Top PC Game Titles And Consoles October 2008
Blizzard Entertainment’s “World of Warcraft” dominated Nielsen Games’ ranking of the most popular PC game titles for October, claiming more than 62% of the total PC game minutes played during the month.
| Rank | Top 10 PC Game Titles: October 2008 |
Publisher | Share | Avg. Mins Per Week |
TMP% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World of Warcraft | Blizzard Entertainment | 12.509 | 546 | 62.280 |
| 2 | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | Blizzard Entertainment | 1.890 | 328 | 4.751 |
| 3 | Half-Life 2 | Vivendi Games | 1.917 | 288 | 4.301 |
| 4 | Spore | Electric Entertainment | 2.234 | 268 | 4.220 |
| 5 | Bookworm | PopCap Games | 3.074 | 133 | 2.716 |
| 6 | Cake Mania 3 | Sandlot Games | 4.260 | 138 | 2.709 |
| 7 | Virtual Villagers: The Secret City | Wild Games | 1.567 | 204 | 2.456 |
| 8 | Chessmaster Challenge | PlayFirst | 8.856 | 47 | 2.123 |
| 9 | Halo: Combat Evolved | Microsoft Game Studios | 2.005 | 165 | 2.105 |
| 10 | Build-a-Lot 2: Town Of The Year | HipSoft LLC | 1.661 | 183 | 1.668 |
| Source: Nielsen Games Share is the percentage of the gaming audience measured that played the title Overall TMP% represents the percent of total minutes played as compared to all other PC games measured. |
PlayStation 2 again topped Nielsen’s ranking of the most-played video game consoles.
| Rank | Topline Console Usage: October 2008 |
Usage Min % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlayStation 2 | 30.2 |
| 2 | Xbox 360 | 18.3 |
| 3 | Wii | 13.5 |
| 4 | Xbox | 9.1 |
| 5 | PlayStation 3 | 7.7 |
| 6 | GameCube | 4.4 |
| 7 | Other | 16.9 |
| Source: Nielsen Games Usage Minutes % is the percent of all measured console minutes “Other” consists of any other console systems found in the home |
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