NPD weekly PC game sales chart

The NPD Group has released its most recent US retail sales chart for PC games. The chart reflects Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide's first week in stores, and not surprisingly, the expansion pack to BioWare's popular role-playing game sold well in its debut, coming in second place. The new chart marks the disappearance of some big names that were in the top 10 for a number of weeks, most notably Battlefield 1942 and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. However, Diablo II climbed back up the charts, no doubt in part due to its discounted price, which came to an average of just $19.

Best-selling PC games for the week of June 15-21, 2003:

Rank / Title / Publisher / Average Price
1 / The Sims: Superstar / EA / $30
2 / Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide / Atari / $29
3 / The Sims Deluxe / EA / $43
4 / Rise of Nations / Microsoft / $49
5 / Diablo II / VU Games / $19
6 / The Sims: Unleashed / EA / $29
7 / Finding Nemo: Nemo's Underwater World of Fun / THQ / $20
8 / Finding Nemo / THQ / $20
9 / Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos / Vivendi Universal / $39
10 / RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 / Atari / $29

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