NPD PC game sales charts

With two games in The Sims series and Rise of Nations holding on to the sales lead, there was little change at the top of this week's PC chart from The NPD Group. However, the box-office success of Pixar's computer-animated movie Finding Nemo has evidently carried over to game sales, as a second Finding Nemo game entered the sales chart this week. The overall rankings for the month of May show that it was a strong period for new PC releases, as five of the top six games are new.

Best-selling PC games for the week of June 1-7, 2003:

Rank / Title / Publisher / Average Price
1 / The Sims: Superstar / EA / $30
2 / The Sims Deluxe / EA / $43
3 / Rise of Nations / Microsoft / $49
4 / Grand Theft Auto: Vice City / Rockstar / $47
5 / The Sims: Unleashed / EA / $29
6 / Finding Nemo: Nemo's Underwater World of Fun / THQ / $19
7 / Finding Nemo / THQ / $20
8 / RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 / Atari / $29
9 / Enter the Matrix / Atari / $49
10 / Command & Conquer: Generals / EA / $46

Best-selling PC games for the month of May:

This Month / Last Month / Title / Publisher / Average Price
1 / * / The Sims: Superstar / EA / $29
2 / * / Grand Theft Auto: Vice City / Rockstar / $45
3 / * / Enter the Matrix / Atari / $47
4 / 3 / The Sims Deluxe / EA / $41
5 / * / PlanetSide / Sony Online / $48
6 / * / Rise of Nations / Microsoft / $50
7 / 2 / Command & Conquer: Generals / EA / $46
8 / 4 / The Sims: Unleashed / EA / $28
9 / 1 / Delta Force: Black Hawk Down / NovaLogic / $38
10 / 5 / Battlefield 1942 / EA / $47
11 / 12 / SimCity 4 / EA / $41
12 / 6 / Zoo Tycoon / Microsoft / $26
13 / 9 / Diablo II / VU Games / $21
14 / 15 / RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 / Atari / $28
15 / 8 / Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos / VU Games / $39
16 / * / RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds / Atari / $25
17 / 10 / Mall Tycoon / Take-Two / $19
18 / 11 / Battlefield 1942: Road to Rome / EA / $19
19 / 20 / Backyard Baseball 2003 / Atari / $19
20 / * / Medal of Honor: Allied Assault / EA / $33

The lists above rank games according to retail sales. To see a list of games ranked according to GameSpot review score, visit our Top 100 page.