Playstation 2, World Of Warcraft, Most Played In January
Nielsen Games released its January 2009 data for top console usage and PC game titles with Playstation 2 and the role-playing game World Of Warcraft topping their respective lists.
Top Game Consoles January 2009
| Rank | Console | Usage Minutes % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlayStation 2 | 23.7 |
| 2 | Wii | 20.7 |
| 3 | Xbox 360 | 18.2 |
| 4 | PlayStation 3 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Xbox | 7.9 |
| 6 | GameCube | 3.3 |
| 7 | Other | 17.2 |
| Source: Nielsen Games – GamePlay Metrics™ Usage Minutes % is the percent of all measured console minutes “Other” consists of any other console systems found in the home |
Top 10 PC Game Titles January 2009
| Rank | Title | Publisher | Share | Avg. Min Per Week |
TMP% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World of Warcraft | Blizzard Entertainment | 12.090 | 649 | 46.560 |
| 2 | Dark Messiah of Might & Magic | Ubisoft | 0.978 | 732 | 4.403 |
| 3 | Second Life | Linden Lab | 1.488 | 520 | 3.589 |
| 4 | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | Blizzard Entertainment | 1.618 | 294 | 2.290 |
| 5 | Chessmaster Challenge | PlayFirst | 10.083 | 63 | 2.194 |
| 6 | Spore | Electronic Arts Inc. | 1.638 | 262 | 1.701 |
| 7 | Bookworm | PopCap Games | 3.305 | 128 | 1.621 |
| 8 | StarCraft | Blizzard Entertainment | 1.344 | 286 | 1.570 |
| 9 | Build-a-Lot 3: Passport to Europe | HipSoft LLC | 2.344 | 197 | 1.526 |
| 10 | Sims 2, The: Celebration Stuff | Electronic Arts Inc. | 1.222 | 288 | 1.467 |
| Source: Nielsen Games – GamePlay Metrics™ Share is the percentage of the gaming audience measured that played the title. TMP% represents the percent of total minutes played from the Top 100 non-casual/pre-installed PC games measured. |
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