Spore Tops Retail Sales Charts
According to NPD’s retail sales data for the week ending Sept. 13, Spore and Spore related products have taken the top spots in the North America.
Will Wright’s popular game takes three spots this week: Spore landed in the top spot, followed by the Galactic Edition of the game and Spore Creature Creator in the number 4 spot. EA continues to dominate the top ten , with 6 titles in the top ten, while Activision takes up the rest of the spots with World of Warcraft, Warcraft III and the Burning Crusade expansion. The full list after the jump:
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Spore, The Sims Dominate PC Charts
Despite all the Internet drama about DRM, Spore managed to eke out a decent second place showing in North America, right behind the latest The Sims 2 expansion, The Sims 2 Apartment Life. I This is according to NPD Groups retails sales data for the week ending September 6, 2008.
It is interesting to note that the PC charts are being dominated by only two companies this week: Electronic Arts and Activision Publishing. For EA’s part three key franchises have managed to take up 6 slots in the top ten: Spore, The Sims 2 and Crysis. Activision Publishing’s World of Warcraft and Warcraft III Battle Chest filled out the remaining four slots. It’s tough to call Spore a disappointment, though many expected it to be at the top of the heap as soon at was released. I expect that it will have a number one showing in next week’s charts. Full top ten after the break:
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