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US PC Game charts: October 8-14

World of Warcraft wins again as Dark Crusade and Desperate Housewives debut strong.

When Buena Vista Games announced that it was releasing a PC game based on Desperate Housewives, the title instantly became the subject of widespread derision. However, according to the latest list of top-selling PC games, the publisher may be having the last laugh. According to industry research firm The NPD Group, Desperate Housewives was the sixth most popular PC game in the US during the week of October 8-14, besting both Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (seventh) and Age of Empires III (ninth).

Desperate Housewives wasn't the only new game on the chart. The top debut of the week was the Dark Crusade expansion pack for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. The M-rated add-on, which will apparently be the first of several expansions for the THQ game, debuted in second place, just behind perennial favorite World of Warcraft. Once again, Blizzard Entertainment's massively multiplayer online role-playing game was the top title in the land, its sales still robust despite being nearly two years on the market.

WOW wasn't the only returnee in the PC top 10 during the week. The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff expansion pack landed in third, ahead of Company of Heroes (fourth) and the original Sims 2 (fifth). Thanks to a reduced average retail price of $15, Quake 4 reentered the chart in 10th place, below newcomer Reel Deal Slots Mystic Forest (eighth).

Falling out of the chart this week were Caesar IV, SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition, Guild Wars Factions, Cars: Radiator Springs Adventure, and Warcraft III: Battlechest.

Chart us_pc_sales for date 2006-10-24 16:53:36

World of Warcraft Today's #1 Game

World of Warcraft

Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Platform: PC Category: Massively Multiplayer
Release Date: Nov 23, 2004  
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2 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Publisher: THQ | Platform: PC | Category: Real-Time Strategy
release:
Oct 9, 2006
3 The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff
Publisher: EA Games | Platform: PC | Category: Virtual Life Games
release:
Aug 28, 2006
4 Company of Heroes
Publisher: THQ | Platform: PC | Category: Real-Time Strategy
release:
Sep 13, 2006
5 The Sims 2
Publisher: EA Games | Platform: PC | Category: Virtual Life Games
release:
Sep 14, 2004
6 Desperate Housewives: The Game
Publisher: Buena Vista Games | Platform: PC | Category: Virtual Life Games
release:
Oct 6, 2006
7 Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Publisher: LucasArts | Platform: PC | Category: Action Adventure
release:
Sep 12, 2006
8 Reel Deal Slots: Mystic Forest
Publisher: Phantom EFX, Inc. | Platform: PC | Category: Parlor Games
release:
Aug 30, 2006
9 Age of Empires III
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Platform: PC | Category: Real-Time Strategy
release:
Oct 18, 2005
10 Quake 4
Publisher: Activision | Platform: PC | Category: First-Person Shooters
release:
Oct 11, 2005
Rankings based on units sold, according to NPD figures from October 8-14, 2006

40 Comments

  • Lonelynight

    Posted Feb 16, 2007 6:46 am PT

    Warhammer 40k Dawn of War - Dark Crusade rocks

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  • _Sam_

    Posted Nov 1, 2006 6:04 pm PT

    I like most of those games a lot

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  • Matteo_bergh

    Posted Oct 30, 2006 8:00 am PT

    why are quake 4 not on higher rank?

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  • dr_taffin

    Posted Oct 27, 2006 10:46 pm PT

    Honestly, I'd rather see Desperate Housewives atop this list than WOW for the millionth week in a row.

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  • Shuzen

    Posted Oct 26, 2006 11:06 am PT

    sim sims all the way ^__^

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  • Lyten

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 6:04 pm PT

    TintedChimes wrote
    hurry up and come out with CC3, supreme commander, crysis, and well..that's all I can think of because this is a sad bunch of games oh and come out with STARCRAFT 2! Reply: Warhammer 40k, company of heroes, age of empire 3, and quake 4 isn't a bad list. I bet you haven't even played the full games of these. Personally i think half of the list is more than exceptional

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  • dlebovic

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 1:03 pm PT

    No EAW or SW Galaxies?

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  • Berem

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 11:23 am PT

    No Battlefield 2142 ?!?!

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  • chrisdojo

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 10:08 am PT

    wonder if the 60 day game cards are included in WoW game sales.....

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  • TintedChimes

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 9:48 am PT

    hurry up and come out with CC3, supreme commander, crysis, and well..that's all I can think of because this is a sad bunch of games oh and come out with STARCRAFT 2!

