Spandex is in for April

Games
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Spandex is in for April
NPD has posted the top 20 bestselling PC games in April.

1 City Of Heroes - NCsoft $46
2 Battlefield Vietnam -Electronic Arts $37
3 Far Cry - Ubisoft $37
4 Unreal Tournament 2004 - Atari $39
5 Counter Strike: Condition Zero - Vivendi Universal Publishing $36
6 The Sims Deluxe - Electronic Arts $24
7 Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicles - NCsoft $47
8 Call Of Duty - Activision $41
9 Painkiller - DreamCatcher $38
10 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow - Ubisoft $39
11 MS Age Of Mythology - Microsoft $32
12 The Sims: Makin’ Magic Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts $31
13 Drop JC - eGames $10
14 Rise Of Nations - Microsoft $34
15 MS Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection - Microsoft $30
16 Lords Of the Realm 3 - Vivendi Universal Publishing $20
17 The Sims Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts $36
18 CSI: Dark Motives - Ubisoft $29
19 251 Games Collectors Ed JC - eGames $10
20 Warcraft III Battle Chest - Vivendi Universal Publishing $41

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Isn’t CoH’s performance especially amazing given that it hit shelves on April 28 or are pre-orders in that number too?

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CoH has sold well. They hit the 100,000 subscriber mark during E3.

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Right, but E3 was in May. How many units does it take to be #1?

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1 more unit that what #2 has.

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I wouldn’t be surprised if a game can hit number one for selling 40,000 copies. PC games don’t sell as well as console games.

Anticipated MMOs usually do pretty well that first week of sales.

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I’m a little shocked to see that there are still 3 Sims titles in the list. Talk about legs.

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I’ve read several places that since March pc games have been selling very well. Better than they have for years. So COH might be doing very well.