Microsoft Leads the PC Games Market by a 10-1 Margin, According to Media Metrix; Nearly Four in Five PC Game Users Play a Microsoft Game.Business & Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2000 Media Metrix (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MMXI MMXI Media Metrix ), the pioneer and leader in Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and Digital Media measurement worldwide, reports that nearly 80 percent of all PC game users, or 38 million people, played a PC game from Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. in the month of March 2000. The number of people playing a Microsoft PC game was nearly 10 times the nearest competing game publisher, Sierra Online
Sierra Online is a division of Vivendi Games focusing on the growing internet gaming industry, particularly the genre of casual gaming. , at 3.9 million users. Rounding out the top five publishers of PC games by unique users were Hasbro Interactive Hasbro Interactive was a video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the large game and toy company. Hasbro Interactive was formed late in 1995 in order to compete in the computer and video game arena. at 3.2 million unique users, Slingo, Inc. at 2.0 million users and Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, is an American computer game developer and publisher headquartered in Irvine, California. History Blizzard Entertainment was founded by Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce as Silicon & Synapse with 1.7 million users, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Media Metrix SoftUsage Report for March 2000. "The key to Microsoft's success has been twofold: first, building simple and easy to learn and play games, and second, bundling bundling, courtship custom, thought to have originated in Holland and the British Isles. It was extended to America, particularly to New England, and most widely practiced in the years prior to the Revolution of 1776. those games with every copy of the Windows operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. ," said Bruce Bruce, Scottish royal family descended from an 11th-century Norman duke, Robert de Brus. He aided William I in his conquest of England (1066) and was given lands in England. Ryon, senior vice president and general manager of the New Media Group, Media Metrix. "However, Microsoft has also done well beyond bundling. Not counting the 32.8 million unique users of the four games bundled bun·dle n. 1. A group of objects held together, as by tying or wrapping. 2. Something wrapped or tied up for carrying; a package. 3. Biology A cluster or strand of closely bound muscle or nerve fibers. with Windows 95 and 98 - Solitaire solitaire or patience, any card game that can be played by one person. Solitaire is the American name; in England it is known as patience. There are probably more kinds of solitaire than all other card games together. , Freecell FreeCell is a solitaire card game played with a 52-card standard deck. Although implementations vary, most versions label the hands with a number (derived from the random number seed used to generate the hand). , Minesweeper minesweeper Naval vessel used to clear submarine mines from an expanse of water. In naval warfare, they are used to clear mines from sea-lanes to protect merchant shipping as well as to clear paths for warships to engage in battle or amphibious warfare. and Hearts Network - the number of Microsoft PC unbundled game users was 5.1 million users in March or 1.2 million users greater than its nearest publishing competitor."
MEDIA METRIX INC.
Top 5 Game Publishers by Unique Users
U.S. Home PC Users
March 2000
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Unique Persons PC User Game User
Using (000) Share (%) Share (%)
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Total PC Users 87,017 100.0%
Total Games Users 48,443 55.7% 100.0%
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1 Microsoft 37,907 43.6% 78.3%
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2 Sierra Online 3,901 4.5% 8.1%
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3 Hasbro Interactive 3,186 3.7% 6.6%
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4 Slingo, Inc. 1,992 2.3% 4.1%
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5 Blizzard Entertainment 1,665 1.9% 3.4%
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MEDIA METRIX INC.
