01.23.2007 GAME SALES MAKE US LOOK DUMB
Does this mean we're not gamers? I have a hard time even trusting this list as true, but according to CVG these were the best selling games of last year. How many of the ten have you actually played? I've only played a pathetic three of the total ten:
- 1. FIFA 07
- 2. Pro Evolution Soccer 6
- 3. Need For Speed: Carbon
- 4. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
- 5. LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- 6. The Sims 2 Pets
- 7. Cars
- 8. Tomb Raider: Legend
- 9. The Sims 2
- 10. WWE Smackdown! Vs Raw 2007
Some of it makes sense - soccer, err, 'football' is the world's most popular sport, so that's not too surprising seeing it at the top. And sure, I guess a lot of moms are going to buy Cars for their kids, but WWE fans really pull in that many sales? How can you watch that crap now that Stone Cold turned wife abusive and the Vince McMahon plot crumbled along with Mankind's back bones? The day The Rock went corporate was the day it all went downhill. The Sims must be pulling a heft furry fetish following, and maybe Star Wars fans are even more powerful than Nintendo fanboys in the gaming world. Tomb Raider: Legend, Lego Star Wars and Liberty Stories are the only three I've played.
I'm most surprised by the GTA:LCS. Even though it's a popular brand, I didn't think there were that many PSPs around.
Though, the wrestling thing is pretty shocking, was it a marked down price, or maybe on multiple systems? Whatever, I just added numbers to Fight Night and Table Tennis this weekend, so I shouldn't talk.