USA Preorders Chart, 21 January 2012 - Preorders Pick Up - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 January 2012 / 10,216 Views

Overview

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

The top five games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, up from four last week, and the top 12 has 100,000 or more pre-orders, up from nine last week. Five games add 20,000 or more, up from three last week and eight add 10,000 or more, up 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-2 (PS3) is at number three, as it adds 65,000 pre-orders, up from 47,000 last week, for a total of 354,000. The game has passed its predecessor, Final Fantasy XIII (PS3). The game is two 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 the top of the USA pre-order charts, as it adds 62,000 pre-orders, down from 79,000 last week, for a total of 598,000. The game is on track of passing one million pre-orders by launch. The game is seven weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Xenoblade Chronicles Pre-orders

Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) is down one spot to number 13, as it adds 6,000 pre-orders, down from 9,000 last week, for a total of 99,000. The game is 11 weeks away from launch, April 2, 2012 in the USA.

Also in the top 10: Diablo III (PC) is down one spot to number two, as it adds 38,000 pre-orders, up from 37,000 last week, for a total of 559,000. The game has no release date yet.

Kinect Star Wars (X360) is at number four, as it adds 3,000 pre-orders, the same as last week, for a total of 205,000. The game has no release date yet.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) is at number five, as it adds 4,000 pre-orders, down from 5,000 last week, for a total of 200,000. The game has been pushed back to May 22 in the USA.

Halo 4 (X360) is at number six, as it adds 2,000 pre-orders, down from 3,000 last week, for a total of 175,000. The game has no release date yet.

Mass Effect 3 (PS3) is at number seven, as it adds 10,000 pre-orders, the same as last week, for a total of 130,000. The game is seven weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Twisted Metal (PS3) is at number eight, as it adds 11,000 pre-orders, up from 7,000 last week, for a total of 130,000. The game is four weeks away from launch, February 14, 2012 in the USA.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (X360) has entered the top 10 at number nine, as it adds 21,000 pre-orders, up from 10,000 last week, for a total of 117,000. The game is three weeks away from launch, February 7, 2012 in the USA.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 (X360) has entered the top 10 at number ten, as it adds 24,000 pre-orders, up from last 13,000 week, for a total of 115,000. The game is two weeks away from launch, January 31, 2012 in the USA.

Notable mentions outside the top 10: UFC Undisputed 3 (X360) adds 9,000 pre-orders for a total of 92,000. SoulCalibur V (PS3) adds 7,000 pre-orders for a total of 88,000. SoulCalibur V (X360) adds 8,000 pre-orders for a total of 83,000. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PS3) adds 11,000 pre-orders for a total of 85,000.

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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	Change	Total
1	Mass Effect 3	X360	7	62,062	598,324
2	Diablo III	PC	N/A	37,768	559,455
3	Final Fantasy XIII-2	PS3	2	65,266	354,416
4	Kinect Star Wars	X360	N/A	2,927	205,300
5	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	X360	7	4,234	200,040
6	Halo 4	X360	N/A	2,410	175,395
7	Mass Effect 3	PS3	7	10,292	129,995
8	Twisted Metal	PS3	4	10,566	129,747
9	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	X360	3	20,657	117,256
10	Final Fantasy XIII-2	X360	2	23,505	115,319
11	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	X360	9	7,675	111,154
12	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	PS3	9	4,861	102,248
13	Xenoblade Chronicles	Wii	11	6,347	99,186
14	Luigi's Mansion 2	3DS	N/A	1,590	94,020
15	UFC Undisputed 3	X360	4	8,741	92,210
16	BioShock Infinite	X360	N/A	1,098	89,873
17	SoulCalibur V	PS3	2	7,396	87,539
18	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	PS3	3	10,786	85,164
19	SoulCalibur V	X360	2	8,616	83,257
20	UFC Undisputed 3	PS3	4	7,570	81,911
21	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	PS3	7	1,287	75,381
22	Max Payne 3	X360	N/A	3,039	74,987
23	Mass Effect 3	PC	7	591	74,139
24	Mario Party 9	Wii	8	1,113	72,848
25	Resident Evil: Revelations	3DS	3	5,483	72,385
26	Paper Mario	3DS	N/A	879	68,563
27	Max Payne 3	PS3	N/A	2,262	67,881
28	Final Fantasy XIV Online	PS3	N/A	465	67,120
29	Rugby World Cup 2011	X360	N/A	1,756	64,039
30	SSX	PS3	4	3,593	61,312

