In a list recently released by market researcher NPD, it was revealed that EA’s The Sims 3 was the best selling PC-title of 2009 in the United States. The game was released in June 2009. A first expansions to The Sims 3 known as The Sims 3: World Adventures was released in November 2009, and managed to claim the seventh position in the ranking.

The NPD also stated that the market for PC-software took a major blow this year, with revenues dropping by more than 23% when compared to 2008. The overall software industry lost approximately 11% in terms of revenue in 2009.

Second on the list of best selling PC-games was the second expansion to World of Warcraft, World of Warcaft: Wrath of the Lich King, which was released in November 2008. Other games found in the ranking include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Spore, Dragon Age: Origins and Empire: Total War. The complete ranking can be found after the jump.