USA Preorders Chart, 18 August 2012 - New Super Mario Bros. 2 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 24 August 2012 / 10,425 Views
Overview
There is one game in the top 20 to be in its final week before launch, New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS). 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 seven games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, the same as last week, and the top 12 has 100,000 or more pre-orders, the same as last week. Four games added 20,000 or more, the same as last week and nine added 10,000 or more, up from seven last week.
Games in Final Week Before Launch
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) added 22,649 pre-orders for a grand total of 74,709. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 150,000 to 200,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between six million and eight million units lifetime.
- New Super Mario Bros. (DS, 2006) – 149,695 week one USA, 9,641,677 to date
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, 2009) – 838,236 week one USA, 11,747,936 to date
Major Performers – Week Ending August 25
Darksiders II (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 55,000 units in its second week. The PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 40,000 units.
Sleeping Dogs (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 25,000 units in its second week. The PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 18,000 units.
The Last Story (Wii) sales are expected to drop to around 25,000 units in its second week.
With the release of the 3DS XL and New Super Mario Bros. 2, 3DS sales are expected to increase several fold, anywhere from 120,000 units to 150,000 units.
Other Hot Games
Halo 4 (X360) has been bumped down to second on the charts. The game added 15,625 pre-orders, down from 23,269 last week, for a total of 570,619. The game is currently 257,000 pre-orders ahead of Halo: Reach during the same number of weeks before release. The game is 12 weeks away from launch in the USA, November 6, 2012.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360) added 53,736 pre-orders, down from 63,367 last week, for a total of 606,693. The game is 174,000 pre-orders behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) during the same number of weeks before release. The game is 13 weeks away from launch in the USA, November 13, 2012.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3) added 37,446 pre-orders, down from 41,133 last week, for a total of 335,175. The game is 54,000 pre-orders ahead of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3). The game is 13 weeks away from launch in the USA, November 13, 2012.
Notable mentions: Assassin’s Creed III (X360) added 11,716 pre-orders for a total of 322,272. Borderlands 2 (X360) added 120,107 pre-orders for a total of 309,234. Madden NHL 13 (PS3) added 34,029 pre-orders for a total of 160,515.
Requests: The Last of Us (PS3) added 1,119 pre-orders for a total of 35,265. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (PS3) added 1,139 pre-orders for a total of 16,696. Ragnarok Odyssey (PSV) added 495 pre-orders for a total of 7,340.
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.
Contact VGChartz at wdangelo@vgchartz.com
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whats up with madden this year? and resident evil 6? o.O
Operation Raccoon City had 241.940 preorders 7 weeks before launch. Resident Evil 6 not even 100k. Something is wrong here.
Request: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2.
I really hope that game does very well, the first was amazing and is the only hack n' slash this generation that comes remotely close to God of War III quality-wise.
Request: God of War: Ascension
Request: GTA V
Request: Pikmin 3
i dont believe mario 3ds will stop at 8 million remember the ds version or wii version
I feel like weeping for humanity every time I look at this list.
Black Ops II tracking below MW3 on 360 gives me the (probably futile) hope that COD will stop its poisonous expansion
Funny that PS3 owners want Black Ops 2 more than MW3
I don't think The Last Story will drop that much for next week. I am surprised how strong week 1 sales were, but remember this game was delayed to the end of the week in North America. I only picked up my copy at 4pm on a Saturday and they got the shipment only at 3:30pm. Some retailers in Canada didn't get the game until Sunday, and I think the best case scenario was Thursday for most Americans. Regardless, I think this game is on track to selling 200k in Americas (68k is USA only, add Canada and Mexico and you get another 7-10k), which would mean that nearly 50% of its sales are from North America. That's amazing, much more then I expected, and I hope it's enough to get Pandora's Tower Localized here.
Request: Resident Evil 6, and Pikmin 3
Madden Demo is at No.13 of the most played games on xbox live last week. I don't think that it's preorders are less than the ps3-version. In USA Football higher on ps3?
We know that VGC is not good in tracking sport games. And the Pre-orders are often enough off. It makes sense. And you're right, Madden sells good on PS3.
You serious about NSMB2 only making 8m life time?! It'll end up between 18m-25m easily!
He's talking about lifetime sales in the USA, which is why he compares it to the other NSMB sales in the USA underneath.
War of the Roses (PC game, similar to Paradox Interactives previous Mount and Blade games).
Why is this years Madden doing so well on PS3? I don't understand. This is America. Not the PS3's strongest market.
Request: Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified
Sad to see Halo 4 off the top spot. MS really has not done enough over the summer to boost interest in the game. They need to step up otherwise the launch wont be bigger than Halo Reach.
Dismal PS All Stars pre-orders...
I don't. I care about sales though...as should you if you're a member of this site
request:Madden NFL 13 Vita
I feel like weeping for humanity every time I look at this list.
