ve3d.ign.com - 1/16/2009
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Jan 16, 2009 at 1:00 AM - - 17 Comments Here are the NPD's top 20 best selling PC games in the US for 2008 (sans online sales, of course): 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 2. Spore 3. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest 4. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures 5. Warhammer ...
ve3d.ign.com - 1/14/2009
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ve3d.ign.com —
Still on the WoW crack... I don't know
if to laugh or cry at Age of Conan,
it's a failure compared to other launches yet at the same time it's so sad to see it fall behind as it really did have promise. Sadly Warhammer launched too close to Blizzard's ...
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Which MMO's Do You Still Play? - Voodoo Extreme
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Top 20 Best Selling PC Games of 2008
Age of Conan Vault - The Ultimate Resource —
... NPD has released their list of the top best selling PC games in the US for 2008 (thanks ve3d ), here they are! 1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King 2. Spore 3. World of Warcraft: Battle Chest 4. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures 5. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning 6. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 7. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe 8. World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Collector's Ed 9. Fallout 3 10. World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade 11. Call Of Duty: World At War 12. The Sims 2 FreeTime 13. World Of Warcraft 14. Sins Of A Solar Empire 15. ...
Top 20 Best-Selling PC Games of 2008
WoW Vault - The Ultimate Resource —
... the Lich King Spore World of Warcraft: Battle Chest Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare The Sims 2 Double Deluxe World Of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Collector's Ed Fallout 3 World Of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Call Of Duty: World At War The Sims 2 FreeTime World Of Warcraft Sins Of A Solar Empire Warcraft III Battle Chest The Sims 2 Apartment Life Crysis Left 4 Dead Diablo Battle Chest The Orange Box Surprised? Source -- ...
When will they learn?
Tobold's MMORPG Blog —
Of the top 20 best-selling PC games of 2008, 5 were various versions of World of Warcraft, and 3 were version of the Sims 2. Another Blizzard game, the original Diablo, still made it on the list at rank 19, eleven years after release. We discussed yesterday how Blizzard kept up a stream of best-selling games by taking proven concepts and polishing them to perfection, while the competition often tried more innovative things, but implemented them badly. ...
Why the Lowest Common Denominator Works: No WoW-Killer In Sight
Banana Shoulders —
This is something I’ve been pondering for months: why WoW is going to be so hard to knock off its pedestal as the premier MMORPG. There are a number of factors involved, but there’s one I haven’t seen anyone else mention, so here we go:
0. Blizzard Are Just Good
Diablo was still in the top 20 selling PC games of 2008, a decade after release.
1. Status Quo
WoW isn’t just the market leader at the moment, it’s the shark in the wading pool; in April 2008 it had 62.2% ...
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