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NPD: September’s Top 20 PC Games

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By Tom Ivan

October 20, 2009

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NCsoft’s Aion has debuted atop September’s US PC games retail chart, with the Collector's Edition also taking fifth place in the rankings, according to data provided by the NPD Group.

Previously known as Aion: The Tower Of Eternity, the MMO was released in Korea in November 2008 and in Japan and Taiwan in July 2009. It has enjoyed notable success in Asia, helping to drive strong growth for its South Korea-based publisher in the first and second fiscal quarters. Ahead of its western release, NCsoft said that pre-orders for the title had almost reached 400,000.

Also new to the chart are Atari’s Champions Online in third place - one spot behind August’s bestseller, The Sims 3 – and Square Enix’s Batman: Arkham Asylum at 16.

Top 20 (last month’s position)

01. (    ) Aion - NCsoft
02. (01) The Sims 3- Electronic Arts
03. (    ) Champions Online - Atari
04. (02) World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King - Blizzard
05. (    ) Aion Collector's Edition - NCsoft
06. (04) Mumbo Jumbo Assortment - Mumbo Jumbo
07. (03) The Sims 2 Double Deluxe - Electronic Arts
08. (06) World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
09. (    ) Reel Deal Slots Treasures Of The Far East - Phantom EFX
10. (08) World Of Warcraft - Blizzard
11. (09) Spore - Electronic Arts
12. (    ) Grand Theft Auto IV - Take-Two
13. (11) Starcraft: Battle Chest - Blizzard
14. (    ) Zuma's Revenge - PopCap
15. (13) World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade - Blizzard
16. (    ) Batman: Arkham Asylum - Square Enix
17. (19) Reel Deal Slots Adventure - Phantom EFX
18. (10) Nancy Drew: Ransom Of The Seven Ships - Her Interactive
19. (17) Civilization IV: Complete Edition - Take-Two
20. (    ) The Sims 2 University Life Collection - Electronic Arts

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On October 20th OmegaVader said:

Impressive showing by Aion. I wasn't terribly impressed in the beta. We'll have to wait and see if it suffers the same fate of Warhammer and Conan (a significant drop in player base after the first free month) or if this one has legs.

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On October 21st Alex_V said:

On that topic, I think the media's expectations of these games is slightly unfair. I would guess most if not all MMO's suffer from a proportion of players dropping out after the first month. But that doesn't necessarily mean that they are all failures. Certainly I would guess that even on the initial sales Conan and Warhammer were profitable releases, and continue to be so. Unfortunately in the media they have to be continually compared to WOW.