USA Preorders Chart, 7 July 2012 - NCAA Football 13 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 July 2012 / 7,635 Views
Overview
There is one game in the top 20 to be in its final week before launch, NCAA Football 13 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. 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 four 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 six added 10,000 or more, up from four last week.
Games in Final Week Before Launch
NCAA Football 13 (X360) added 19,478 pre-orders for a grand total of 107,211. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 150,000 to 200,000 unit range. Expect it to sell between 600,000 and 700,000 units by the time it stops selling.
- NCAA Football 12 (X360, 2011) – 205,633 week one USA, 786,891 to date
NCAA Football 13 (PS3) added 19,112 pre-orders for a grand total of 83,464. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 125,000 to 150,000 unit range. Expect it to sell between 500,000 and 600,000 units by the time it stops selling.
- NCAA Football 12 (X360, 2011) – 168,094 week one USA, 646,610 to date
Major Performers – Week Ending July 14
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 30,000 in its third week. The Wii version is expected to drop to around 28,000 and the PlayStation 3 version around 15,000.
Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy (3DS) sales are expected to drop to around 12,000 in its second week.
Anarchy Reigns (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 10,000 in its second week. The PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 8,000.
Hardware sales overall are expected to drop slightly compared to the previous week.
Other Hot Games
Halo 4 (X360) is at the top of the charts as it added 22,708 pre-orders, down from 23,281 last week, for a total of 454,068. The game is currently 286,000 pre-orders ahead of Halo: Reach during the same number of weeks before release. The game is 18 weeks away from launch in the USA, November 6, 2012.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360) added 36,379 pre-orders, up from 24,809 last week, for a total of 243,392. The game has fallen 228,000 pre-orders behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) during the same week before release. The game is 19 weeks away from launch in the USA, November 13, 2012.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3) added 15,275 pre-orders, up from 8,156 last week, for a total of 143,019. The game has fallen 60,000 pre-orders behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3). The game is 19 weeks away from launch in the USA, November 13, 2012.
Notable mentions: Assassin’s Creed III (X360) added 7,145 pre-orders for a total of 252,620. Borderlands 2 (X360) added 7,444 pre-orders for a total of 2122,630. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (3DS) added 15,636 pre-orders for a total of 129,009.
Requests: Resident Evil 6 (PS3) added 2,858 pre-orders for a total of 45,792. The Xbox 360 version added 2,294 pre-orders for a total of 43,580. Pokemon Black / White Version 2 (DS) added 4,621 pre-orders for a total of 40,703. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (PS3) added 411 pre-orders for a total of 37,968. God of War: Ascension (PS3) added 2,538 pre-orders for a total of 30,910.
If your favorite game isn't in the top 20, leave a comment requesting which game you want to see and the 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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The Last Guardian is 443 weeks away from launch? Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if this actually was true.
Black Ops 2 will be the first COD to not outsell it's predecessor. Black Ops was a disappointment compared to MW2, and MW3 was in some way a step back from MW2.
request:God of War: Ascension and Soul Sacrifice.
Request: The last of us
Request: God of War: Ascension
Request- beyond: two souls, Assasins creed liberation and the last of us
As Conegamer said, The Last Story releases on August 14th. Also, some games still say 443 weeks. Request: Paper Mario: Sticker Star
I just went to EB games today and they told me July 31st.
Whops, IGN has an article stating August 14th. That means it should say 5 weeks, not 1.
Request: LBP Vita
The last of us is 443 weeks from launch?? PS5 launch title confirmed.
The Last Guardian too.
Assassins Creed 3 is looking to be the best Assassins Creed to date. I like the new direction.
I hate it, I honestly can't play Assassin's Creed after 2. It went from interesting to American...
As Conegamer said, The Last Story releases on August 14th. Also, some games still say 443 weeks. Request: Paper Mario: Sticker Star
The Last Story is not released for another month, whereas the chart suggests it releases this week.
Aside from that, meh for most, bar the top few.
LittleBigPlanet Karting and LittleBigPlanet Vita.
Request: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Request: Something other than GoW: Ascension for a change.
Request: Medal of Honor: Warfighter
request: pikmin 3
Didn't Heroes of ruin launch already in the US?
Request tekken tag 2
Request: Paper Mario Sticker Star
request: pikmin 3
Request: The Last Story (Which should say 5 weeks before release, not 1. Read the comments man, I've said this before).
