WoW tops sales US sales charts for '06

World of Warcraft has officially wrung in as the winner in most units sold in 2006, thanks to research done by NPD, selling 969,000 units of their award winning title.

In second place on the list is EA's The Sims 2, selling a respectable 598,000 units.

Here's the full list.

1. World of Warcraft (VU Games)
2. The Sims 2 (EA)
3. The Sims 2: Open for Business (EA)
4. Star Wars: Empire at War (LucasArts)
5. The Sims 2: Pets (EA)
6. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Take 2)
7. Age of Empires III (Microsoft)
8. The Sims 2 Family Fun (EA)
9. Civilization IV (Take 2)
10. The Sims 2 Nightlife (EA)

Overall EA is weighing in fairly heavily with 5 games, all in The Sims IP, in the top 10.

Too bad they don't have all the teenage girls who play The Sims paying $15 a month to watch their Sim go on a date and then get dumped for the prettier girl next door, just like in real life. EA could roll in an even bigger money pit if they figured out how to refer to The Sims as an MMO. You know, allow the players to sit and watch the game play itself while thousands of others around the world also watched the same thing. Talk about riveting gameplay, wow.

\\drew