| Legend11 said: This is probably where he got World of Warcraft and The Sims from... Top 10 PC Games of 2007 1. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade – (Vivendi) – 2.25 million 2. World of Warcraft– (Vivendi) – 914K 3. The Sims 2 – (Electronic Arts) – 534K 4. The Sims 2 Seasons Expansion Pack – (Electronic Arts) – 433K 5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare – (Activision) – 383K 6. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars – (Electronic Arts) – 350K 7. MS Age of Empires III – (Microsoft) – 313K 8. Sim City 4 - (Electronic Arts) – 294K 9. MS Flight Simulator X - (Microsoft) - 280K 10.The Sims 2: Bon Voyage Expansion Pack – (Electronic Arts) – 272K As for Steam do we know if Valve has the lion's share of sales on there? If so then maybe he should have said World of Warcraft, The Sims, and Valve. id Software is on Steam and has been pretty vocal about poor PC sales. Also I seem to remember reading where two strategy games with very good reviews are being ported to console because of poor PC sales. |
Nice job Legend. You just used NPD to analyze the entire PC market, made up some total bull about id Software, and then added your own random speculation about the reasoning for 360 ports.
First of all, Carmack claimed the PC market was still strong, and he would continue to support it. While he also said it was being driven by World of Warcraft, he didn't say that was the only thing selling, and clearly he doesn't believe that if he'll continue to support it.
I've already told you it's ridiculously stupid to base the entire PC market off of NPD. Even if Steam didn't exist at all, most of the PC market exists outside of North America. I know it's hard for some people to understand that America isn't the end all be all of the gaming community, but it's not. Korea is the largest online multiplayer gaming market in the world, and they play PCs practically exclusively. Europe and Asia are both far stronger PC markets (not counting the UK and Japan).
Also, I'm sure Valve's games are the best selling things on Steam, but that's not really surprising is it? Half-life and Half-life 2 are among the best selling PC games ever... it's only logical that they would sell well on Steam. It's not like Valve are the only ones who claim the PC market is healthy either. Will Wright, DFC Intelligence, and of course Mark Rein and the other members of the PC alliance all claim the PC market is currently healthy and growing. If you suddenly think that you and apparently Peter Molyneux know more about the PC market than all these people, more power to you, but I'll trust the people who are actually part of developing for the modern PC industry.
