USA Preorders Chart, 4 April - Xenoblade Chronicles - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 29 May 2015 / 8,434 Views
Overview
There are two games in the top 40 that are in their final weeks (week ending April 4): Xenoblade Chronicles (3DS) and Etrian Mystery Dungeon (3DS).
Two games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, up from one last week, and the top seven all have 100,000 or more pre-orders, up from six last week. Four games added 20,000 or more pre-orders, down from seven last week, and eight added 10,000 or more, which is down from nine last week.
Games in Final Week Before Launch
Xenoblade Chronicles (3DS) added 4,498 pre-orders for a grand total of 35,013. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 45,000 to 65,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 250,000 units and 350,000 units lifetime in the US at retail.
Etrian Mystery Dungeon (3DS) added 1,728 pre-orders for a final total of 19,242. Expect first week sales in the USA at retail to be in the 30,000 to 40,000 unit range. Expect the game to sell between 150,000 units and 250,000 units lifetime in the US at retail.
Other Hot Games – In Order of Release
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS4) added 10,605 pre-orders, up from 3,222 last week, for a total of 154,248. The Xbox One version added 6,819 pre-orders, up from 2,633 last week, for a total of 89,546. The PC version added 2,371 pre-orders, up from 928 last week, for a total of 73,760.
Batman Arkham Knight (PS4) added 21,975 pre-orders, up from 7,088 last week, for a total of 220,926. The Xbox One version added 6,069 pre-orders, up from 3,391 last week, for a total of 100,825. The PC version added 2,394 pre-orders, up from 900 last week, for a total of 25,689.
Notable mentions: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 has entered the charts for the week ending April 4. The Xbox One version has 89,584 pre-orders and the PlayStation 4 version has 62,052 pre-orders.
Requests: Just Cause 3 (PS4) added 2,762 pre-orders, for a total of 7,131. Just Cause 3 (XOne) added 1,024 pre-orders, for a total of 6,375.
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.
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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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We seriously need to update the Game DB.
CoD beast.
Impressive to see 3 Wii U games.
And I'm pretty sure Zelda Wii U ain't very far behind that 40th spot, considering it needs barely more than 10k preorders. So we might even see 4 Wii U games on the list before we'll see Splatoons final preorder numbers.
Those Batman numbers are sexy!!! The game easily open over 500k in the US alone!!!
Damn batman opening week is going to be huge for PS4, perhaps over 500k
Whats with Terraria (PC) ?
