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Americas Preorders Chart, 3rd July 2010

by William D'Angelo, posted on 08 July 2010 / 6,847 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

PosNameConsoleWeeksWeeklyTotal
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
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.

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trunkswd
trunkswd (on 11 July 2010)

@primogen18 Go to the vgchartz site, which can be accessed at the top of the page. Put your mouse over the "Data Analysis" tab then click on "pre-order chart" under the forecasting tools. Here is the link http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders.php

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primogen18
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...

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Pho_Hybrid
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

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trunkswd
trunkswd (on 09 July 2010)

@miz1q2w3e Thanks, I'm loving Office 2010!

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regin2005
regin2005 (on 09 July 2010)

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

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KungKras
KungKras (on 09 July 2010)

SC2 in 1st place? Awesome. RTS games on PC still have some strenght left, it even beats Halo:Reach.

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routsounmanman
routsounmanman (on 09 July 2010)

Go Starcraft 2!

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miz1q2w3e
miz1q2w3e (on 09 July 2010)

I like the graphs

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Hephaestos
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)

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

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

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GooseGaws
GooseGaws (on 09 July 2010)

@Tiko7523: Actually, Crysis 2 will support 3D on all platforms.

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kain_kusanagi
kain_kusanagi (on 09 July 2010)

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

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trunkswd
trunkswd (on 08 July 2010)

@GodOfWar_3ever That would be me, trunkswd.

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NYANKS
NYANKS (on 08 July 2010)

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

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rjbooth
rjbooth (on 08 July 2010)

madden for ps2 made the list wow.

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arcane_chaos
arcane_chaos (on 08 July 2010)

good golden sun numbers(IMO)

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Tiko7523
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

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Smashed
Smashed (on 08 July 2010)

Diablo III is on that list. I'm happy.

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GodOfWar_3ever
GodOfWar_3ever (on 08 July 2010)

Yay ! The analysis returns ! But what is William D'Angelo's VGC Username ?

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