Americas Preorders Chart, 3rd July 2010 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 July 2010 / 9,784 Views

In its last week of pre-orders Crackdown 2 added 25,000 units for a total of 100,000 for the Xbox 360. However with poor reviews and sales of the original favoring America 2:1 over EMEAA and Japan, expect week one sales to be around 150,000 in America and 75,000 for EMEEA and Japan combined, for a total of 200,000.

The only other game in its last week before release is Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable for the PSP with total pre-orders hitting 30,000, expect week one sales to be around 35,000 or so, around double the first Persona game on PSP.

After 5 weeks of steady declines in the weekly acceleration of pre-orders from a high of 68,000 to a low of 17,000, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty pre-orders jumped to 75,000 for the week with 4 weeks left until release. Pre-orders are now above the 500,000 mark. Pre-orders should steadily rise and may reach 1 million in total during the final week before launch.

Starcraft II America Preorder 3rd July 2010

Since E3 Halo: Reach has seen pre-orders steadily increase adding another 55,000 for a total of 439,000 with 11 weeks left until release. It is currently tracking 50,000 units below Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the Xbox 360 at the same time frame. However the pace may change as advertising begins ramping up. Halo 3, the last main title in the series managed to sell 2,844,000 in its first week in America and 3,815,000 worldwide while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare sold 3,286,000 in America and 4,942,000 worldwide. We'll keep a close eye on Reach pre-orders as it may become the highest selling game for first week sales on a single platform.

Halo Reach VS CoDMW2

Beyond Reach, Call of Duty Black Ops added another 41,000 pre-orders for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for a total of 262,000 pre-orders. Medal of Honor added another 46,000 pre-orders for a total of 150,000 with 15 weeks until launch. Gran Turismo 5 added 7,000 pre-orders for a total of 96,000. However expect pre-orders to start increasing more rapidly as November approaches.

The top 50 can be seen below and the full chart can be seen here

Pos	Name	Console	Weeks	Weekly	Total
1	Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty	PC	4	74,170	568,995
2	Halo: Reach	X360	11	55,319	439,378
3	Madden NFL 11	PS3	6	3,034	203,913
4	Call of Duty: Black Ops	X360	19	38,225	167,734
5	Medal of Honor	PS3	15	46,118	150,063
6	Madden NFL 11	X360	6	19,273	147,268
7	Fallout: New Vegas	X360	N/A	18,932	110,614
8	Medal of Honor	X360	15	43,509	107,328
9	Crackdown 2	X360	1	25,938	99,941
10	Gran Turismo 5	PS3	N/A	7,340	96,298
11	Call of Duty: Black Ops	PS3	19	13,623	94,759
12	World of Warcraft: Cataclysm	PC	N/A	-23,435	81,937
13	NCAA Football 11	X360	2	61,206	61,206
14	Madden NFL 11	Wii	6	3,349	58,788
15	Fallout: New Vegas	PS3	N/A	4,897	55,956
16	Metroid: Other M	Wii	9	6,679	55,901
17	Fable III	X360	N/A	10,976	48,606
18	Diablo III	PC	N/A	-14,379	46,540
19	NCAA Football 11	PS3	2	44,174	44,174
20	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	X360	17	7,534	40,991
21	Dead Rising 2	X360	9	6,051	38,922
22	Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep	PSP	10	4,006	38,387
23	Fallout: New Vegas	PC	N/A	36,669	36,669
24	Mafia II	X360	8	5,127	35,957
25	DeathSmiles	X360	N/A	4,065	31,012
26	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	PS3	17	2,642	30,295
27	Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies	DS	2	7,887	29,869
28	Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable	PSP	1	3,128	29,745
29	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	X360	N/A	5,258	28,774
30	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	X360	N/A	7,445	28,335
31	Mafia II	PS3	8	818	28,291
32	Medal of Honor	PC	15	27,287	27,287
33	EyePet	PS3	N/A	-754	23,847
34	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	PS3	N/A	3,667	22,580
35	Golden Sun: Dark Dawn	DS	N/A	1,680	22,517
36	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Wii	N/A	1,940	21,634
37	Dead Rising 2	PS3	9	909	20,982
38	Brink	X360	N/A	1,887	20,733
39	Dead Space 2	X360	N/A	1,777	20,363
40	Max Payne 3	X360	N/A	2,543	19,682
41	Gears of War 3	X360	40	3,163	19,490
42	The Last Guardian	PS3	N/A	449	18,167
43	Batman: Arkham Asylum 2	PS3	N/A	-262	17,773
44	Disney Epic Mickey	Wii	11	1,135	17,750
45	Madden NFL 11	PS2	6	2,468	16,593
46	Batman: Arkham Asylum 2	X360	N/A	1,293	16,376
47	Dead Space 2	PS3	N/A	1,602	16,236
48	R.U.S.E.	X360	11	1,361	15,915
49	Max Payne 3	PS3	N/A	312	14,817
50	Crysis 2	X360	N/A	1,710	14,395

20 Comments

NightDragon83 (on 13 July 2010)

I just don't understand the point of pre-ordering game software these days... as if you won't be able to just walk into any store and pick up any one of those games on launch day without pre-ordering it.

Back in the day (when games still used the cartridge format), it wasn't uncommon for big releases like Donkey Kong Country or Mario 64 or Zelda: Ocarina of Time for example to be in short supply at launch due to the manufacturing constraints of the cartridge format, so it kind of made sense to pre-order it just in case you were left out in the cold on launch day. Fast forward to today, and game publishers can push millions of units the second the game in question goes gold.

And I REALLY don't understand people who not only pre-order the game, but pay the whole thing off before it even comes out... as if plopping down $60 up front was going to make the game come out any faster for you or something.

primogen18 (on 11 July 2010)

where are the longer charts? Why do they keep changing it and messing with the site. I hated the first new re-design, then they made it a little better, but I liked the long charts with sales and pre-orders beyond a few weeks or 50 top titles...

Pho_Hybrid (on 10 July 2010)

lol when did VG start tracking PC games?
does this mean we can finally see PC games having tracked Sales :D

regin2005 (on 09 July 2010)

Starcraft better had been in first place. That's good.

KungKras (on 09 July 2010)

SC2 in 1st place? Awesome.

RTS games on PC still have some strenght left, it even beats Halo:Reach.

routsounmanman (on 09 July 2010)

Go Starcraft 2!

miz1q2w3e (on 09 July 2010)

I like the graphs

Hephaestos (on 09 July 2010)

Nice I hadn't noticed you guys added PC games to the preorders. thanks!

(way too many N/A on these release dates... not a very busy summer)

Dr.A.Peter.Nintendo (on 09 July 2010)

The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword looking good already...

GooseGaws (on 09 July 2010)

@Tiko7523:

Actually, Crysis 2 will support 3D on all platforms.

kain_kusanagi (on 09 July 2010)

I can't wait for Halo: Reach, it's going to be epic!

NYANKS (on 08 July 2010)

Watch out Epic Mickey! Madden 11 for PS2 almost has you lol!

rjbooth (on 08 July 2010)

madden for ps2 made the list wow.

arcane_chaos (on 08 July 2010)

good golden sun numbers(IMO)

Tiko7523 (on 08 July 2010)

a amazing jump for madden 11 for the 360 its gonna be a close with the ps3 verison.

sad to see crysis on xbox360 beating the ps3 when the ps3 has 3d and is suppose to be the better looking one

halo reach is gonna be so sweet

xbox is a beast on the pre orders it seems