USA Preorders Chart, 17 December 2011 - The Old Republic - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 December 2011 / 6,915 Views

Overview

There is one game this week in the top 30 to be in its final week before launch, Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC).

The top five games include Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC), Mass Effect 3 (X360), Diablo III (PC), Kinect Star Wars (X360), and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360).

The top three games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, the same as last week, and the top seven has 100,000 or more pre-orders, the same as last week. One game adds 20,000 or more, down from two last week and six add 10,000 or more, up from four last week.

Games in final week before launch

Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) is at the top spot in its final week before launch. It added 19,000 pre-orders, down from 23,000 last week, for a total of 958,000. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 1.0 million to 1.25 million unit range.

Other Hot Games

Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3) is at number six, as it adds 10,000 pre-orders, up from 14,000 last week, for a total of 161,000. It is currently two weeks ahead of Final Fantasy XIII (PS3). The game is seven weeks away from launch, January 31, 2012 in the USA.

Mass Effect 2 pre-orders vs Mass Effect 3 pre-orders

Mass Effect 3 (X360) is at number two, as it adds 19,000 pre-orders, up from 17,000 last week, for a total of 365,000. It is currently 50,000 pre-orders away from passing Mass Effect 2 (X360). The game is 12 weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Also in the top 10: Diablo III (PC) is at number three, as it adds 39,000 pre-orders, up from 22,000 last week, for a total of 314,000. The game has no release date yet.

Kinect Star Wars (X360) is up one spot number four, as it adds 10,000 pre-orders, up from 8,000 last week, for a total of 180,000. The game has no release date yet.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) is down one spot number five, as it adds 5,000 pre-orders, up from 4,000 last week, for a total of 178,000. The game is 12 weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Halo 4 (X360) is at number seven, as it adds 10,000 pre-orders, up from 8,000 last week, for a total of 152,000. The game has no release date yet.

Twisted Metal (PS3) is at number eight, as it adds 5,000 pre-orders, up from 4,000 last week, for a total of 93,000. The game is nine weeks away from launch, February 14, 2012 in the USA.

Mass Effect 3 (PS3) is at number nine, as it adds 5,000 pre-orders, the same as last week, for a total of 93,000. The game is 12 weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (X360) is at number 10, as it adds 6,000 pre-orders, up from 4,000 last week, for a total of 83,000. The game is 14 weeks away from launch, March 20, 2012 in the USA.

Notable mentions outside the top 10: Luigi’s Mansion 2 (3DS) adds 6,000 pre-orders for a total of 80,000. Mass Effect 3 (PC) adds 7,000 pre-orders for a total of 61,000. Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) adds 15,000 pre-orders for a total of 58,000.

Requests have been put on hold for now because the VGC Pro data is still being worked on.

The Top 30 can be seen below or click here to go to the USA pre-orders page.

Pos	Name	Platform	Weeks	Change	Total
1	Star Wars: The Old Republic	PC	1	18,715	958,073
2	Mass Effect 3	X360	12	18,509	365,447
3	Diablo III	PC	N/A	38,713	313,984
4	Kinect Star Wars	X360	N/A	9,684	179,840
5	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	X360	12	5,011	178,296
6	Final Fantasy XIII-2	PS3	7	18,586	160,620
7	Halo 4	X360	N/A	10,058	152,057
8	Twisted Metal	PS3	9	5,307	92,896
9	Mass Effect 3	PS3	12	5,168	92,748
10	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	X360	14	5,863	83,455
11	BioShock Infinite	X360	N/A	5,204	81,500
12	Luigi's Mansion 2	3DS	N/A	6,215	81,146
13	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	PS3	14	4,989	79,669
14	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	X360	8	5,375	71,079
15	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	PS3	12	1,987	67,420
16	Mario Party 9	Wii	N/A	3,878	63,952
17	Final Fantasy XIV Online	PS3	N/A	1,676	62,716
18	Mass Effect 3	PC	12	6,655	60,903
19	Max Payne 3	X360	N/A	3,949	60,821
20	Paper Mario	3DS	N/A	4,258	60,270
21	Xenoblade Chronicles	Wii	16	14,763	58,018
22	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	PS3	8	4,061	56,674
23	UFC Undisputed 3	X360	9	5,474	56,224
24	SoulCalibur V	PS3	7	5,742	55,956
25	Final Fantasy XIII-2	X360	7	7,881	54,603
26	Max Payne 3	PS3	N/A	4,156	53,845
27	Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance	PS3	N/A	2,073	52,937
28	Resident Evil: Revelations	3DS	8	4,441	51,646
29	UFC Undisputed 3	PS3	9	5,073	51,492
30	Rugby World Cup 2011	X360	N/A	4,469	50,645

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22 Comments

ryuzaki57 (on 19 December 2011)

Xenoblade is going to be huge!

menx64 (on 20 December 2011)

Wow for xenoblade!!!! Adding my preorder asap!

Michael-5 (on 19 December 2011)

Wow if XenoBlade keeps up this pace, it's US pre-orders will be higher then Japanese week 1 sales.

However is this a sign of potentially 500k sales in USA alone, or are pre-orders just super strong because Gamestop/Nintendo only just started taking pre-orders?

I hope the pace continues, show NOA the importance of localizing Japanese games. Hope the game breaks 1 million lifetime, same with The Last Story.

NintendoPie (on 19 December 2011)

Luigi's Mansion 2 at number 12. Already!? I can tell that game will get a big opening already!
We also dont even know the date, and there are already over 80'000 pre-orders, too! Nice to see FFXIII-2 in almost the Top 5! :D

Michael-5 NintendoPie (on 19 December 2011)

Where is Kid Icarus? That game releases by end of March, I thought there would be a bigger fan base for the return of Kid Icarus.

I'm also surprised Luigi's Mansion is above Paper Mario. Wow.

Galvanizer (on 19 December 2011)

Xenoblade deserves more pre-orders. Best JRPG this gen!

Michael-5 Galvanizer (on 19 December 2011)

I'll have to see that for myself. I really liked Lost Odyssey, and I also think The Last Story has potential.

Ghutto (on 20 December 2011)

So nice to see Xenoblade Chronicles going so well!

bmmb1 (on 20 December 2011)

Go go go Xenoblade! You can add +1 to the preorder number (my preorder from Nintendo). Now if only RE: Revelations picked up as well...

man-bear-pig (on 19 December 2011)

I thought that the old republic would get more pre-orders in its final week, but it has a fantastic total nonetheless! Very impressive halo 4 numbers!

Justiful (on 19 December 2011)

Only downside is VG doesn't track digital pre-orders for SWTOR. I know at least as many ordered that way as traditional box pre-orders

Simulacrum (on 19 December 2011)

Rare to see 2 pc games in top 3.Awesome.

Galvanizer (on 19 December 2011)

Wow! FFXIII-2 pre-orders on the 360 are moving at a horrible rate. All versions of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City are doing better than it and that game is a spin-off Resident Evil game that gets released 7 weeks after FFXIII-2.