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Video Games
Top PC Game Titles
December 2009
| Rank | Game Title | Publisher | Share | Average Minutes Played Per Week | TMP% |
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| 1 | World of Warcraft | Blizzard Entertainment | 11.273 | 589 | 42.127 | | 2 | Sims 3, The | Electronic Arts Inc. | 5.079 | 230 | 5.243 | | 3 | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | Blizzard Entertainment | 1.988 | 398 | 4.042 | | 4 | Half-Life 2 | Vivendi Games | 1.475 | 271 | 2.052 | | 5 | Second Life | Linden Lab | 1.008 | 493 | 1.994 | | 6 | Chessmaster Challenge | PlayFirst, Inc. | 10.808 | 55 | 1.955 | | 7 | Dark Messiah of Might & Magic | Ubisoft | 0.738 | 510 | 1.672 | | 8 | Civilization III | Infogrames | 0.446 | 589 | 1.654 | | 9 | Virtual Families | Last Day of Work | 0.914 | 264 | 1.389 | | 10 | Bookworm | PopCap Games | 1.844 | 166 | 1.329 |
Source: Nielsen Games - GamePlay Metrics™. Share is the percentage of the gaming audience measured that played the title. Overall TMP% represents the percent of total minutes played from the Top 100 non-casual/pre-installed PC games measured.
Top Line Console Usage
December 2009
| Rank | Console | Usage Minutes % |
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| 1 | Xbox 360 | 22.6 | | 2 | Wii | 19.7 | | 3 | PlayStation 2 | 18.4 | | 4 | PlayStation 3 | 12.6 | | 5 | Xbox | 4.5 | | 6 | GameCube | 1.7 | | 7 | Other | 20.5 |
Source: Nielsen Games - GamePlay Metrics™. Usage Minutes % is the percent of all measured console minutes. ’Other’ consists of any other console systems found in the home.
Top 10 Games To Buy Next
Week ending December 12, 2009
| Rank | Last Week | Title |
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| 1 | 2 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | | 2 | 3 | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | | 3 | 1 | Madden NFL 10 | | 4 | 5 | Final Fantasy XIII | | 5 | 10 | BioShock 2 | | 6 | 6 | Mass Effect 2 | | 7 | 19 | God of War III | | 8 | 4 | Assassin’s Creed 2 | | 9 | 7 | The Sims 3 | | 10 | 9 | Avatar |
Source: Nielsen Video Game Tracking asks the following question every week among gamers: “Which video game are you most looking forward to buying next?”
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