Npd Chart: January - October 2002

[MarkG]

NPDTechworld announced the top 10 best selling PC games for the period of Jan-Oct 2002:

1. The Sims: Vacation (Electronic Arts)
2. Warcraft III: Reign Of Chaos (Blizzard Entertainment)
3. The Sims (Electronic Arts)
4. Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault (Electronic Arts)
5. The Sims: Hot Date Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts)
6. Harry Potter & The Sorcerer`s Stone (Electronic Arts)
7. Roller Coaster Tycoon (Infogrames)
8. The Sims: Unleashed (Electronic Arts)
9. Neverwinter Nights (Infogrames)
10. Zoo Tycoon (Microsoft)

Source: http://www.gamerspulse.com">Gamers Pulse

[red_jon]

Just goes to show, no-one has taste anymore

[jdd2007]

i agree....6 are crap.

stupid consumers.

[Frozzy]

Only two deserving to be there are Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, and Roller Coaster Tycoon.

Barry Spotter? 4 Sims? Bleh... that chart is about as useful as a hog-tied alamo.

[Skanky Burns]

Just goes to show how crap the games market is currently, when they are the best games available.

/me continues to play Thief.

[Ari Rahikkala]

I'm surprised you didn't plug your signature more visibly, Skanky...

[Dauphin]

EA are doing A-OK.

Six out of the top ten.

[spartak]

I'm still playing smax

[Rasbelin]

Well, the reason why EA manages to take six seats out of 10 is that they own now many old game studios and they also publish a numerous number of games. So all the honour should go more like this...

The Sims - Maxis
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - 2015
Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone - err... I don't know
Neverwinter Nights - someone again

[red_jon]

I read in PC Gamer that If you'd bought the Sims and every add-on you'd have spent £120 so far. That doesn't bear thinking about.

[DrSpike]

I wish I had thought of it first.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Ari Rahikkala
I'm surprised you didn't plug your signature more visibly, Skanky...

And that list is much different to Apolytons favourite series.

[moomin]

Some marketeer I talked with the other day said it was a crowding out effect: while game sales to men get spread out over a plethora of titles, the Sims and their countless Barbie incarnations is all the girls have - so even if men still dominate heavily in overall game purchases, the Sims still get a prominent position since their entire demographic share goes for them. Might stand to reason.

As for the games, Medal of Honor and Neverwinter Nights are the only two games that deserve to be there.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by moomin
Some marketeer I talked with the other day said it was a crowding out effect: while game sales to men get spread out over a plethora of titles, the Sims and their countless Barbie incarnations is all the girls have - so even if men still dominate heavily in overall game purchases, the Sims still get a prominent position since their entire demographic share goes for them. Might stand to reason.

I hope this is true, because I'm about to quote it in my 'I hate the sims' thread.

[Dauphin]

Sounds about right.