The Death of PC Gaming: Not just yet!

Now if you’ve read any of the other articles in the series you would have seen me write about how many software companies rather not create titles for PC anymore choosing instead to go with consoles. Even though this is still the case for many developers the last few months have been pretty good for PC titles.

Below are the PC Digital Download charts for the week ending Feb 27^th as well as overall top PC game sales for direct download sites and though some of the games listed there are also multiplatform titles there are a lot of big names there and exclusive PC titles.

Steam

• 1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 LE (Pre-Order) – DICE
  2. *Supreme Commander 2 – Gas Powered Games
  3. *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward
  4. *Napoleon: Total War Imperial Edition – Creative Assembly
  5. *Aliens vs. Predator – Rebellion
  6. *Napoleon: Total War – Creative Assembly
  7. Assassin’s Creed 2 (Pre-Order) – Ubisoft Montreal
  8. SpellForce 2: Gold Edition – Phenomic
  9. Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising (Pre-Order) – Relic
  10. BioShock 2 – 2K Marin, Digital Extremes
  11. *Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve
  12. Mass Effect 2 – BioWare

Direct2Drive

• 1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 LE (Pre-Order) – EA DICE
  2. Star Trek Online Digital Deluxe Edition – Cryptic
  3. BioShock 1 + 2 Bundle – 2K Games
  4. Star Trek Online – Cryptic
  5. Dragon Age: Origins + Awakening Pre-Order Bundle – BioWare
  6. Civilization 4 Complete – Firaxis
  7. Aion – NCSoft
  8. Mass Effect 2 Digital Deluxe Edition – BioWare
  9. BioShock 2 – 2K Marin, Digital Extremes
  10. Mass Effect 2 – BioWare

Impulse

• 1. *Sins of a Solar Empire Trinity Pack – Ironclad
  2. *Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy – Ironclad
  3. *Sins of a Solar Empire Expansion Bundle – Ironclad
  4. Dawn of Discovery Gold – Blue Byte
  5. Mount & Blade – Taleworlds
  6. *GalCiv II: Ultimate Edition – Stardock
  7. *Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment – Ironclad
  8. Ecochron Legends – StarWrath3D
  9. Eufloria – Omni-Labs
  10. Supreme Commander Gold – Gas Powered Games

GOG

• 1. Psychonauts
  2. Advent Rising
  3. Bloodrayne 2
  4. Bloodrayne
  5. Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
  6. Arcanum
  7. Phantasmagoria 2
  8. Call to Power 2
  9. King’s Quest 4-5-6
  10. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Now add to this the fact that the rising popularity of direct gaming download sites are promoting older games and the upcoming releases of PC mega hits like Civilization V and we could be seeing the beginning of a resurgence.

Visits: 493