Decorating aSimshouse is so totally better than creating monsters inSpore. Just ask PC gaming consumers. According togamesindustry.bizthe NPDs for the week ending on July 5 show that the mightySpore Creature Creatorhas been toppled from first by theSims 2 IKEAexpansion. Apparently players don’t have to go through the rigors of assembling the furniture like I have to. The sales list is as follows:

Look at all that EA and Activision/Blizzard/Vivendi action going on. WillWorld of Warcraftever slide all the way down the list? Every week, I look at these numbers and wonder if the billion-year-old game could ever possibly be replaced. I’d almost bet that the only way people quit buyingWorld of Warcraftis if they’re too busy buyingDiablo IIIorStarcraft II.

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