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12-28-2008, 03:31 PM
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/12/lk_cove_270x404.jpgSurprised? You probably shouldn't be -- NPD has released the top sales list for November, and our favorite game is sitting right on top (http://www.digtriad.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=116327&catid=176). In fact, the most interesting thing about the list is what's not on it: games. Wrath is at number one, followed up by such great titles like Office 2007 and Trend Micro Anti-virus. The collector's edition of Wrath comes in at number four, and after that it's all utilities except Call of Duty: World at War at number six and Spore at number 10.
That's a sad month for PC gaming, especially during a time when sales are supposed to be at their highest. Blizzard's leading the charge (and they're not leaving PC anytime soon (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/04/paul-sams-on-wow-pc-game-sales-and-blizzards-next-challenge/)), but they seem to be pretty much the only PC studio able to bring it home this year.
Videogame sales in general are doing just great (http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081212/ap_on_hi_te/video_games_sales): even in a bad economy, console companies -- both developers and retailers -- are seeing nice growth. But those saying PC gaming is dead will only have to point to November's sales for proof. Maybe in 2009 we can get a couple more titles quality enough to give World of Warcraft a run for its money.http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Wrath tops the PC sales charts for November (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/28/wrath-tops-the-pc-sales-charts-for-november/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wowinsider.com/media/2008/12/lk_cove_270x404.jpgSurprised? You probably shouldn't be -- NPD has released the top sales list for November, and our favorite game is sitting right on top (http://www.digtriad.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=116327&catid=176). In fact, the most interesting thing about the list is what's not on it: games. Wrath is at number one, followed up by such great titles like Office 2007 and Trend Micro Anti-virus. The collector's edition of Wrath comes in at number four, and after that it's all utilities except Call of Duty: World at War at number six and Spore at number 10.
That's a sad month for PC gaming, especially during a time when sales are supposed to be at their highest. Blizzard's leading the charge (and they're not leaving PC anytime soon (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/04/paul-sams-on-wow-pc-game-sales-and-blizzards-next-challenge/)), but they seem to be pretty much the only PC studio able to bring it home this year.
Videogame sales in general are doing just great (http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081212/ap_on_hi_te/video_games_sales): even in a bad economy, console companies -- both developers and retailers -- are seeing nice growth. But those saying PC gaming is dead will only have to point to November's sales for proof. Maybe in 2009 we can get a couple more titles quality enough to give World of Warcraft a run for its money.http://www.wowinsider.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.wowinsider.com)Wrath tops the PC sales charts for November (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/12/28/wrath-tops-the-pc-sales-charts-for-november/) originally appeared on WoW Insider (http://www.wowinsider.com) on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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