wraggster
January 5th, 2007, 07:36
via gamespot (http://us.gamespot.com/news/6163771.html)
Animal companionship is proving to be exceptionally popular with gamers, as Electronic Arts' The Sims 2: Pets expansion pack for its virtual life simulator once again topped the US retail PC game sales charts for the week of December 17-23, according to the latest numbers from the industry tracking NPD Group.
The add-on has been a regular inhabitant of the top spot on the charts since its October release, and was the first of five EA titles to make the charts for the week. The publisher also saw The Sims 2 land in fourth place, with its Open for Business and Glamour Life Stuff expansion packs returning to the charts in the ninth and 10th spots, respectively. Finally, EA's first-person shooter Battlefield 2142 moved up a notch from the week before, landing in seventh.
The week's runner-up is no stranger to the rarified air of the top spot itself, as Vivendi's massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft has seen multiple extended stays in that position since its release in 2004. The game's first expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, is set to be released later this month.
Take-Two's Global Star Software division also made it onto the podium this week with a third place showing for its Deal or No Deal, based on the Howie Mandel-hosted television show. The deluxe edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator X and THQ's Cars Radiator Springs Adventure ranked sixth and eighth, respectively, while Sega's Medieval II: Total War moved from eighth to fifth thanks in part to a drop in its average selling price, from $48 to $39.
Animal companionship is proving to be exceptionally popular with gamers, as Electronic Arts' The Sims 2: Pets expansion pack for its virtual life simulator once again topped the US retail PC game sales charts for the week of December 17-23, according to the latest numbers from the industry tracking NPD Group.
The add-on has been a regular inhabitant of the top spot on the charts since its October release, and was the first of five EA titles to make the charts for the week. The publisher also saw The Sims 2 land in fourth place, with its Open for Business and Glamour Life Stuff expansion packs returning to the charts in the ninth and 10th spots, respectively. Finally, EA's first-person shooter Battlefield 2142 moved up a notch from the week before, landing in seventh.
The week's runner-up is no stranger to the rarified air of the top spot itself, as Vivendi's massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft has seen multiple extended stays in that position since its release in 2004. The game's first expansion pack, The Burning Crusade, is set to be released later this month.
Take-Two's Global Star Software division also made it onto the podium this week with a third place showing for its Deal or No Deal, based on the Howie Mandel-hosted television show. The deluxe edition of Microsoft Flight Simulator X and THQ's Cars Radiator Springs Adventure ranked sixth and eighth, respectively, while Sega's Medieval II: Total War moved from eighth to fifth thanks in part to a drop in its average selling price, from $48 to $39.