No surprises here, as The Sims 3 dominates retail shelves as well as Direct2Drive, managing to sell 1.4 million units in its first week.<\/p>\n
You know you have a strong franchise when you release a sequel and it claims the first two spots and its predecessor claims the third spot.<\/p>\n
Of course World of Warcraft continues to do incredibly well, making up three of the week’s top ten retail rankings.<\/p>\n
Spore continues to see a boost in its sales as a result of its recent $10 price reduction, while Valve’s Steam boasts a far more action driven line-up than Direct2Drive and retail.<\/p>\n
NPD retail sales <\/strong><\/p>\n 1. The Sims 3 \/ EA Maxis<\/p>\n 2. The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition \/ EA Maxis<\/p>\n 3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe \/ EA Maxis<\/p>\n 4. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King \/ Blizzard<\/p>\n 5. World Of Warcraft Battle Chest \/ Blizzard<\/p>\n 6. Spore \/ EA Maxis<\/p>\n 7. Real Deal Slots Adventure \/ Phantom EFX<\/p>\n 8. World Of Warcraft \/ Blizzard<\/p>\n 9. Empire: Total War \/ Creative Assembly<\/p>\n 10. Fallout 3 Operation Anchorage & The Pitt Expansion Pack<\/p>\n Direct2Drive <\/strong><\/p>\n 1. The Sims 3 \/ EA Maxis<\/p>\n 2. The Sims 3 (Mac) \/ EA Maxis<\/p>\n 3. The Sims 3 (bundle with Prima Guide) \/ EA Maxis<\/p>\n 4. Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut \/ Ubisoft Montreal<\/p>\n 5. Civilization IV \/ Firaxis<\/p>\n 6. Delta Force: Xtreme 2 \/ NovaLogic<\/p>\n 7. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe \/ EA Maxis<\/p>\n 8. The Sims 3 (Mac) (bundle with Prima Guide) \/ EA Maxis<\/p>\n 9. Mass Effect \/ BioWare<\/p>\n 10. Civilization IV: The Complete Edition \/ Firaxis<\/p>\n Steam <\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Left 4 Dead \/ Valve<\/p>\n 2. Killing Floor \/ Tripwire<\/p>\n 3. Assassin’s Creed \/ Ubisoft Montreal<\/p>\n 4. Team Fortress 2 \/ Valve<\/p>\n 5. Unreal Tournament 3 Black \/ Epic<\/p>\n 6. Penumbra Collector Pack \/ Frictional Games<\/p>\n 7. Counter-Strike: Source \/ Valve<\/p>\n 8. The Orange Box \/ Valve<\/p>\n 9. Freedom Force Pack \/ Irrational Games<\/p>\n Sales figures all based on USA market between May 31 to June 6.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Sims 3 dominates first week of June<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}