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Top PC Game Titles
January 2010
| Rank | Game Title | Publisher | Share | Average Minutes Played Per Week | TMP% |
| 1 |
World of Warcraft |
Blizzard Entertainment |
10.932 |
524 |
42.809 |
| 2 |
Sims 3, The |
Electronic Arts Inc. |
5.541 |
212 |
6.261 |
| 3 |
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic |
Ubisoft |
2.973 |
285 |
3.650 |
| 4 |
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos |
Blizzard Entertainment |
1.503 |
279 |
2.696 |
| 5 |
Second Life |
Linden Lab |
1.247 |
492 |
2.612 |
| 6 |
Half-Life 2 |
Vivendi Games |
1.343 |
308 |
2.512 |
| 7 |
Aion |
NCsoft |
0.760 |
332 |
1.632 |
| 8 |
Zoo Tycoon 2 |
Microsoft Game Studios |
1.213 |
242 |
1.595 |
| 9 |
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach |
Atari |
0.590 |
547 |
1.586 |
| 10 |
Chessmaster Challenge |
PlayFirst, Inc. |
9.480 |
47 |
1.531 |
Source: Nielsen Games - GamePlay Metrics™. Share is the percentage of the gaming audience measured that played the title. Overall TMP% represents the percent of total minutes played from the Top 100 non-casual/pre-installed PC games measured.
Top Line Console Usage
January 2010
| Rank | Console | Usage Minutes % |
| 1 |
Wii |
23.5 |
| 2 |
Xbox 360 |
22.1 |
| 3 |
PlayStation 2 |
15.1 |
| 4 |
PlayStation 3 |
11.4 |
| 5 |
Xbox |
4.3 |
| 6 |
GameCube |
2.0 |
| 7 |
Other |
21.6 |
Source: Nielsen Games - GamePlay Metrics™. Usage Minutes % is the percent of all measured console minutes. ’Other’ consists of any other console systems found in the home.
Top 10 Games To Buy Next
Week ending March 6, 2010
| Rank | Last Week | Title |
| 1 |
2 |
Final Fantasy XIII |
| 2 |
1 |
God of War III |
| 3 |
5 |
Dante’s Inferno |
| 4 |
7 |
Avatar |
| 5 |
29 |
Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
| 6 |
9 |
MLB ’10: The Show |
| 7 |
6 |
Madden NFL 10 |
| 8 |
18 |
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 |
| 9 |
10 |
Halo: Reach |
| 10 |
3 |
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
Source: Nielsen Video Game Tracking asks the following question every week among gamers: “Which video game are you most looking forward to buying next?”
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