Best Selling PC Games Of Christmas

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Related to my recently posted Top 10 of the lead in week to Xmas, here now it the best selling games of the actual holiday itself. These are PC only, I haven't seen a console list yet, at least not a listing of all the consoles in one shot. So strap in, and get ready for the next 20 games:

Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe - Microsoft
The Sims 2 Pets Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts
Medieval II: Total War - Sega of America
The Sims 2 - Electronic Arts
World of Warcraft - Vivendi
Battlefield 2142 - Electronic Arts
Microsoft Flight Simulator X - Microsoft
Age of Empires III - Microsoft
Deal or No Deal - Global Star Software (Take 2)
Company of Heroes - THQ
Civilization IV - 2K Games
The Sims 2 Open for Business Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts
Neverwinter Nights 2 - Atari
The Sims 2 Holiday Edition - Electronic Arts
The Sims Complete Edition - Electronic Arts
Age of Empires III: WarChiefs Expansion Pack - Microsoft
Guild Wars Nightfall - NCSoft
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 2K Games
Call of Duty 2 - Activision
Warcraft III Battle Chest - Vivendi

There you have it folks. Pretty good list, nice range of gaming goodness I think. Way to many Sims games though! The evil must be stopped!

Link: Voodoo Extreme

#1 Baptist on 05 Jan 2007 - 14:12

sims

(1 reply) #2 +NI3NOR on 05 Jan 2007 - 15:19

Kill the Sims! They will take over the world!

#2.1 toadeater on 05 Jan 2007 - 21:42

Quote - (NI3NOR said @ #2)

I think EA is making more money from the Sims than their sports franchises. I have not seen a top 10 list in years that didn't have a Sims game in it.

WHO KEEPS BUYING THESE GAMES!

I've lost all hope for mankind.

#3 Broken Halo on 05 Jan 2007 - 15:57

I'm saddened by the total lack of F.E.A.R. shown here..

Then again I suppose the expansion did come out way back in October...

#4 Blindsleeper on 05 Jan 2007 - 16:49

and WoW keeps going strong after 2 years, and they release the expansion in a couple weeks...

(1 reply) #5 MioTheGreat on 05 Jan 2007 - 17:24

I'm surprised to see AOE3 on here so high. It wasn't nearly as good as its predecessors.

#5.1 Express on 05 Jan 2007 - 21:37

Guess its a matter of opinion. I like AOE3 better.

(1 reply) #6 Munkyman on 05 Jan 2007 - 17:56

Deal or no Deal???? Just Wtf?

#6.1 +cheesegoduk on 05 Jan 2007 - 18:56

Easy Christmas present for some people. They see a game in the shop that is easily recognizable and buy it :p
The game itself might suck but the brand is strong enough

#7 wize_guy123 on 05 Jan 2007 - 21:03

Sims.. and the expansions.. Maxis is on a roll

#8 NightmarE D on 05 Jan 2007 - 23:49

I actually like The Sims games. I'm surprised to see that the original Sims game still sells very well

You know a game is good when the group Depeche Mode re-records one of their songs in the Simlish language and there's even a video for it

(1 reply) #9 Deadpool2k on 06 Jan 2007 - 02:04

Microsoft flight simulator no.1 is hard to believe.

#9.1 Magallanes on 08 Jan 2007 - 12:18

Quote - (Deadpool2k said @ #9)

It's more hard to believed if you think that almost all users don't own a joystick (not joypad) and without a joystick it's almost impossible to play.

#10 virtorio on 06 Jan 2007 - 10:06

The Sims, Deal or No Deal, Warcraft III, World of Warcraft?

Doesn't seem to be a great of imagination going on in the PC game buyers market at the moment.

#11 Jexel on 06 Jan 2007 - 10:25

I loved the Sims and used to play it hours on end, though most of the time I spent building houses (with the help of cheats of course). It was great fun but I stopped around 5 years ago. People love to simulate a world in which they might live in so I guess Sims is a great way to fulfill anyone's fantasies.

#12 _dandy_ on 06 Jan 2007 - 13:52

I have a love-hate relationship with The Sims. Since its inception, I've maintained that it's the most pointless game ever, but I can go for months on end without putting it down--then I'll quit cold turkey for months at a time--at least until the next expansion pack comes out.

Like Jexel above, the real appeal (to me) is building houses and trying to come up with unusual designs. There's no problem-solving involved in this game, and don't care about sims' relationships with one another (especially when it's all so predictable).

#13 ShiFtedReaLity on 07 Jan 2007 - 14:19

For Wow is it counting the Pre-paid game cards you can buy for around $30? or is it counting the actual game CD? or both?

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