Americas Preorders Chart, 2 April 2011 - Preorders Pick Up - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 April 2011 / 8,092 Views

Overview

There are no games this week in its last week before launch. The top five games include Gears of War 3 (X360), Mortal Kombat (PS3), SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (PS3), Mortal Kombat (X360), and Brink (X360). The top six games have 100,000 or more pre-orders. Four games add 20,000 or more pre-orders, six games add 10,000 or more pre-orders and 12 games add 5,000 or more pre-orders.

Games in final week before launch

It is a light week as there are no games this week in its final week before launch.

Other Hot Games

Two versions of Mortal Kombat are in the top 20, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. They add a combined 53,000 pre-orders, up from 35,000 last week, for a combined total of 275,000. The game is currently three weeks away from launch. The PlayStation 3 version is at number two as it adds 34,000 pre-orders, up from 19,000 the previous week, for a total of 161,000. The Xbox 360 version is at number four as it adds 19,000 pre-orders, up from 15,000 last week, for a total of 114,000.

SOCOM 4

SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (PS3) adds 16,000 pre-orders up the same as last week. The game currently sits at a total of 120,000 and is three weeks away from launch.

Gears of War 3

Gears of War 3 (X360) is at the top as it adds 28,000 pre-orders down from 30,000 the previous week. The game currently sits at 266,000 pre-orders.

Also in the top 10: Brink (X360) up two spots to number five adds 9,000 pre-orders up from 8,000 the previous week. The game currently sits at a total of 103,000 and is seven weeks away from launch.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) down two spots at number six adds 2,000 pre-orders the same as last week. The game currently sits at 102,000 pre-orders. The game currently has no release date in America.

Metal Fight Beyblade (DS) down two spots to number seven adds just 389 pre-orders this week, which brings it to a total of 96,000 pre-orders. The game has no release date in America.

Diablo III (PC) at number nine adds 1,000 pre-order this week the same as last week. The game currently sits at a total of 82,000 and has no release date in America.

Notable mentions outside the top 10: Portal 2 (X360) adds 24,000 pre-orders for a total of 77,000. Portal 2 (PS3) adds 31,000 pre-orders for a total of 72,000. Portal 2 is three weeks away from launch.

The Top 20 can be seen below or click here to go to the pre-orders page.

Pos	Name	Console	Weeks	Change	Total
1	Gears of War 3	X360	25	27,618	266,040
2	Mortal Kombat	PS3	3	33,888	161,023
3	SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs	PS3	3	16,183	120,014
4	Mortal Kombat	X360	3	18,824	113,974
5	Brink	X360	7	9,191	102,910
6	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Wii	N/A	1,998	101,843
7	Metal Fight Beyblade	DS	N/A	389	96,190
8	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	X360	N/A	3,039	87,388
9	Diablo III	PC	N/A	829	81,928
10	Portal 2	X360	3	24,279	76,785
11	Portal 2	PS3	3	30,667	71,851
12	L.A. Noire	X360	7	7,414	66,388
13	NASCAR 2011: The Game	Wii	8	7,789	64,777
14	Deus Ex: Human Revolution	X360	21	1,351	52,182
15	L.A. Noire	PS3	7	5,784	50,045
16	Batman: Arkham City	X360	29	1,818	46,694
17	Batman: Arkham City	PS3	29	1,938	45,051
18	Final Fantasy XIV Online	PS3	N/A	333	44,878
19	Duke Nukem Forever	X360	11	5,440	44,158
20	inFamous 2	PS3	10	6,421	42,480

17 Comments

yahoocom1984 (on 08 April 2011)

Skyrim didn't show up because most people are waiting for collector's edition of Skyrim

Slimebeast (on 07 April 2011)

I don't believe Socom had that many pre-orders. It's hardly a famous franchise and I almost never heard of it. Also what is strange that Skyrim is not yet on the list, with a release date and all. Tracking error. Skyrim will sell 7-8 million lifetime, it oughta be there on the pre-order list by now.

dsage01 (on 06 April 2011)

Socom is gonna open bigger than killzone 3. That's sad considering what a great game KZ3 was

pitzy272 (on 05 April 2011)

Portal 2 ps3 pre-orders are impressive considering Valve has been a 360 only company. GeoW3 is just ridiculous. Best of all: inFAMOUS 2 made it on!!

Vueguy (on 05 April 2011)

MK9 on PS3 is all i need until Summer. inFamous 2 is next then Gears 3 in September and Uncharted 3 on Novemeber.

bmmb1 (on 05 April 2011)

No Conduit 2. This one is going to bomb so hard... Too bad.

huaxiong90 (on 05 April 2011)

And btw, not everyone has steam.

huaxiong90 (on 05 April 2011)

ysobad: Look at the weekly change.

ysobad (on 05 April 2011)

more preorders on xbox portal 2? guess people prefer inferior games

Tridrakious (on 05 April 2011)

PS3 is doing amazingly well. More companies should target more fighters for the PS3 as they are doing (or will do) very strong numbers. Shooter-box vs. Fightation.

primogen18 (on 05 April 2011)

skyward sword is so low because there hasn't been any news for months and the last date to be thrown around was "sometime 2011" back at E3

MasterZack (on 05 April 2011)

No 3DS game.

z101 (on 05 April 2011)

@theshonen8899: Skyward Swords has no release date. It seems it will be published in the second half of 2011. When the release date is set, the preorders will skyrocket

Zappykins (on 05 April 2011)

Wow, Gears of War 3 is going to be a beast! Perhapse I should go play the first two. :-)

theshonen8899 (on 05 April 2011)

Can't believe Skyward Sword is so low.

Michael-5 (on 04 April 2011)

In 3 weeks, there will be a load of software releases. Portal 2, SOCOM 4, and Mortal Kombat. I think PS3 will benefit most that week, I can't see 360 catching up in sales until Gears 3 in September. Sick that InFAMOUS 2 and Duke Nukem made the list, still :-( no 3DS games yet.