The beauty of PC sales charts is that, as often as they're depressingly repetitive, other times they're an explosion of strangeness and absurdity.
Like this latest batch, where we have three very different games atop the three major sales charts. Lich King at #1 on the retail charts, we'd expect that. Left 4 Dead, surging back to reclaim top spot on Steam, that's a little less expected. And as for Direct2Drive's charts, well. Those are just nutty.
NPD Sales Charts March 22-28
1. Wrath of the Lich King
2. Empire: Total War
3. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
4. WoW: Battle Chest
5. 40,000: Dawn Of War II
6. Spore
7. Mystery Case Files: Return To Ravenhearst
8. World Of Warcraft
9. The Sims 2 Apartment Life
10. Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
Steam Charts As Of April 7
1. Left 4 Dead
2. Counter-Strike Source
3. Empire: Total War
4. Dawn of War II
5. The Orange Box
6. Fallout 3
7. Team Fortress 2
8. Call of Duty 4
9. Tomb Raider: Anniversary
10. Call of Duty: World At War
Direct2Drive Charts Mar 29 - Apr 4
1. Final Fantasy XI Vana'diel Collection 2008
2. Battleforge
3. Space Siege
4. Rome: Total War Gold Collection
5. Fallout 3
6. Men of War
7. Empire: Total War
8. C&C Red Alert 3: Uprising
9. Drakensang: The Dark Eye
10. The Sims 2: Double Deluxe