February 17, 2005

PC Game Sales Not Good

TheStreet.com wallows on PC game sales which are down 12% year over year, while console game revenue continues to rise. This is especially shocking as Doom 3, Half-life 2, and Sims 2 were released in 2004. However I kind of doubt NPD, which tracks retail game sales, has a handle on Valve's Half-life 2 sales over their STEAM broadband download service. Moreover I doubt they are counting the success of online roleplaying games like Everquest 2 and World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft is on track to do $200 million in revenue in a year. Take that consoles!