Nielsen Media Reports PC Gaming Statistics

A few weeks ago, we posted a look at the March 2009 sales numbers for PC games. Earlier this week, Nielsen Games, a media research company, published a more statistical analysis of the PC gaming market.

In the article, Neilsen ranks games based on actual usage data from thousands of households, ordering each game according to its share of the “total minutes played” (TMP%) for the top 100 games. Beyond the Sword came in fourth, with people playing the game an average of 668 minutes per week and comprising 2.7% of people’s total gaming minutes. Civilization 4 placed seventh, with 332 minutes per week and 2.1%.

It is interesting to note that although World of Warcraft has by far the highest share of the total minutes played, people play it for less time per week – indicating the sheer volume of WoW players. Adding together Civ4’s two shares would place it in second, ahead of Second Life.

Thanks to Richard Bartle for the news submission!

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