Not surprisingly, in the NPD Group's list of top selling PC Games for the week of Week of December 17 thru December 23, 2006, the 2-year-old "Warcrack" (World of Warcraft) continues to outshine even fresh new games while EA's mighty Sims franchise, with its Sims 2 game and expansion packs, continues to clog the rest of the chart, which also features a guest appearance by Howie Mandel as himself.

  1. The Sims 2 Pets Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts)
  2. World Of Warcraft (Vivendi)
  3. Deal or No Deal (Take 2)
  4. The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts)
  5. Medieval II: Total War (Sega)
  6. MS Flight Simulator X Deluxe (Microsoft)
  7. Battlefield 2142 (Electronic Arts)
  8. Cars Radiator Springs Adventures (THQ)
  9. The Sims 2 Open For Business Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts)
10. The Sims 2 Glamour Life Stuff Expansion Pack (Electronic Arts)

Courtesy of the NPD Group.

 
 

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