USA Preorders Chart, 10 November 2012 - Call of Duty: Black Ops II - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 November 2012 / 9,974 ViewsOverview
There are two games in the top 20 to be in its final week before launch, Call of Duty: Black Ops II for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, and Paper Mario: Sticker Star (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 two games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, down from three last week, and the top nine has 100,000 or more pre-orders, up from eight last week. Three games added 20,000 or more, the same as last week and seven added 10,000 or more, down from eight last week.
Games in Final Week Before Launch
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (X360) added 287,895 pre-orders for a grand total of 2,084,911. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 3.6 million to 4.1 million unit range. Expect the game to sell between 7.5 million and 8.5 million units lifetime in the US.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (X360, 2011) – 4.27 million week one USA, 8.36 million to date
- Call of Duty: Black Ops (X360, 2010) – 3.43 million week one USA, 8.23 million to date
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3) added 229,233 pre-orders for a grand total of 1,245,563. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 2.0 million to 2.5 million unit range. Expect the game to sell between 4.5 million and 5.5 million units lifetime in the US.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3, 2011) – 2.29 million week one USA, 4.97 million to date
- Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3, 2010) – 1.98 million week one USA, 5.13 million to date
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (PC) added 18,392 pre-orders for a grand total of 72,619. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 140,000 to 180,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 350,000 and 450,000 units lifetime in the US.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PC, 2011) – 161,046 week one USA, 331,399 to date
- Call of Duty: Black Ops (PC, 2010) – 174,087 week one USA, 486,527 to date
Paper Mario: Sticker Star (3DS) added 32,644 pre-orders for a grand total of 83,449. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 140,000 to 180,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 1.4 million and 1.6 million units lifetime in the US.
- Super Paper Mario (Wii, 2007) – 140,297 week one USA, 1.58 million to date
Major Performers in the U.S. – Week Ending November 17
Halo 4 (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 550,000 units in its second week on sale.
LittleBigPlanet Karting (PS3) sales are expected to drop to around 20,000 units in its second week on sale.
Overall hardware sales are expected to increase by anywhere from 25 percent to 35 percent in the US.
Other Hot Games
Bioshock Infinite (X360) added 9,287 pre-orders, down from 14,225 last week, for a total of 179,622. Bioshock Infinite (X360) added 5,647 pre-orders, down from 8,720 last week, for a total of 108,492. The game is 16 weeks away from launch in the USA, November 13, 2012.
Notable mentions: Hitman: Absolution (X360) added 16,359 pre-orders for a total of 157,942. Hitman: Absolution (PS3) added 14,683 pre-orders for a total of 137,937. New Super Mario Bros. U (WiiU) added 18,643 pre-orders for a total of 82,970.
Requests: Gears of War: Judgement (X360) added 3,777 pre-orders for a total of 14,653. Killzone: Mercenary (Vita) entered the charts this week with 466 pre-orders. ZombiU (WiiU) added 4,608 pre-orders for a total of 27,547.
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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Please track Killzone: Mercenary's pre-orders next week as well.
Also, COD: Black Ops Declassified is also releasing on the 13th of November.
Request: Pikmin 3 - Also, I guess the next most logical game to graph and compare would be God of War Ascension, and maybe Gears of War 3 if pre-orders pick up. How has it not broken the top 75 yet?
Assassin's Creed 3 for Wii U releases next week before the system? WOW
Persona 4 will be huge for Vita. It's launching on Black Friday week.
Call of Duty for Vita released this week as well. I've been telling you for weeks. Hope you are tracking the game....
Zone of the Enders (PS3) came out on Oct. 30.
request:Killzone Mecerary and Soul Sacrifice