Top 50 Games Played
U.S. Home PC Users
March 2000
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Unique Persons PC User Game User
Using (000) Share (%) Share (%)
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Total PC Users 87,017 100.0%
Total Games Users 48,443 55.7% 100.0%
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1 Microsoft Solitaire 22,305 25.63% 46.04%
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2 Microsoft Freecell 17,444 20.05% 36.01%
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3 Microsoft Entertainment Pack 10,561 12.14% 21.80%
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4 Microsoft Hearts Network 8,647 9.94% 17.85%
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5 Microsoft Minesweeper 7,294 8.38% 15.06%
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6 Microsoft Golf 2,455 2.82% 5.07%
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7 Slingo 1,992 2.29% 4.11%
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8 Ron Balewski Mah Jongg
For Windows 1,215 1.40% 2.51%
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9 Microsoft Age Of Empires 1,071 1.23% 2.21%
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10 Microsoft MSN Gaming Zone 1,001 1.15% 2.07%
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11 Blizzard Entertainment
Starcraft 1,000 1.15% 2.06%
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12 Cinematronics 3D Pinball 998 1.15% 2.06%
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13 Hasbro Interactive/Micropose
Rollercoaster Tycoon 944 1.08% 1.95%
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14 Maxis Simcity 2000 901 1.04% 1.86%
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15 Sierra On-Line Hoyle
Classic Board Games 864 0.99% 1.78%
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16 Swfte International
Bicycle Solitaire 852 0.98% 1.76%
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17 Sierra On-Line Hoyle
Classic Card Games 785 0.90% 1.62%
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18 Jellyvision Engine Start 715 0.82% 1.48%
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19 Sunstorm Interactive
Deer Hunter 706 0.81% 1.46%
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20 Microstar 200 Great Games 691 0.79% 1.43%
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21 Dave Lemke Spider Solitaire 679 0.78% 1.40%
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22 Moraffware Morejongg! 677 0.78% 1.40%
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23 Fukumoto & Wataru
Same Game For Windows 629 0.72% 1.30%
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24 Blizzard Entertainment
Diablo 614 0.71% 1.27%
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25 Freeware Shoot Me Elmo 559 0.64% 1.15%
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26 Nvision Design Elf Bowling Game 527 0.61% 1.09%
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27 Oska Deskmate 496 0.57% 1.02%
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28 Microsoft Return Of Arcade 472 0.54% 0.97%
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29 Westwood Studios Monopoly 454 0.52% 0.94%
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30 Hasbro Interactive Scrabble 441 0.51% 0.91%
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31 Microsoft Flight Simulator 440 0.51% 0.91%
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32 Hasbro Interactive Tonka
Search And Rescue 416 0.48% 0.86%
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33 Mpath Interactive
Mplayer.Com Games 411 0.47% 0.85%
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34 The Learning Company
Game Empire 406 0.47% 0.84%
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35 Longbow Digital
Arts DX-Ball 2 406 0.47% 0.84%
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36 Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft Ii 402 0.46% 0.83%
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37 Microsoft/Mir Dialogue Lineup 398 0.46% 0.82%
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38 Valve Half-Life 391 0.45% 0.81%
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39 Nova Logic Delta Force 391 0.45% 0.81%
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40 Hasbro Interactive/Millenium
Frogger 384 0.44% 0.79%
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41 Rene-Gilles Deberdt
Kyodai Mahjongg 382 0.44% 0.79%
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42 Microsoft Monster
Truck Madness 380 0.44% 0.78%
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43 Mindscape Lego Island 374 0.43% 0.77%
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44 Hasboro Interactive
Game Of Life 369 0.42% 0.76%
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45 Wizardworks Fun Pack 368 0.42% 0.76%
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46 Activision Shanghai 2:
Dragon's Eye 358 0.41% 0.74%
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47 Sylvester The Wild
Cat Bloobs 95 349 0.40% 0.72%
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48 Sierra On-Line Hoyle Casino 342 0.39% 0.71%
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49 Segasoft. Lose Your
Marbles Lite 337 0.39% 0.70%
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50 Goodsol Development
Pretty Good Solitaire 332 0.38% 0.69%
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Key Definitions - Unique Users - The estimated number of total users who used the game title once in the given month. All Unique Users are unduplicated (only counted once). - PC User Share Percent - The percent of all PC users who played a given game - Game User Share Percent - The percent of all game players who played a given game. About Media Metrix Media Metrix, Inc., with over 750 clients, is the leader and pioneer in Internet and Digital Media measurement and the industry's source for the most comprehensive, reliable, and timely audience ratings, e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. , advertising and technology measurement services. Media Metrix' AdRelevance division, through its superior ad tracking technology, provides clients the most comprehensive data on where, when, how and how much Web marketers and their competition are advertising online. Media Metrix has worldwide majority-owned operations through partnerships with media and market research leaders around the world. Media Metrix' European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. division, known as MMXI Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). , operates in
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