2008 Nowhere to Be Found in Nielsen’s Most Played PC Games of 2008

Research group The Nielsen Company recently released a list of 2008’s 10 most played PC games, but seeing as how you’re probably still scraping bolded numbers off your monitor after you last careened into our list sanctum , we nearly skipped it. However, as it turns out, Nielsen’s runway strut contained a pretty interesting anomaly , so we want you to look at it. Top 10 PC Game Titles in the U.S. World of Warcraft (2004) / Blizzard Entertainment 671 Avg Minutes Played Per Week / 0.723% AU* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) / Infinity Ward 403 Avg Minutes Played Per Week / 0.163% AU* Halo: Combat Evolved (2003) / Gearbox, Bungie 295 Avg Minutes Played Per Week / 0.092% AU* The Sims (2000) / EA Maxis 213 Avg Minutes Played Per Week / 0.09% AU* The Sims 2 (2004) / EA Maxis 291 Avg Minutes Played Per Week / 0.086% AU* RuneScape (2001) / Jagex Ltd. 451 Avg Minutes Played Per Week / 0.084% AU* Diablo II (2000) / Blizzard Entertainment 313 Avg Minutes Played Per Week / 0.065% ... (link)