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The Sims 2 still holding strong. Nice to see.
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i don't have WOW, waste of Money. Although i'm glad to see oblivion at the top. And actually i can see why some old games are really selling. A lot of my friends who weren't pc gamers are buy gaming rigs and buying games like Oblivion, WoW, and BF2.
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Nice to see the PC gaming market alive and kicking.
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The people who you would look to see if they had a copy wouldn't have a copy, it's the people you don't check
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same here, I just can't understand how Sims sells soo much, yet I don't know one single person who owns one single copy...
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interesting to see AOE3 up there.
btw gnbfd, you're not alone, i don't own either wow or oblivion and never will.
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wow WoW is still selling! that's insane same with sims 2
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Glad to see Oblivion is still selling really well!
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redwinder, hitman was released on May 30. These sales only go up to the 27th
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How can every PC owner except for me not have WoW???
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pc elder scrolls is doing good
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where the hell is hitman 4 on that list?
dammit people!!!
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go BF2!!! keep on selling!
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LOL...Awesome Go B/Softworks
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factions!!! NOOO!!! how could the good consumer markets of the world betray me!!
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Sims 2 just might be on the chart when Sims 3 comes out lol...anyways...ES4 deserves it, the game ROX...
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Woot, go WoW! One of the greatest games of all time!!!
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Elder Scrolls Forever!
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Sims2 god!! how can there be Pc sales chart without them...can u say one of the most succesful games ever?
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ES4 is t3h pwnage. It really is one of my favourite, if not favourite game ever.
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WOW still selling
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We love the sims 2. 1.5 years and not off the list yet
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Sweet Elder scrolls on top.
Close for WOW taking first I wonder how many people do not own WOW with it having over 6 million playing I wonder how many more will join.
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