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PC Game Sales Increase to Nearly $1 Billion in 2006

by Rainier on Jan. 19, 2007 @ 4:02 a.m. PST

With all the constant talk that PC games are on the decline, PC is dying, it seems 2006 put a stop to that claim. According to the latest NPD numbers, PC games sales are showing signs of growth as revenues increased one percent to $970 million. OVerall sales for 2006 increase by 6% to top $7.4 billion.

"It's refreshing to see an increase in retail sales of PC games after having experienced a few years of declines. With revenues from digital downloads and subscriptions on the rise as well, the pc games segment of the industry remains healthy," commented NPD Group industry analyst Anita Frazier.

Top titles of 2006 :

  • Madden NFL 07 (incl. Hall of Fame Ed.) (EA)
  • Cars (THQ)
  • Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts)
  • NCAA Football 07 (EA)
  • New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA)
  • Gears of War (incl. Collector's Ed.) (Microsoft)
  • Call Of Duty 3 (Activision)
  • Lego Star Wars (LucasArts)
  • Fight Night Round 3 (EA)

Top PC titles of 2006 :

  • World of Warcraft (incl. Collector's Ed.) (Vivendi)
  • The Sims 2 (EA)
  • The Sims 2 Open For Business Expansion Pack (EA)
  • Star Wars: Empire At War (LucasArts)
  • The Sims 2 Pets Expansion Pack (EA)
  • Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (incl. collector's) (Take-Two)
  • MS Age Of Empires III (incl. collector's) (Microsoft)
  • The Sims 2 Family Fun Stuff Expansion Pack (EA)
  • Civilization IV (Take-Two)
  • The Sims 2 Nightlife Expansion Pack (EA)

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