USA Preorders Chart, 22 September 2012 - Mists of Pandaria, FIFA 13 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 28 September 2012 / 10,722 ViewsOverview
There are two games in the top 20 to be in its final week before launch, World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC) and FIFA 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 five games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, down from seven last week, and the top 12 has 100,000 or more pre-orders, up from 11 last week. Four games added 20,000 or more, down from five last week and 11 added 10,000 or more, up from nine last week.
Games in Final Week Before Launch
Word of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC) added 13,112 pre-orders for a grand total of 162,001. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 200,000 to 300,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 0.8 million and 1.0 million units lifetime.
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (PC, 2010) – 677,626 week one USA, 1.52 million to date
FIFA 13 (X360) added 24,513 pre-orders for a grand total of 111,668. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 200,000 to 300,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 800,000 and 900,000 units lifetime.
- FIFA Soccer 12 (X360, 2011) – 209,510 week one USA, 715,264 to date
FIFA 13 (PS3) added 24,513 pre-orders for a grand total of 111,668. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 150,000 to 250,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 700,000 and 800,000 units lifetime.
- FIFA Soccer 12 (PS3, 2011) – 198,488 week one USA, 694,834 to date
Major Performers – Week Ending September 29
Borderlands 2 (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 225,000 units in its second week on sale. The PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 100,000 units. The PC version is expected to drop to around 40,000 units.
Overall hardware sales are expected to remain relatively flat compared to the previous week.
Other Hot Games
Halo 4 (X360) has added 34,370 pre-orders, up from 24,523 last week, for a total of 700,245. The game is down to 68,000 pre-orders ahead of Halo: Reach during the same number of weeks before release. The game is seven weeks away from launch in the USA, November 6, 2012.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360) added 39,584 pre-orders, up from 30,228 last week, for a total of 821,846. The game has grown to 353,000 pre-orders behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360) during the same number of weeks before release. The game is eight weeks away from launch in the USA, November 13, 2012.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3) added 15,300 pre-orders, down from 15,538 last week, for a total of 474,187. The game is now just 24,000 pre-orders ahead of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3). The game is eight weeks away from launch in the USA, November 13, 2012.
Notable mentions: Assassin’s Creed III (X360) added 15,062 pre-orders for a total of 385,466. Pokémon Black / White Version 2 (DS) added 16,010 pre-orders for a total of 129,849. Resident Evil 6 (PS3) added 15,733 pre-orders for a total of 110,953.
Requests: Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified (PSV) added 1,371 pre-orders for a total of 8,236. Pikmin 3 (WiiU) added 2,746 pre-orders for a total of 3,234. Assassin’s Creed 3 (WiiU) added 2,621 pre-orders for a total of 2,680. Call of Duty: Black Ops II (WiiU) enters the charts this week with 1,192 pre-orders.
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 75 can be seen below or click here to go to the USA pre-orders page.
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God Of War: Ascension
Why is LBP Vita not included in "games in final week before launch"??
Are those WoW numbers a joke?
"700,000 and 800,000 million units lifetime."
fix this.
request soul sacrifice
The Call of Duty craze finally seems to die down a bit. Still needs to be confirmed in weeks one sales numbers of course, but it looks like this is also a series and genre that had one extremely popular generation, like platformers in the 3rd Gen, fighting games in the 4th, RPG's/adventure games in the 5th and racing/sandbox games in the 6th. Curious to see what series/genre will be the 'it-thing' next Gen!
CoD: BO2 pre-order prediction: 1.75-2.00m for 360, 0.80-0.90 for PS3.
Request: Please remove Kirby's Dream Collection, as it has already been released.
Hasn't God Eater been out for a while now?
And they are not any number for psv multiplatforme game first Madden and now Fifa
Halo 4 looks unpromising :/ It's almost behind Halo: Reach.. I hope it would break 2million in USA.
in a few more weeks, GoW: Ascension will hit the top 20 :)