Gamasutra
has a story about the latest NPD charts tracking retail sales of PC games in
the US. Word is
The Sims 3 sold 820,000 retail units in the US in June,
almost twice the number of units than were sold during the month by
console
chart topper PROTOTYPE, which is rarified air for a PC game (though
perhaps not as shocking as
The Sims 2 Double Deluxe occupying the #3 spot
on the chart after two The Sims 3 SKUs). They did a little digging and found EA
reported around 700,000 first-month sales for The Sims 2 in 2005, so it seems
The Sims 3 sales are actually outpacing those of its predecessor.