USA Preorders Chart, 27 April 2013 - Soul Sacrifice - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 May 2013 / 7,542 Views

Overview

There is one game in the top 40 to be in their final week: Soul Sacrifice for the PlayStation Vita.

Three games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, the same as last week, and the top five has 100,000 or more pre-orders, the same as last week. No games added 20,000 or more, down from two last week and three added 10,000 or more, down from five last week.

Games in Final Week Before Launch

Soul Sacrifice (PSV) added 9,776 pre-orders for a grand total of 41,108. 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 200,000 units and 300,000 units lifetime in the US.

Major Performers in the U.S. – Week Ending April 27

Dead Island: Riptide (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 45,000 units in its second week on sale. The PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 25,000 units.

Lego City Undercover (3DS) sales are expected to drop to around 20,000 units in its second week on sale.

Star Trek: The Game (X360) sales are expected to drop to around 10,000 units in its second week on sale. The PlayStation 3 version is expected to drop to around 7,000 units.

Overall hardware and software sales are expected to drop slightly week-on-week.

Other Hot Games – In Order of Release

The Last of Us (PS3) added 6,698 pre-orders, down from 8,002 last week, for a total of 257,026. The game has fallen from 61,000 to 54,000 pre-orders ahead of Uncharted 3 during the same number of weeks before release. The game is seven weeks away from launch in the USA, June 14, 2013.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Pre-orders

Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) added 18,361 pre-orders, up from 8,032 last week, for a total of 173,383. The game is seven weeks away from launch in the USA, June 9, 2013.

Grand Theft Auto V Pre-orders

Grand Theft Auto V (X360) is the number one most pre-ordered game in the US as it added 2,991 pre-orders, down from 3,056 last week, for a total of 272,891. The PlayStation 3 version added 2,128 down from 2,726 pre-orders for a total of 236,073. The game is 21 weeks away from launch in the USA, September 17, 2013.

Battlefield 4 Pre-orders vs Battlefield 3 Pre-orders

Battlefield 4 (X360) added 9,618 pre-orders, down from 24,743 last week, for a total of 115,670. Battlefield 4 (PS3) added 5,796 pre-orders, down from 17,490 last week, for a total of 47,240. The game has a release date in the third quarter 2013.

Notable mentions: Tales of Xillia (PS3) added 19,699 pre-orders for a total of 58,375. Shin Megami Tensei IV (3DS) added 13,635 pre-orders for a total of 31,041.

Requests: Killzone: Mercenary (PSV) added 263 pre-orders for a total of 3,048. Tearaway (PSV) added 104 pre-orders for a total of 1,810. Resident Evil: Revelations (PS3) added 929 pre-orders for a total of 6,835. Resident Evil: Revelations (X360) added 943 pre-orders for a total of 6,020.

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.

Pos

Game

Weeks to Launch

Weekly Change

Total

Grand Theft Auto V (X360)
Take-Two Interactive, Action

2,991

272,891

The Last of Us (PS3)
Sony Computer Entertainment, Adventure

6,698

257,026

Grand Theft Auto V (PS3)
Take-Two Interactive, Action

2,128

236,073

Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS)
Nintendo, Action

18,361

173,383

Battlefield 4 (X360)
Electronic Arts, Shooter

9,618

115,670

Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots on Gamewise

Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots (X360)
Ubisoft, Shooter

390

70,600

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist on Gamewise

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (X360)
Ubisoft, Action

1,282

69,239

Metro: Last Light (X360)
THQ, Shooter

1,322

65,957

Beyond: Two Souls (PS3)
Sony Computer Entertainment, Adventure

2,225

61,452

Tales of Xillia (PS3)
Namco Bandai Games, Role-Playing

19,699

58,375

Pokemon X/Y (3DS)
Nintendo, Role-Playing

3,537

55,199

South Park: The Stick of Truth on Gamewise

South Park: The Stick of Truth (X360)
Ubisoft, Role-Playing

500

53,740

The Last Guardian (PS3)
Sony Computer Entertainment, Action

N/A

51,919

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified on Gamewise

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (PC)
Take-Two Interactive, Shooter

