Americas Preorders Chart 11 September 2010 - Halo Reach 2 Million - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 September 2010 / 10,001 Views
Overview - Halo Reach (X360) hits 2 million pre-orders in its final week before release, as 3 other games are also set to be released. Several games are on the rise as pre-orders increase at a faster rate. Gran Turismo 5 remains steady, as Call of Duty Black Ops is increasing the gap over Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
Games in final week before release – It is a big week as 4 games are in their final week before release. The amount of releases will continue to increase as the holidays approach.
The biggest game this week is Halo Reach (X360) as it hits 2 million pre-orders passing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (X360) as the most pre-ordered game on a single platform in America. VGChartz estimates first week sales of 4.25 million worldwide.
The second highest game is Sports Champions (PS3) which comes bundled with most of the Move bundles, accept with the stand-alone controllers. The game is at 33,000 pre-orders in its final week. Expect first week sales in America to be in the 50,000 and 60,000 range.
EyePet (PS3) is also in its final week, as the game requires an eyetoy which Move requires. It is at 28,000 pre-orders, so expect first week sales in America to be in the 45,000 to 55,000 range.
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future (DS) is the only other game in the top 50 to be in its final week before release. It reached 27,000 pre-ordered, therefore expect first week sales in the 40,000 to 50,000 range.
Other Hot Games
Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) pre-orders remain steady adding another 7,000 on the week for a total of 173,000. The game is currently 8 weeks from release.
Call of Duty: Black Ops combined pre-orders for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version are currently outpacing the combined pre-orders of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by 201,000 for a total of 1,045,000 with 9 weeks left until release. If this keeps up it will become the biggest opening for a game ever.
Also in the top 10 is Medal of Honor as pre-orders are at 559,000 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version combined, as the game added 29,000 pre-orders on the week. Fallout: New Vegas pre-orders are up on the week adding another 43,000 pre-orders for the X360, PS3, and PC versions combined, for a total of 508,000. Fable 3 (X360) with seven weeks until release adds another 36,000 pre-orders this week for a total of 296,000. World of WarCraft: Cataclysm (PC) adds 47,000 pre-orders as the game shoots into the top 10 with 256,000 pre-orders to date. Final Fantasy XIV Online (PC) with 3 weeks until release adds 17,000 pre-orders for a total of 181,000.
Notable mentions outside the top 10: Kinect Adventures! adds 8,000 pre-orders for a total of 115,000 with 8 weeks until release. Disney Epic Mickey is at 41,000 pre-orders with 6,000 on the week with 8 weeks left until release.
The Top 50 can be seen below or click here to go to the pre-orders page.
| Pos | Name | Console | Weeks | Change | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halo: Reach | X360 | 1 | 300,735 | 1,992,079 |
| 2 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | X360 | 9 | 107,168 | 668,972 |
| 3 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | PS3 | 9 | 53,446 | 375,745 |
| 4 | Medal of Honor | X360 | 5 | 17,167 | 301,717 |
| 5 | Fallout: New Vegas | X360 | 6 | 29,558 | 295,784 |
| 6 | Fable III | X360 | 7 | 36,165 | 263,943 |
| 7 | Medal of Honor | PS3 | 5 | 11,751 | 258,261 |
| 8 | World of Warcraft: Cataclysm | PC | N/A | 46,789 | 256,352 |
| 9 | Final Fantasy XIV Online | PC | 3 | 16,828 | 181,557 |
| 10 | Gran Turismo 5 | PS3 | 8 | 7,557 | 172,909 |
| 11 | Fallout: New Vegas | PS3 | 6 | 8,697 | 133,992 |
| 12 | Kinect Adventures! | X360 | 8 | 8,055 | 114,988 |
| 13 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II | X360 | 7 | 6,635 | 100,059 |
| 14 | Dead Rising 2 | X360 | 3 | 10,207 | 98,133 |
| 15 | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | PS3 | 10 | 11,722 | 98,132 |
| 16 | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | X360 | 10 | 9,644 | 97,896 |
| 17 | Fallout: New Vegas | PC | 6 | 5,871 | 80,474 |
| 18 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II | PS3 | 7 | 4,894 | 71,297 |
| 19 | LittleBigPlanet 2 | PS3 | 10 | 6,786 | 66,689 |
| 20 | Just Dance 2 | Wii | 5 | 18,063 | 57,011 |
| 21 | Diablo III | PC | N/A | 972 | 55,283 |
| 22 | Medal of Honor | PC | 5 | 1,335 | 53,142 |
| 23 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier | X360 | N/A | 1,318 | 45,590 |
| 24 | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock | X360 | 3 | 8,887 | 45,267 |
| 25 | Dead Rising 2 | PS3 | 3 | 3,429 | 44,696 |
| 26 | Disney Epic Mickey | Wii | 8 | 6,277 | 41,388 |
| 27 | Gears of War 3 | X360 | 30 | 2,959 | 40,777 |
| 28 | Rock Band 3 | X360 | 7 | 7,613 | 38,488 |
| 29 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Wii | N/A | 1,679 | 38,125 |
