Actually, The Sims 3 Was The Biggest-Selling Game In June

While there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the poor performance of June’s [[link]] console games, on PC, things were looking a little healthier, with EA’s The Sims 3 emerging as the month’s biggest-selling game on any platform.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); https://kotaku.com/prototype-ufc-beat-up-the-competition-in-june-5316490 While the top-selling console game was Prototype, with 419,000 copies sold, EA shifted an impressive 820,000 copies of The Sims 3 in the US market. And that number only includes the copies sold via traditional [[link]] retail channels (stores, major mail order outlets), so when you factor in digital sales, the number may well be approaching the million-sold mark. That’s a more successful launch than the Sims 2, which “only” moved 700,000 units in the US in its first month on sale. And considering The Sims 2 is still a heavy-hitter in the PC market, we can only imagine/fear what kind of success The Sims 3 will have. Obviously, the game stopped the NPD Group’s monthly sales charts for June, but if you’d like to see what ran 2-20, the full chart is below. 1. The Sims 3 (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts) 2. The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts) 3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic Arts) 4. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard Entertainment) 5. World of Warcraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment) 6. Spore: Galactic Adventures (Maxis, Electronic Arts) 7. World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment) 8. Spore (Maxis, Electronic Arts) 9. Empire: Total War (The Creative Assembly, Sega) 10. StarCraft Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment) 11. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Blizzard Entertainment) 12. Reel Deal Slots Adventure (Phantom EFX) 13. Civilization IV: Complete Edition (Firaxis Games, 2K Games) 14. WarCraft III Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment) 15. SimCity Box (Maxis, Electronic Arts) 16. Diablo Battle Chest (Blizzard Entertainment) 17. The Sims 2: Apartment Life (EA The Sims Studio, Electronic [[link]] Arts) 18. Prototype (Radical Entertainment, Activision) 19. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY Edition (Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks/2K Games) 20. Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Terminal Reality, Atari) Exclusive: The Sims 3 Breaks 800K, Tops U.S. Game Sales In June [Gamasutra]