The Sims: Vacation takes March

Electronic Arts' virtual-life game expansion The Sims: Vacation took the top spots on NPD Techworld's latest weekly and monthly lists of best-selling games. For the month of March, the expansion was followed by The Sims itself in second place and EA's World War II shooter Medal of Honor: Allied Assault in third place. Fourth place went to Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, LucasArts' Star Wars action game, while fifth place was taken by The Sims: Hot Date, another virtual-life game expansion from EA.

For the week of April 7-13, 2002, Vacation was trailed by Dungeon Siege, Microsoft's latest action role-playing game, in second place, while Jedi Knight II came in third place. The Sims and The Sims: Hot Date came in fourth and fifth place, respectively.

Best-selling games for the month of March 2002:

Rank This Month / Rank Last Month / Title / Publisher / Average Price
1 / * / The Sims: Vacation / Electronic Arts / $30
2 / 4 / The Sims / Electronic Arts / $42
3 / 1 / Medal of Honor: Allied Assault / Electronic Arts / $44
4 / * / Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast / LucasArts / $47
5 / 3 / The Sims: Hot Date / Electronic Arts / $28
6 / 2 / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / Electronic Arts / $27
7 / 18 / Command & Conquer Renegade / Electronic Arts / $42
8 / * / Dungeon Siege / Microsoft / $49
9 / 5 / RollerCoaster Tycoon / Infogrames / $21
10 / 7 / The Sims: Livin' Large / Electronic Arts / $28
11 / 6 / Zoo Tycoon / Microsoft / $26
12 / * / Starcraft: Battle Chest / Vivendi Universal / $22
13 / * / Heroes of Might and Magic IV / 3DO / $45
14 / 11 / The Sims: House Party / Electronic Arts / $29
15 / 12 / Backyard Basketball / Infogrames / $19
16 / 13 / Diablo II: Lord of Destruction / Vivendi Universal / $29
17 / 10 / NASCAR Racing 2002 Season / Vivendi Universal / $43
18 / 9 / Civilization III / Infogrames / $47
19 / 19 / SimTheme Park / Electronic Arts / $18
20 / 14 / Empire Earth / Vivendi Universal / $47

An asterisk indicates that the game did not appear on the list of best-selling games for the previous month.

Best-selling games for the week of April 7-13, 2002:

Rank / Title / Publisher / Average Price
1 / The Sims: Vacation / Electronic Arts / $28
2 / Dungeon Siege / Microsoft / $48
3 / Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast / LucasArts / $43
4 / The Sims / Electronic Arts / $43
5 / The Sims: Hot Date / Electronic Arts / $28
6 / Medal of Honor: Allied Assault / Electronic Arts / $45
7 / Heroes of Might and Magic IV / 3DO / $38
8 / Starcraft: Battle Chest / Vivendi Universal / $22
9 / RollerCoaster Tycoon / Infogrames / $21
10 / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / Electronic Arts / $27

The lists above rank games according to retail sales. To see a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our Top Games page.