USA Preorders Chart, 31 December 2011 - Diablo III Takes Top Spot

by William D'Angelo, posted on 02 January 2012 / 4,113 Views

Overview

There are no games in the top 30 to be in its final week before launch. The top five games include Diablo III (PC), Mass Effect 3 (X360), Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3), Kinect Star Wars (X360), and Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360).

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

Games in final week before launch

There are no games in the top 30 to be in its final week before launch.

Other Hot Games

Final fantasy XIII Pre-orders vs Final fantasy XIII-2 Pre-orders

Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3) is up two spots to number three, as it adds 20,000 pre-orders, up from 18,000 last week, for a total of 199,000. It is currently one week ahead of Final Fantasy XIII (PS3). The game is five 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 down one spot to number two, as it adds 20,000 pre-orders, up from 16,000 last week, for a total of 401,000. It is currently 13,000 pre-orders away from passing Mass Effect 2 (X360). The game is 10 weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Xenoblade Chronicles Pre-orders

Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) is at number number 14, as it adds 7,000 pre-orders, down from 11,000 last week, for a total of 77,000. The game is 14 weeks away from launch, April 2, 2012 in the USA.

Also in the top 10: Diablo III (PC) is up one spot to number one, as it adds 60,000 pre-orders, up from 32,000 last week, for a total of 406,000. The game has no release date yet.

Kinect Star Wars (X360) is down one spot to number four, as it adds 8,000 pre-orders, the same as last week, for a total of 195,000. The game has no release date yet.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) is down one spot number five, as it adds 4,000 pre-orders, the same as last week, for a total of 186,000. The game is 10 weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Halo 4 (X360) is at number six, as it adds 6,000 pre-orders, down from 7,000 last week, for a total of 165,000. The game has no release date yet.

Twisted Metal (PS3) is up one spot to number seven, as it adds 7,000 pre-orders, up from 4,000 last week, for a total of 104,000. The game is seven weeks away from launch, February 14, 2012 in the USA.

Mass Effect 3 (PS3) is at number eight, as it adds 6,000 pre-orders, up from 4,000 last week, for a total of 103,000. The game is 10 weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (X360) 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 20, 2012 in the USA.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3) rounds out the top 10, as it adds 5,000 pre-orders, the same as last week, for a total of 90,000. The game is 12 weeks away from launch, March 20, 2012 in the USA.

Notable mentions outside the top 10: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (X360) adds 6,000 pre-orders for a total of 82,000. Mass Effect 3 (PC) adds 5,000 pre-orders for a total of 70,000. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (X360) adds 8,000 pre-orders for a total of 69,000.

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

Pos Name Platform Weeks to Launch Weekly Change Total
1 Diablo III PC N/A 60,197 405,767
2 Mass Effect 3 X360 10 19,664 401,416
3 Final Fantasy XIII-2 PS3 5 20,341 199,012
4 Kinect Star Wars X360 N/A 7,794 195,356
5 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier X360 10 4,180 186,336
6 Halo 4 X360 N/A 6,462 165,306
7 Twisted Metal PS3 7 7,040 104,242
8 Mass Effect 3 PS3 10 5,892 103,053
9 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City X360 12 4,992 93,037
10 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City PS3 12 5,247 89,787
11 Luigi's Mansion 2 3DS N/A 3,376 87,652
12 BioShock Infinite X360 N/A 2,156 86,100
13 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning X360 6 5,695 81,940
14 Xenoblade Chronicles Wii 14 7,430 76,693
15 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier PS3 10 2,192 71,288
16 Mass Effect 3 PC 10 4,602 69,857
17 Final Fantasy XIII-2 X360 5 8,247 68,910
18 Mario Party 9 Wii 11 2,402 68,430
19 UFC Undisputed 3 X360 7 6,446 67,406
20 Max Payne 3 X360 N/A 2,965 66,989
21 SoulCalibur V PS3 5 5,196 66,151
22 Final Fantasy XIV Online PS3 N/A 1,212 65,487
23 Paper Mario 3DS N/A 2,764 65,244
24 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning PS3 6 3,784 64,127
25 UFC Undisputed 3 PS3 7 6,033 62,197
26 SoulCalibur V X360 5 7,274 60,966
27 Max Payne 3 PS3 N/A 2,806 60,021
28 Tales to Enjoy! Puss in Boots DS N/A 2,465 58,503
29 Resident Evil: Revelations 3DS 6 3,476 57,806
30 Rugby World Cup 2011 X360 N/A 3,010 57,723

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9 Comments

yo_john117 (on 02 January 2012)

Next week ME3 should surpass ME2's total pre-order amount.


Silver-Tiger (on 02 January 2012)

Surprised to see ME3 for PS3 so high. Never expected a series which started on 360 and got a late port of the second game only to have high preorders on PS3.


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Michael-5 (on 03 January 2012)

Well Mass Effect 2 is arguably the best game of the generation. Definitely the best sci-fi game this gen. So it's not a shock to me. Besides what other major content is coming out by March? a JRPG sequel and a game which started out as a PSN title?


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ryuzaki57 (on 02 January 2012)

That's the moment of truth for Final Fantasy XIII-2! I hope it can keep the pace!


Killer_Ch33z (on 02 January 2012)

Halo 4, impressive numbers :)


NintendoPie (on 02 January 2012)

Pre-Order's seem to have a drought this week, still nice to see Luigi's Mansion 2 working it's way up even though most people probably don't even know about it.


spurgeonryan (on 02 January 2012)

Happy to see luigi's mansion 2 slowly working its way up!


Ail (on 03 January 2012)

Hail the DIablo King !


Salnax (on 02 January 2012)

Poor RE Revelations...


pezus (on 02 January 2012)

Go Diablo!!


Aj_habfan (on 02 January 2012)

Tough crowd


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Michael-5 (on 03 January 2012)

I think pezus just loves making these incredibly hated posts. :P


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pezus (on 03 January 2012)

Why is this post downvoted to oblivion? Oh, right, PC gaming doesn't exist on here.


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