USA Preorders Chart, 12 May 2012 - Diablo III - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 May 2012 / 11,344 Views
Overview
There are two games in the top 20 to be in its final week before launch. Diablo III (PC) is the top game before release this week. It added 59,463 pre-orders for a grand total of 823,992. 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. Two games added 20,000 or more, down from three last week and four added 10,000 or more, up from three last week.
Games in Final Week Before Launch
Diablo III (PC) added 59,463 pre-orders for a grand total of 823,992. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 900,000 to 1.1 million unit range. Expect Diablo III (PC) to sell between 1.5 million to 2.0 million units by the time it stops selling.
- Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC, 2010) – 775,852 week one USA, 1.88 million to date
Max Payne 3 (X360) added 19,263 pre-orders for a final total of 158,551. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 200,000 to 250,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 1.0 million to 1.2 million units by the time it stops selling.
Max Payne 3 (X360) added 10,152 pre-orders for a final total of 123,046. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 150,000 to 200,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 800,000 to 1.0 million units by the time it stops selling.
Major Performers – Week Ending April 28
StarHawk (PS3) 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 25,000 units in its third week on sale. The PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 12,000 units in its third week on sale.
Hardware sales overall are expected to drop slightly compared to the previous week.
Other Hot Games
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) is at number two, as it added 20,611 pre-orders, down from 22,487 last week, for a total of 372,866. The PlayStation 3 version is at number 12, as it added 4,486 pre-orders, up from 4,122 last, for a total of 110,736. The game is two weeks away from launch, May 22, 2012 in the USA.
Notable mentions: Halo 4 (X360) added 2,693 pre-orders for a total of 227,344. Guild Wars 2 (PC) added 9,894 pre-orders for a total of 128,454. Dragon’s Dogma (X360) added 4,406 pre-orders for a total of 55,626.
Requests: Metro: Last Light (X360) added 228 pre-orders for a total of 22,744. Metro: Last Light (PS3) added 265 pre-orders for a total of 14,783. LittleBigPlanet (PSV) added 468 pre-orders for a total of 11,666. God of War: Ascension (PS3) added 1,939 pre-orders for a total of 5,970.
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: The Last Story (Wii) I hope this game breaks 100k week 1 sales. Also could you do a Halo 4 vs. Halo: Reach section?
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
Can we have those Gravity Rush preorders please?
Little big planet psvita preorder are good or not?
Diablo wont stop selling, just like all Blizzard games, in 5 years there will still be demand for it.
StarCraft 1 has continued to sell for years, StarCraft sold over 9.5 million copies across the globe to date, with 4.5 million of these being sold in South Korea alone, which is phenomenal for a game that's 14 years old now... I imagine Diablo 3 and StarCraft 2 will have similarly long legs as Blizzard isn't afraid to support and patch a game for over a decade.
Request: Halo: Reach vs. Halo 4
Request: Uncharted 3 vs. The Last of Us
I don't believe those God of War: Ascension numbers, since it was announced it has been in the top 15 best selling PS3 games in Gamestop, top 75 PS3 games on Amazon and top 150 in Walmart & Best Buy. And that's just people pre-ordering online, so considering pretty much the same amount or more people pre-order in stores then I believe it must be at 10-15k by now.
VGChartz is terrible when it comes to PC game sales. SC2 is at 1.88 million? What happened to the 3 million it was at a year after launch? Blizzard already said Diablo 3 was their most pre-ordered game ever, so there is no way its only going to sell 2 million copies in it's lifetime.
VGchartz doesn't track digital sales which is simply massive on the PC.
Which isn't to be unexpected really, most game stores only have a tiny section for PC anyway so people have to go online to get their fix.
Yeah Dragon's Dogma looks like it will be more successful than Capcom's other new IP Asura's Wrath.
