Sims slay soldiers, dragons, and zombies in Dec. PC sales

• by Dave Rudden
• January 15, 2010 17:11 PM PST

Capping off a successful 2009, The Sims 3 and its expansion pack took the top two sales slots on the December 2009 PC sales charts, beating out Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and Left 4 Dead 2.

Despite some heavy competition from a trio of recent hardcore releases, The Sims 3 and its first expansion were able to end December as the top-selling PC game this month, giving the June-released game the distinction of becoming the best-selling game of the year as well. The two Sims titles beat out Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and Left 4 Dead 2, which rounded out the top five.

The rest of the list includes a few more Sims games, the PC top-seller stalwart World of Warcraft, and, thankfully, Borderlands. Then there's a handful of WTF titles like Nancy Drew, Mumbo Jumbo Assortment, and IGT Slots: Texas Tea to make you realize that there are some weird gamers out there.

The full 1-20 NPD PC video game sales rankings for December 2009 are below. Commenters: any surprising omissions, in your opinion? Personally, I think Nancy Drew: The White Wolf at Icicle Creek should have made the list instead of Waverly Academy.

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