September's best selling PC games in US revealed

Posted Oct 19th 2008 1:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Biz

The NPD Group has revealed the top 20 best selling PC games in the US for the entire month of September and it's not a shocker to see that EA's alien evolution sim Spore is right up top at number one. New releases Warhammer Online, Crysis Warhead and Civilization IV: Colonization also did well in their debut months. Perhaps the biggest dissapointment was S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. The GSC Game World shooter only came in at number 20 on the list in its first month, perhaps because of a lack of promotion by its publisher Deep Silver.

1. Spore - Electronic Arts
2. Warhammer Online - Mythic/Electronic Arts
3. The Sims 2 Apartment Life - Electronic Arts
4. Warhammer Online Collector's Edition - Mythic/Electronic Arts
5. Spore Galactic Edition - Electronic Arts
6. World of Warcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
7. Crysis Warhead - Crytek/Electronic Arts
8. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
9. World of Warcraft - Blizzard
10. Spore Creature Creator - Electronic Arts
11.World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard
12.Civilization IV: Colonization - Firaxis/2K Games
13. Warcraft III Battle Chest - Blizzard
14. Civilization IV - Firaxis/2K Games
15. The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff - Electronic Arts
16. Diablo Battle Chest - Blizzard
17. Starcraft Battle Chest - Blizzard
18. Hot Wheels: Beat That - Activision
19. Crysis - Crytek/Electronic Arts
20. S.T.A.LK.E.R. Clear Sky - GSC Game World/Deep Silver

Tags: civilization-iv, civilization-iv-colonization, crysis, crysis-warhead, diablo, npd-group, spore, spore-creature-creator, warhammer-online, world-of-warcraft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

In other news, Stairway to Heaven tops the "Best Led Zeppelin Songs" list.Posted at 5:08PM on Oct 19th 2008 by Jakka

Not that #20 is really THAT bad considering that Stalker CS is more of an expansion than a sequel but I wonder where it would be on the list if Steam numbers were taken into account. I know that is where I bought my copy. It was up at a discounted rate for pre-sale ~a month before release. I'm sure there was a descent number of people who jumped on that skipping retail.

...bysmittyPosted at 6:19PM on Oct 19th 2008 by bysmitty

Diablo and Starcraft are in the top 20, that's awesome. EA is also tearing it up. Posted at 10:36PM on Oct 19th 2008 by Reader