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ChartSpot: NPD’s rankings of US game sales from January to June show EA’s sim sequel edging out WOW expansion on PC charts; Nintendo takes half of non-PC top 10.

Just under a week after it published a worse-than-expected US monthly game sales report, the NPD Group has released its top 10 best-seller charts for the year so far. The rankings were based on unit sales figures, which were themselves not made public.

Americans preferred limber Miis’.

The leading industry-research group found that, in the first six months of 2006, Nintendo dominated the domestic non-PC games market, occupying six of the top 10 slots. Wii Fit came in first, followed by Pokemon Platinum (DS), the Wii Remote pack-in Wii Play, and Wii Mario Kart, which is bundled with the Wii wheel. The last two positions on the top 10 were taken by some venerable DS holdovers–New Super Mario Bros., released in May 2006, and Mario Kart DS, first released in November 2005.

Sandwiched between the Mii yoginis and pocket-sized plumbers were three Xbox 360 games–Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 (fifth), THQ’s UFC 2009 Undisputed (sixth), and Activision’s 2008 hit Call of Duty: World at War (seventh). The sole PlayStation 3 title to crack the top 20 was the long-awaited–and critically praised–first-party shooter Killzone 2, which fought its way into eighth place.

On the PC charts–much like in the real world–Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard fought it out for supremacy. From January to July, the former’s Sims 3 was a double threat, with the regular edition being the top game and the $70 collector’s edition coming in eighth. Despite competing against its own sequel, The Sims 2: Double Deluxe was the six-month period’s bronze-medal winner, with The Sims 2: Apartment Life expansion taking 10th place. EA also scored with Spore, the half-year’s seventh-place PC title.

’and happy sims during the first half of 2009.

Activision Blizzard’s showing wasn’t too shabby, with the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion coming in second, and the $40 World of Warcraft: Battle Chest Bundle–which consists of the original game and the Burning Crusade expansion–coming in fourth. The original World of Warcraft, which was released over four and a half years ago, remained a best seller in sixth place. Rounding out the top 10 US PC games from January to June were fifth-place finisher Empire: Total War from Sega and ninth-place game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II from THQ.

TOP NON-PC US GAMES: JAN.-JUNE 2009
1) Wii Fit w/ Balance Board (Wii) – Nintendo

2) Pokemon Platinum (DS) – Nintendo
3) Wii Play w/ Remote (Wii) – Nintendo
4) Wii Mario Kart w/ Wheel (Wii) – Nintendo
5) Resident Evil 5 (Xbox 360) – Capcom
6) UFC 2009 Undisputed (Xbox 360) – THQ
7) Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360) – Activision Blizzard
Killzone 2 (PlayStation 3) – SCEA
9) Mario Kart DS (DS) – Nintendo
10) New Super Mario Bros. (DS) – Nintendo

TOP PC US GAMES: JAN.-JUNE 2009
1) The Sims 3 – Electronic Arts
2) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – Activision Blizzard
3) The Sims 2: Double Deluxe – Electronic Arts
4) World of Warcraft: Battle Chest – Activision Blizzard
5) Empire: Total War – Sega
6) World of Warcraft – Activision Blizzard
7) Spore – Electronic Arts
The Sims 3: Collector’s Edition – Electronic Arts
9) Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – THQ
10) The Sims 2: Apartment Life – Electronic Arts

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