PC Sales Charts_ Sales Screw Everything Up

By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001

They do! While the NPD charts are, grimly, business as usual, the Steam and Direct2Drive charts are a mess, courtesy of some weekend sales.

HAWX? Assassin’s Creed? Far Cry 2? Great for the publishers and those gamers picking up some older games [[link]] on the cheap, but for the hardcore PC sales charts enthusiast, it just screws up their complicated sales trend spreadsheets.

NPD Sales Charts April 19-25

1. [[link]] WoW: Wrath of the Lich King

2. The Sims 2 Double [[link]] Deluxe

3. WoW Battle Chest

4. Left 4 Dead

5. Empire: Total War

6. Demigod

7. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

8. World Of Warcraft

9. Spore

10. The Sims 2 Apartment Life

Steam Charts As Of May 4

1. Left 4 Dead

2. Killing Floor

3. HAWX

4. Counter-Strike Source

5. Empire: Total War

6. Velvet Assassin

7. Dawn of War II

8. King’s Bounty: The Legend

9. The Orange Box

10. Fallout 3

Direct2Drive Charts April 26 – May 2

1. Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate

2. Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut

3. Far Cry 2 w/ Fortunes Pack Bundle

4. Call of Juarez

5. FINAL FANTASY XI

6. Civilization 4

7. DCS: Black Shark

8. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2

9. Cryostasis

10. Rome: Total War Gold Edition