48,827

Pikmin 3 (WiiU)
Nintendo, Strategy

1,169

48,217

Battlefield 4 (PS3)
Electronic Arts, Shooter

5,796

47,240

Metro: Last Light (PS3)
THQ, Shooter

890

43,929

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PS3)
Unknown, Action

N/A

508

42,229

South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3)
Ubisoft, Role-Playing

293

41,430

Soul Sacrifice (PSV)
Sony Computer Entertainment, Action

9,776

41,108

Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6: Patriots (PS3)
Ubisoft, Shooter

37,732

Prey 2 (X360)
Bethesda Softworks, Shooter

34,156

Shin Megami Tensei IV (3DS)
Atlus, Role-Playing

13,635

31,041

Rayman Legends (WiiU)
Ubisoft, Platform

206

26,829

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag on Gamewise

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (X360)
Ubisoft, Action

1,620

24,947

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (X360)
Take-Two Interactive, Shooter

24,322

Project X Zone (3DS)
Namco Bandai Games, Action

5,458

24,036

Prey 2 (PS3)
Bethesda Softworks, Shooter

23,794

Wii Fit U (WiiU)
Nintendo, Action

392

23,765

The Elder Scrolls Online (PC)
Bethesda Softworks, Action

575

21,613

Destiny (X360)
Activision, Action

N/A

1,049

21,534

Fuse (X360)
Electronic Arts, Shooter

750

18,731

Fuse (PS3)
Electronic Arts, Shooter

555

18,595

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (PS3)
Take-Two Interactive, Shooter

18,235

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (PS3)
Ubisoft, Action

1,294

17,663

Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon on Gamewise

Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (3DS)
Marvelous Entertainment, Role-Playing

1,537

14,831

Command & Conquer Collection on Gamewise

Command & Conquer Collection (PC)
Unknown, Strategy

N/A

374

14,324

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX (PS3)
Square Enix, Role-Playing

2,041

13,941

Deadly Premonition: Directors Cut on Gamewise

Deadly Premonition: Directors Cut (PS3)
Unknown, Action

N/A

2,756

13,823

SBK 2011: FIM Superbike Championship on Gamewise

SBK 2011: FIM Superbike Championship (X360)
Unknown, Racing

N/A

595

13,431

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19 Comments

three_33 (on 06 May 2013)

Request: Dark souls 2

Playstationfan12 (on 04 May 2013)

wow look at AC4 preorder numbers lol. this proves how bad AC3 was to many people. a game like this should be in the top 10 by now.

think-man (on 03 May 2013)

Hope SS has a good opening

nnodley (on 03 May 2013)

Man if those The Last of Us numbers are correct then it should have an amazing opening week for a new IP.

Chark nnodley (on 03 May 2013)

One of the top pre orders of the year. I hope its focus on AI really lights up the gaming community and gives it massive legs too, even above Uncharted leg's. I can't wait for this game.

Michael-5 nnodley (on 03 May 2013)

I don't know about legs, a lot of games releasing late in the consoles life now have a great opening, but weak legs. Look at God of War: Ascension, and Gears of War 3 & Judgement. I think it will open bigger then Uncharted 3, but sell less overall.

P.S. AI can't be improved that much lol! 360 reached it's limits with Forza 4, and I'm pretty sure PS3 is either really close or at it's performance limit now too.

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nnodley nnodley (on 03 May 2013)

It's tough really to say what will happen because there are more variables now since it is the end of gen. I think it will sell 5-6 million with maybe a 1.3-1.4 million opening, hopefully.

About the AI, I don't think ND has really improved it a lot really. I think from what I read they are using a new technique or something that gives the AI more depth and smarts, I guess you could say. Don't know much more about it, but it should have better AI than almost 98% of games from this gen.