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  • Talgrath

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 9:17 am PT

    Would've thought that Dark Crusade would've picked up the #1 slot, it was sold out all over town except at Best Buy (who had just gotten a new shipment in).

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  • Chubbums

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 9:04 am PT

    LOL! Yeah mhder, next thing you know games will have a date printed on them with the words "best played by" above them.

    I went on the F.E.A.R. article and posted "Have fun with a year old PC game. I'll be playing the expansion." and it got so many people riled up which was my intention. But if a person can't play a game at the time it's released what's so wrong about them playing later down the road. I played and beat the original Silent Hill this summer, that game was released about 7 years ago.

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  • piecake

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 8:22 am PT

    WoW wow ! lol!

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  • mhder

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 8:13 am PT

    evolutionex
    What is wrong with people, Quake4 and WoW? they might as well buy Pong and Wolf3D before they sell out! --- It is new people buying these games you know. I haven't had a chance to play those games and I might pick it up by christmas. If you've never played it, is it wrong to buy it now? Does everything have to be bought on the day of the release? But then again, with all the whiners I see about game delays and release dates on these forums, it almost seems we're dealing with perishables and not video games.

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  • yaser_n63

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 8:03 am PT

    i loved this game

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  • TMGiovanella

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 7:48 am PT

    Desperate Housewives the game lol. This is a clear sign that PC gaming has gone away. All the good PC games go to consoles anyway.

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  • timts

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 7:48 am PT

    wow cut the price in half, no wonder it's No1 again

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  • cjcr_alexandru

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 6:36 am PT

    WoW #1... Nothing new. But Desperate Housewives... I don't know. It's not my kind of game. And only 2 Sims 2 games... finally.

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  • nick1500

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 4:59 am PT

    nuthin to say but why desperate housewives. Off all the things in the world desperate housewives. I am going to go kill myself.

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  • evolutionex

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 4:05 am PT

    What is wrong with people, Quake4 and WoW? they might as well buy Pong and Wolf3D before they sell out!

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  • blacktorn

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 3:44 am PT

    WoW at No.1 again...what a surprize.Hasn't everyone already bought the game,where do these sales keep coming from!?!

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  • the_real_VIP

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 2:55 am PT

    For anyone who doesn't know, the midterm period just passed. All those midterm University exams drove me crazy.

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  • metdevthegamer

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 11:42 pm PT

    Must've been a slow week.

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  • SpearX

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 11:00 pm PT

    what a surprise... WoW in #1.... **yawn**

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  • faizali86

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 10:24 pm PT

    wow i thought americans had better taste than brits*cars: the game*

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  • saris340

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 10:02 pm PT

    what a dismal lot of games

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  • benboz

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 9:53 pm PT

    Desperate Housewives sounds crap to me. Like who would make a game like that? Gees, there is some weirdos in the gaming industry.

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  • radiocreed

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 9:42 pm PT

    Desperate Housewives, THE GAME? What the hell is wrong with people.

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  • chinesehaohot

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 9:01 pm PT

    Desperate houseswives.....?!!!! OMG

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  • anime-2k3

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 8:19 pm PT

    Go WoW

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  • bigmit37

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 8:15 pm PT

    Reel deal slots??? And quake 4???

    It must have been a bad week for PC sales.

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  • Edward1211

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 7:09 pm PT

    Quake 4?? wtf
    WoW for life!

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  • Coelah

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 7:02 pm PT

    Quake 4? How did that get on there?

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  • blackthegame

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 6:54 pm PT

    i thougt warhammer 40000 was going to be first.

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  • byge

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 6:09 pm PT

    What kind of idiot would buy desperate housewives lol. Oh wait maybe its all those women who bought the sims.

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  • Kayrod29

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 5:55 pm PT

    Company of Heroes rules!

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  • TryMe01

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 5:37 pm PT

    Desperate Housewives: The Game

    i hope there are side missions to this, lol

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  • the_real_VIP

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 5:28 pm PT

    Desperate Housewives: The Game... the hell your gonna do except one thing with Eva Longoria's character?

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  • Chubbums

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 5:26 pm PT

    Stupid show = Stupid game

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  • Charlie2688

    Posted Oct 24, 2006 5:16 pm PT

    I think I am about to puke....

    hold on Quake 4? YAY!

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