| 30 | NBA 2K11 | PS3 | 4 | 6,181 | 36,878 |
| 31 | NBA 2K11 | X360 | 4 | 3,856 | 33,746 |
| 32 | Sports Champions | PS3 | 1 | 4,221 | 33,549 |
| 33 | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock | Wii | 3 | 6,303 | 32,966 |
| 34 | FIFA Soccer 11 | X360 | 3 | 8,471 | 32,285 |
| 35 | Kinect Sports | X360 | 8 | 1,907 | 30,883 |
| 36 | EyePet | PS3 | 1 | 889 | 28,482 |
| 37 | Brink | X360 | N/A | 2,458 | 28,312 |
| 38 | Professor Layton and the Unwound Future | DS | 1 | 7,691 | 26,996 |
| 39 | Dead Space 2 | PS3 | 20 | 1,303 | 26,789 |
| 40 | Final Fantasy XIV Online | PS3 | N/A | 1,012 | 26,640 |
| 41 | Test Drive Unlimited 2 | X360 | 18 | 931 | 26,638 |
| 42 | Dead Space 2 | X360 | 20 | 576 | 26,092 |
| 43 | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock | PS3 | 3 | 4,782 | 25,978 |
| 44 | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow | PS3 | 4 | 3,714 | 25,849 |
| 45 | FIFA Soccer 11 | PS3 | 3 | 6,410 | 25,722 |
| 46 | SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs | PS3 | N/A | 1,099 | 25,419 |
| 47 | Golden Sun: Dark Dawn | DS | 12 | 227 | 24,406 |
| 48 | Pokémon Black / White Version | DS | N/A | 2,698 | 24,267 |
| 49 | Rock Band 3 | PS3 | 7 | 4,440 | 24,158 |
| 50 | God of War: Ghost of Sparta | PSP | 8 | 3,881 | 23,558 |
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amacfantasy reach releases on 14 and thats 11 so 3 days before reachs release so yes it passed 2 mill in america before release
Looks like the past month except for Halo: Reach surpassing Modern Warfare 2's preorders. Wait...Wow Medal of Honor is really catching on.
so does this mean reach has 2mil america preorders 1 week before release or like a day before release?
Why every week is gt5 a hot game? Every week it has a pretty pathetically small increase and there are other games in the same time frame getting much bigger increases. Can't we ignore GT5 unless something actually happens? Surely fallout or fable 3 deserve a look at how they are comparing to the previous games etc.
not many psn friend i met through playing gt5 prologue online knew about the gt5 release especially europeans. well, sony, you have to do some advertisements i think. I am sick of watching halo reach ads 20 times a day from 50 different channels.
Where the heck is Civ5?
halo reach kill ps3 selling . Microsoft is king.
@greyianstorm
this is at 11th it releases at 14 so its not even a question if in the 3 days before release will ther me 8k more preorders
@GreyianStorm well man when something is away from 2 million for only 8000(in fact it is 7921) then you can easily say that it hits 2 million because this number is insignificant to the total number that it has... but enough with teaching.. Go to your math teacher to learn more...
I'm not too worried about the Epic yarn or DKC as they will sell regardless of preorders. Unless the Wii Piracy issue has really gotten out of hand!!! N/E ways Pezus got it right it is 3.5M for X360 not 6M; but still a "BUTT KICKING" on M$ part. I see this dominance continue thru the holidays; as Sony has nothing compelling coming up except their Wii Clone that is the PS-Move. Not that it's a bad thing...it's just been done before unlike Kinect!!! Viva Motion Control as it proves Ninty, was right all along!!! Now hopefully they bring us Wii-HD this E3 :)
Still no Kirby's Epic Yarn or Donkey Kong Country Returns? Maybe next week....
Why does it say Halo Reach crossed 2 million pre-orders, but the chart shows Halo Reach at 1.992 million? I get that 1.992 is very close to 2 million (and is still a massive milestone as it is above anything before it), but it still seems wrong to say "Halo Reach (X360) hits 2 million pre-orders"
Attention, 360 and Reach has just just kicked some ass
Gears of War3 and Fable3 and Surprisingly Kinect will too!!!
@ cloud1161
I'm sorry bro - but when the 360 has such a large margin more pre-orders than Sony products (particularly with Kinect vs. Move) -- yea, MS is trampling Sony in the US. Keep spinning it and dreaming dude.
preorders arent total sales for those of you who think xbox is kicking sony's ass
well nice for halo..but the game that i wait is fable 3 :P
halo reach is to overrated! good game but nothing new! just a other fps!
Halo Reach and Kinect are doing great!
Way to go Halo, they deserved it too! Kinect is still going strong, looking forward to seeing it succeed this Christmas.
gg Reach
X360 is KICKING PS3 ass in terms of software sales!!! X360 has 6.2M preorders in the top 10 whilst PS3 only accounts for 820K!!! I look and give M$ the winner this holiday season!
Fable 3 is kicking ass.
ftw halo
Just dance 2 is gonna be a monster :S... and epic mickey doin well! I just cant believe kirby or DK aint there :(
Disappointed with GT5 pre-orders that's why games should not be delayed and should complete in given time period.
Same thing happen to Alan wake,Too human
I can't believe Halo has REACHed such a milestone. ;)
halo reach is no 1 game ever
Goes to show that Halo is "Reach"ing for new heights. Lol.
GO HALO: REACH!!!! LOL
