USA Preorders Chart, 30 March 2013 - South Park, DEFIANCE - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 April 2013 / 6,650 Views
Overview
There are two games in the top 40 to be in their final week, South Park: The Stick of Truth (X360) for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and Defiance for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. As a reminder the Pro data is back up, which means that I am taking requests again for games outside the top 20.
Three games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, down from six last week, and the top four has 100,000 or more pre-orders, down from eight last week. No games added 20,000 or more, down from two last week and none added 10,000 or more, down from two last week.
Games in Final Week Before Launch
South Park: The Stick of Truth (X360) added 627 pre-orders for a grand total of 51,486. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 75,000 to 100,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 200,000 units and 300,000 units lifetime in the US.
South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3) added 547 pre-orders for a grand total of 39,528. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 55,000 to 75,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 150,000 units and 225,000 units lifetime in the US.
DEFIANCE (X360) added 9,451 pre-orders for a grand total of 49,159. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 75,000 to 100,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 200,000 units and 300,000 units lifetime in the US.
DEFIANCE (PS3) added 6,755 pre-orders for a grand total of 33,432. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 50,000 to 70,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 125,000 units and 200,000 units lifetime in the US.
DEFIANCE (PC) added 3,144 pre-orders for a grand total of 31,054. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 45,000 to 70,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 120,000 units and 200,000 units lifetime in the US.
Major Performers in the U.S. – Week Ending April 6
BioShock Infinite (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 150,000 units sold in its second week on sale. The PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 60,000 units sold. The PC version is expected to drop to around 30,000 units sold.
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) sales are expected to drop to around 100,000 units sold in its second week on sale.
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (3DS) sales are expected to drop to around 20,000 units sold in its second week on sale.
Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 15,000 units sold in its second week on sale.
Overall hardware and software sales are expected to drop slightly week-on-week.
Other Hot Games – In Order of Release
Dead Island: Riptide (X360) added 3,719 pre-orders, up from 2,990 last week, for a total of 75,828. The game is 12,000 units behind what Dead Island had at the same number of weeks before release. Dead Island: Riptide (PS3) added 2,285 pre-orders, up from 2,231 last week, for a total of 54,608. The game is four weeks away from launch in the USA, April 23, 2013.
The Last of Us (PS3) added 6,407 pre-orders, up from 5,551 last week, for a total of 216,583. The game is 60,000 pre-orders ahead of Uncharted 3 during the same number of weeks before release. The game is 11 weeks away from launch in the USA, June 14, 2013.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) added 3,203 pre-orders, up from 2,803 last week, for a total of 137,796. The game is 11 weeks away from launch in the USA, June 9, 2013.
Notable mentions: Grand Theft Auto V (X360) added 2,633 pre-orders for a total of 258,874. Injustice: Gods Among Us (X360) added 7,964 pre-orders for a total of 87,392. Pokémon X / Y (3DS) added 3,800 pre-orders for a total of 38,641.
Requests: Soul Sacrifice (PSV) added 2,246 pre-orders for a total of 18,102. Watch Dogs (X360) added 791 pre-orders for a total of 4,978. Watch Dogs (PS3) added 679 pre-orders for a total of 4,331.
If your favorite game isn't in the top 40, 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 40 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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It will be interesting to see if South Park charts next week, since it isn't releasing.
Dude...South Park isn't coming out any time soon.
Request: Puppeteer (ps3)
PD: you have to remove Aliens colonial marines for WiiU cos it is oficially cancelled
anytime south park charts next week i will seriously wonder about vgchartz and their numbers
request:Killzone Mercenary and a Monster Hunter 3g/Soul Sacrifice comparison
Request: Wind Waker HD, Mario and Luigi: Dream Team, Resident Evil: Revelations, Deus EX: Human Revolution Directors Cut
Resident Evil Revelations has 2,186 on PS3 and the other version probably below 1,800.
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=158073
Animal crossing is looking good, really good,
hope Pikmin delivers too and those numbers arent way too off :P
