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Trend Index

Video Games

Top 10 PC Game Titles
July 2008
Rank Game Title Publisher AU% Average
Minutes
Played Per
Week
TMP%
1 World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment 0.871 892 18.058
2 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Activision 0.213 560 4.431
3 Diablo II Blizzard Entertainment 0.150 359 3.109
4 Halo: Combat Evolved Microsoft Game Studios 0.135 367 2.782
5 Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Funcom 0.118 746 2.442
6 Sims 2, The Electronic Arts Inc. 0.108 334 2.228
7 Team Fortress 2 Valve 0.107 590 2.222
8 Counter-Strike: Source Valve 0.098 703 2.033
9 Grand Theft Auto ASC Games 0.095 405 1.983
10 Warcraft III (Unspecified) Blizzard Entertainment 0.091 638 1.907
Source: Nielsen Games
AU% is the percent of PC Gamers playing title in the average minute.
Overall TMP% represents the percent of total minutes played as compared to all PC games measured.



Top Line Console Usage
July 2008
Rank Console Usage Minutes %
1 PlayStation 2 31.5
2 Xbox 360 16.8
3 Wii 15.0
4 Xbox 8.7
5 PlayStation 3 7.8
6 GameCube 4.0
7 Other 16.2
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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