Today's leisure is sometimes difficult to imagine without computer games. Adults or children can choose any game they like, since the range of them is simply huge. The popularity of computer toys is growing under the influence of various factors, such as search queries, sales of licensed copies, mentions in the press and media.
Online games - attendance record holders
According to the attendance rating, the League Of Legends computer game from the Riot Games company holds the palm in Europe and America. According to statistics from the rating association Xfire, players from North America and Europe have spent more than 1.3 billion hours in this toy. The second well-deserved place went to the World of Warcraft strategy, which, despite a sharp decline in popularity, reached 600 million hours of play. Well, the third place was taken by everyone's beloved, old and kind Minecraft. His figure is 371 million game hours.
The rating organization's report also noted the growing popularity of the MMORPG game Diablo III, which reached 172 million game hours in just the first 45 days from its release date.
Rating of sales of computer games
Some computer games are sold like hot cakes to customers. The sales record belongs to the popular toy, the shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare2. In the Guinness Book of Records, it is listed as the game that owns the best sales start in the history of computer games. In one day, more than 4.7 million copies were sold in the United States and Great Britain, which brought manufacturers a profit of $ 401 million. The previous record of $ 310 million belonged to GTA IV.
The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized Batman: Arkham Asylum as the most successful superhero game.
The most popular computer online game
Developers of computer online games from the Belarusian company Wargaming.net can rightfully boast of their incredibly popular project of a free war game World of Tanks. According to the calculations of the rating company for game analysis, the DFC Intelligence website, one of the game's servers had the largest number of players in history, namely 91,311 people, among whom there are even female players.
List of the most popular computer games in Russia
The highest popularity of computer games in Russia is again occupied by World of Tanks. She collects more than 3 million search queries per month, and is also mentioned in the press more than 200 times during the same period of time. On social networks, she is mentioned even more often. The second place in Russia is occupied by the famous World of Warcraft, which is considered a cult game all over the world that does not lose popularity. The reason for the continuing popularity lies in the constant updates of the game, as well as in its online versions. Well, the third place is shared by several computer toys at once. These are Far Cry 3, Assassins Creed 3 and Black Ops 2, which are the leaders in the number of pre-orders for the media with the game.
