Electronic Arts' The Sims 3 is hitting all the right notes, sales wise, in retail stores. However the people sim sequel is also doing the same for download sales. Witness the latest top 10 PC game sales list from IGN's Direct2Drive download site. For the week that ended July 25 The Sims 3 was the number one game that was downloaded and purchased from the service (Valve's Steam service, which released its own top 10 sales list for the past week already, does not yet offer The Sims 3 for purchase)

ArmA II, the military shooter from Bohemia Interactive, continues to sell well on both Steam and Direct2Drive; it's at the number two position on Direct2Drive this week and it's at number 5 on Steam. Also Ubisoft's historical strategy game Dawn of Discovery appears on both top 10 lists.

1. The Sims 3 - Electronic Arts
2. ArmA 2 - Bohemia Interactive
3. Dawn of Discovery - Related Designs/Ubisoft
4. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Relic/THQ
5. The Sims 3 (Mac) - Electronic Arts
6. Civilization IV: The Complete Edition - Firaxis/2K Games
7. Supreme Commander Gold - Gas Powered Games/THQ
8. Aion (Pre-Order) - NCsoft
9. Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks
10. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward/Activision