We get a fair idea of which games sell the most. But what about the games we play the most? Little harder to quantify. That hasnāt stopped surveyors Nielsen from trying to find out!
According to their ābest of 2008ā lists ā which record stuff like the ten highest-grossing movies, biggest-selling albums, etc ā Americaās PC gamers spent more time playing World of Warcraft than any other game. Indeed, you spent more time playing World of Warcraft than the other nine games in the top ten combined.
Nielsen also recorded ā again, on the basis of most time spent playing rather than highest-selling ā what Americaās most popular console was. And surprise, it wasnāt the Wii. While Nintendoās console was obviously the top seller for 2008, itās still got a ways to go to catch up the install base of the PS2, which racked up nearly 3x as many playing hours as Nintendoās machine could manage.
Oh, and yes. That is the original Xbox getting more use than the PS3 (with the GameCube not that far behind, either). Ouch.