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21 Comments

binary solo (on 24 January 2012)

@Zim: I think it's pretty safe to say that ME3 will outsell ME2 on both consoles. 360 without question, and PS3 version preorders is going to be probably >50% of LTD sales of ME2. So FW ME3 sales on PS3 could be almost 60% of ME2 LTD.

Thanks for the 360 FFXIII pre-order comparison. I was wondering if FFXIII would end up being a bit of a let down for 360 owners and hence XIII-2 would be a bit like it's performing in Japan on PS3, i.e. much lower sales. Seems like FFXIII appealed more to the western FF audience than the Japanese one.

Zim (on 23 January 2012)

They don't seem to be mentioning it so for anyone interested the 360 version of FF13 had pre-orders of 135k in the week before launch (however that is Americas, not USA). So it seems both versions should pass 13 pre-order numbers.

I honestly can't believe how big an improvement ME is getting in pre-orders. Utterly brilliant. I hope both versions sell far more than 2.

miqdadi (on 26 January 2012)

Can Xenoblade, pull a bit of a surprise and push the total sales up in Americas, I hope so, FF XIII-2 total is slowly reaching 500,000 In USA for both PS3 & 360, will it do better than XIII? it looks like that till now

menx64 (on 24 January 2012)

Xenoblade 100K? I want to believe!!!

ljlrj menx64 (on 25 January 2012)

going to have a great opening :D

NintendoPie (on 23 January 2012)

Luigi's Mansion 2 still adding those numbers on! Nintendo just needs to announce the release date. Xenoblade almost to 100K ^_^

ryuzaki57 (on 23 January 2012)

Mass Effect 3 and Final Fantasy XIII-2 show the difference between PS3 and X360 audiences

Zim ryuzaki57 (on 23 January 2012)

....Not really. Mass effect started as a 360 exclusive so has more fans there. FF has been on Sony systems for years and for the longest time it was assumed 13 would be exclusive. You can't really use the two games as clear examples.

DemoniOtaku ryuzaki57 (on 23 January 2012)

Yeah... the same happened with Dark Souls... on pS3 were a base of fans so sold better on PS3..

A Better example could be any third party shooter (BF3, crysis 2) vs Assasin's creed revelations or FIFA12... Any shooter sell better on x360 and Soccer games and Adventure games sell better on PS3...

ryuzaki57 ryuzaki57 (on 23 January 2012)

Seems I need to elaborate : Mass Effect 2 is considered the best RPG of 2010, FFXIII was said to be the most disappointing one. Mass Effect is the rising RPG IP and Mass Effect 3 is the most anticipated of the two if the press is to believe, but PS3 players still favour the "declining" Final Fantasy series. This imho shows that PS3 players, unlike X360 players, prefer JRPGs over WRPGs.

ljlrj ryuzaki57 (on 25 January 2012)

i love my jrpg's :D

mateuspradosousa (on 24 January 2012)

Final Fantasy XIII-2 will see your sales redemption on the West

VGKing (on 23 January 2012)

Operation Raccoon City pre-orders need to be higher. But since RE6 just got announced I think most people will wait for that. SIGH. Hopefully the online community is big enough to last me a few months.

ARTHURIUSS (on 23 January 2012)

Mass Effect is killing it! My most anticipated game of the year.

Millenium (on 23 January 2012)

ME3 posting great numbers!
FFXIII-2 also doing pretty darned well. :-)

For the rest a pretty slow week.

LongMuckDong (on 23 January 2012)

Mass Effect 3 pre-ordered yesterday, add one to the list for next week.. lol :)
It's funny how the games that pre-order well are quite different to the ones that are the top sellers.... true gamers show in the pre-order charts, Wii and Casual vibes dominate the top sellers: not sure whether to be smiling or crying..