USA Preorders Chart, 28 January 2012 - Final Fantasy XIII-2 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 30 January 2012 / 8,132 Views

Overview

There are two games in the top 30 to be in its final week before launch, Final Fantasy XIII-2 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and SoulCalibur V for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. 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, the same as last week, and the top 14 has 100,000 or more pre-orders, up from 12 last week. Four games add 20,000 or more, down from four last week and eight add 10,000 or more, the same as last week.

Games in final week before launch

Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3) is at number three in its final week before launch. The game added 72,000 pre-orders, up from 65,000 last week, for grand a total of 427,000. This is 132,000 more than its predecessor, Final Fantasy XIII (PS3). Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 550,000 to 650,000 unit range.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 (X360) is at number 10 in its final week before launch. The game added 13,000 pre-orders, for a final total of 128,000. This is 9,000 more than its predecessor, Final Fantasy XIII (X360). Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 300,000 to 400,000 unit range.

SoulCalibur V for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is the other game to be in its final week before launch. The PlayStation 3 version is at number 17, as it adds 7,000 pre-orders, for a final total of 95,000. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 125,000 to 175,000 unit range. The Xbox 360 version is at number 18, as it adds 10,000 pre-orders, for a total of 93,000. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 125,000 to 175,000 unit range.

Other Hot Games

Mass Effect 3 (X360) is at the top of the USA pre-order charts, as it adds 43,000 pre-orders, down from 62,000 last week, for a total of 641,000. The game is on track to pass one million pre-orders by launch. The game is six weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Xenoblade Chronicles Pre-orders

Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) is down one spot to number 14, as it adds 4,000 pre-orders, down from 6,000 last week, for a total of 103,000. The game is 10 weeks away from launch, April 2, 2012 in the USA.

Also in the top 10: Diablo III (PC) is at number two, as it adds 36,000 pre-orders, down from 38,000 last week, for a total of 595,000. The game has no release date yet.

Kinect Star Wars (X360) is at number four, as it adds 2,000 pre-orders, down from 3,000 last week, for a total of 207,000. 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, the same as last week, for a total of 240,000. 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, the same as last week, for a total of 178,000. The game has no release date yet.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (X360) is up two spots number seven, as it adds 33,000 pre-orders, up from 21,000 last week, for a total of 150,000. The game is two weeks away from launch, February 7, 2012 in the USA.

Twisted Metal (PS3) is at number eight, as it adds 12,000 pre-orders, up from 11,000 last week, for a total of 142,000. The game is three weeks away from launch, February 14, 2012 in the USA.

Mass Effect 3 (PS3) is down two spots to number nine, as it adds 8,000 pre-orders, down from 10,000 last week, for a total of 138,000. The game is six weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Notable mentions outside the top 10: UFC Undisputed 3 (X360) adds 11,000 pre-orders for a total of 103,000. UFC Undisputed 3 (PS3) adds 8,000 pre-orders for a total of 90,000. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PS3) adds 13,000 pre-orders for a total of 99,000.

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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	6	42,734	641,058
2	Diablo III	PC	N/A	35,659	595,114
3	Final Fantasy XIII-2	PS3	1	72,489	426,905
4	Kinect Star Wars	X360	N/A	2,179	207,479
5	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	X360	6	4,050	204,090
6	Halo 4	X360	N/A	2,310	177,705
7	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	X360	2	32,978	150,234
8	Twisted Metal	PS3	3	12,289	142,036
9	Mass Effect 3	PS3	6	7,653	137,648
10	Final Fantasy XIII-2	X360	1	12,653	127,972
11	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	X360	8	7,366	118,520
12	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	PS3	8	7,325	109,573
13	UFC Undisputed 3	X360	3	10,875	103,085
14	Xenoblade Chronicles	Wii	10	3,832	103,018
15	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	PS3	2	13,487	98,651
16	Luigi's Mansion 2	3DS	N/A	1,456	95,476
17	SoulCalibur V	PS3	1	7,250	94,789
18	SoulCalibur V	X360	1	9,936	93,193
19	BioShock Infinite	X360	N/A	1,326	91,199
20	UFC Undisputed 3	PS3	3	7,800	89,711
21	Resident Evil: Revelations	3DS	2	6,770	79,155
22	Max Payne 3	X360	N/A	3,156	78,143
23	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	PS3	6	1,150	76,531
24	Mass Effect 3	PC	6	506	74,645
25	Mario Party 9	Wii	7	1,323	74,171
26	Max Payne 3	PS3	N/A	1,570	69,451
27	Paper Mario	3DS	N/A	871	69,434
28	Final Fantasy XIV Online	PS3	N/A	539	67,659
29	Rugby World Cup 2011	X360	N/A	1,481	65,520
30	SSX	PS3	3	3,659	64,971

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20 Comments

kivi95 (on 30 January 2012)

Are we ever getting top 40 back(or even top 50)? And when are you going to start taking requests?

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XJordanXCLBX (on 30 January 2012)

Cant wait to see how much FFXIII-2 will sell in USA and CAN.

Tridrakious (on 30 January 2012)

SoulCalibur V needed a few more months to build up dome hype. There isn't much of anything going for it advertising wise.

Millenium (on 30 January 2012)

Good numbers overall for FF XIII-2.

SCV really came out of nowhere...

miqdadi (on 01 February 2012)

No way 360 FF XIII-2 will do 400 week one, still if it sells 700-800 on both consoles, then it's good

xinstantnoodlez (on 31 January 2012)

It's like the Sony fans don't even want Mass Effect 3...wtf

oniyide xinstantnoodlez (on 31 January 2012)

I do...but really what do you expect, the audience for that game is on 360/PC, they have both the games and didnt get ME2 a year late at full price

binary solo (on 30 January 2012)

Will be interesting to see if the 300-400K prediction for 360 version of FFXIII-2 proves to be correct. 400K is almost triple the pre-orders. Since when does that happen, except when final pre-orders is <50K? 300K seems a fairly optimistic doubling of pre-orders. I have a feeling (because of the love / hate nature of FFXIII) that wk 1 sales won't be that much higher than pre-orders on both platforms: 500K for PS3, <200K for 360.

Tridrakious (on 30 January 2012)

Xenoblade is running out of steam. Figures though. Still impressive that it pushed through 100k with 10 weeks left. Might push through 200k pre-orders before it's all said and done.

happydolphin (on 30 January 2012)

Expect a huge drop for XIII-2 week two (Larger than the tradition dropoff for mainline and sequel FFs). The pre-orders are high.

Salnax (on 30 January 2012)

Congrats Xenoblade for reaching 100,000!

Resident Evil: Revelations is a bit of a letdown...

Zim Salnax (on 01 February 2012)

Keep in mind that it was only the 27th of January that Revelations effectively had a price drop from $50 to $40. I would expect that there will be a reasonable increase in pre-orders next week with the lower price. As well as possibly quite good first week increase when people by chance see the game at a lower than expected price.

IIIIITHE1IIIII (on 30 January 2012)

Wow, Nintendo doubted whether they should release Xenoblade at all in the US and now its preorders outshine Mario Party 9? Yes, it might still have batter legs but damn.