Best-selling PC games for 2002

January 28, 2003 8:07PM PST

By Justin Calvert, Executive Editor

According to a chart released by The NPD Group today, The Sims: Vacation was the best-selling PC game of 2002.

The NPD Group has today released a top-10 chart of the best-selling PC games in North America for 2002. Unsurprisingly, the chart is dominated by Electronic Arts' The Sims, with the original game retaining fifth position despite being almost three years old. Other games in the Sims series accounted for no fewer than four of the remaining positions.

Rank / Title / Publisher / Release Date / Average Price
1 / The Sims: Unleashed / EA / Sept '02 / $28
3 / Medal of Honor: Allied Assault / EA / Jan '02 / $44
5 / The Sims: Hot Date / EA / Nov '01 / $29
7 / Zoo Tycoon / Microsoft / Oct '01 / $27
9 / RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 / Infogrames / Oct '02 / $27

By Justin Calvert, Executive Editor

Justin's youth was largely misspent playing Commodore 64 and Amiga games. He left the UK's Official PlayStation Magazine to join GameSpot in 2000, believes that he's one of the best Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe players in the world, and puts HP Sauce on everything.

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