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Trend Index

Video Games

Top 10 PC Game Titles
March 2008
Rank Game Title Publisher AU% Average Minutes
Played Per Week
1 World of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment 0.80 754
2 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Activision 0.25 523
3 Halo: Combat Evolved Microsoft Game Studios 0.11 335
4 Sims, The Electronic Arts Inc. 0.09 227
5 Guild Wars NCsoft 0.07 503
6 Sims 2, The Electronic Arts Inc. 0.07 334
7 RuneScape Jagex Ltd. 0.07 420
8 Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment 0.07 438
9 Civilization IV 2K Games 0.07 478
10 StarCraft Blizzard Entertainment 0.06 324
Source: Nielsen Games
AU% is the percent of PC Gamers playing title in the average minute
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Top Line Console Usage
March 2008
Rank Console Usage Minutes %
1 PlayStation 2 32.8
2 Xbox 360 17.5
3 Wii 12.3
4 Xbox 10.3
5 PlayStation 3 6.3
6 GameCube 5.1
7 Other 15.7
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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