May 5, 2009 13 Comments
Nielsen Games released its March 2009 data for top console usage and PC game titles with Playstation 2 and the role-playing game World Of Warcraft again topping their respective lists.
| Top 10 PC Game Titles: March 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANK | Game | Publisher | Avg. Min Per Week | TMP% |
| 1 | World of Warcraft | Blizzard Entertainment | 653 | 46.710 |
| 2 | Second Life | Linden Lab | 760 | 3.206 |
| 3 | Dark Messiah of Might & Magic | Ubisoft | 582 | 3.049 |
| 4 | Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword | 2K Games | 668 | 2.690 |
| 5 | Bookworm | PopCap Games | 169 | 2.263 |
| 6 | Half-Life 2 | Vivendi Games | 313 | 2.195 |
| 7 | Civilization IV | 2K Games | 332 | 2.053 |
| 8 | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | Blizzard Entertainment | 213 | 1.739 |
| 9 | Chessmaster Challenge | PlayFirst | 54 | 1.714 |
| 10 | StarCraft | Blizzard Entertainment | 334 | 1.676 |
| Source: Nielsen Games – GamePlay Metrics™ TMP% represents the percent of total minutes played from the Top 100 non-casual/pre-installed PC games measured. |
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| Topline Console Usage – March 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|
| RANK | Console | Usage Minutes % |
| 1 | PlayStation 2 | 22.0 |
| 2 | Xbox 360 | 21.2 |
| 3 | Wii | 17.9 |
| 4 | PlayStation 3 | 10.3 |
| 5 | Xbox | 6.6 |
| 6 | GameCube | 2.6 |
| 7 | Other | 19.3 |
| 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 |
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