USA Preorders Chart, 5 May 2012 - StarHawk - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 May 2012 / 8,641 Views
Overview
There is one game in the top 20 to be in its final week before launch. StarHawk (PS3) added 4,284 pre-orders in its final week for a grand total of 55,622. As a reminder the Pro data is back up, which means that I am taking requests again for games outside the top 20.
The top three games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, the same as last week, and the top 12 has 100,000 or more pre-orders, up from 11 last week. Three games added 20,000 or more, the same as last week and three added 10,000 or more, the same as last week.
Games in Final Week Before Launch
StarHawk (PS3) added 4,284 pre-orders in its final week for a grand total of 55,622. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 60,000 to 80,000 unit range. Expect StarHawk (PS3) to sell between 150,000 to 200,000 units by the time it stops selling. This is the first game in series.
Major Performers – Week Ending April 28
Sniper Elite V2 (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 25,000 in its second week on sale, while the PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 20,000.
TERA (PC) sales are expected to drop to around 25,000 in its second week on sale.
Prototype 2 (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 30,000 units in its third week on sale. The PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 20,000 units in its third week on sale.
Hardware sales overall are expected to drop slightly compared to the previous week.
Other Hot Games
Diablo III (PC) is at the top spot, as it added 38,016 pre-orders, down from 70,444 last week, for a total of 764,529. The game is two weeks away from launch, May 15 in North America and Europe.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) is at number two, as it added 22,487 pre-orders, down from 27,097 last week, for a total of 352,255. The PlayStation 3 version is down one spot to number 12, as it added 4,122 pre-orders, down from 4,747 last, for a total of 106,250. The game is three weeks away from launch, May 22, 2012 in the USA.
Notable mentions: Max Payne 3 (X360) added 8,901 pre-orders for a total of 139,288. Max Payne 3 (PS3) added 5,989 pre-orders for a total of 112,894. Guild Wars 2 (PC) added 21,814 pre-orders for a total of 118,560.
Requests: Resident Evil 6 (PS3) added 1,477 pre-orders for a total of 23,114. Resident Evil 6 (X360) added 1,418 pre-orders for a total of 22,524. Heroes of Ruin (3DS) added 410 pre-orders for a total of 18,179.
If your favorite game isn't in the top 20, leave a comment requesting which game you want to see and the three most requested games will be added in next week's article!
The Top 50 can be seen below or click here to go to the USA pre-orders page.
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Request: God of War: Ascension
God Of War won't out before 2013 so why request preorder of the game for now?
Pretty low preorder numbers for Starhawk, but I don't think this game has been advertised well by Sony.
sad StarHawk numbers :(
Agreed. Wish they were much higher. I think it would have been good to have StarHawk as a downloadable title, too. I was one of the pre-orders from last week, but haven't had time to play, yet.
Yep, a $30 PSN download for MP-only would've been far better.
It is quite a good game, but from the looks of things, I am not sure that the story is really worth the extra, it is essentially a glorified tutorial. The worst thing is that you don't seem to be able to play split-screen without being signed into PSN...
Lets hope it does well and have even better legs than Giselle. ;)
just wondering, does this chart cover collectors editions as in Darksiders II, cuz there is no way the pre orders are less than last week considering how much all 4 copies moved up in bestseller charts
Requests: gravity daze and Littlebigplanet (vita) :)
And Resistance: Burning Skies XD
Requests: gravity daze and Littlebigplanet (vita)
Request: Metro Last Light
I am interested in how much pre-order bump Hitman Absolution is going to get from giving away a free game (Sniper Challenge) for every pre-order from Gamestop.
Also, Tomb Raider pre-orders should be tracked here. I have it pre-ordered since E3 2011.
Request :Record of Agarest War 2
request: metro last light, South Park the Game.
Request : Atelier Meruru
Request: The Last Story (Wii), Pokemon B/W2. How aren't these games in the top 50 yet?
