USA Preorders Chart, 18 February 2012 - Asura's Wrath - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 February 2012 / 9,901 Views

Overview

There is one game in the top 30 to be in its final week before launch, Asura’s Wrath (PS3). The top five games include Mass Effect 3 (X360), Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360), Kinect Star Wars (X360), Mass Effect 3 (PS3), and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (X360).

The top three games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, down from four last week, and the top 7 has 100,000 or more pre-orders, down from 12 last week. One game adds 20,000 or more, down from two last week and five add 10,000 or more, down from six last week.

Games in final week before launch

Asura’s Wrath (PS3) is the lone game to be in its final week before launch. The game added 4,000 pre-orders for a final total of 38,000. Expect first week sales in the USA to be in the 55,000 to 70,000 unit range.

Other Hot Games

Mass Effect 3 (X360) is at the top of the USA pre-order charts, as it adds 107,000 pre-orders, up from 66,000 last week, for a total of 762,000. It has nearly doubled the number of pre-orders as its predecessor, Mass Effect 2 (X360). The game is three weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City Pre-orders

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (X360) is up three spots to number five, as it adds 9,000 pre-orders, up from 7,000 last week, for a total of a 140,000. The PlayStation 3 version is up four spots to number six, as it adds 12,000 pre-orders, up from 9,000 last week, for a total of 138,000. The game is five weeks away from launch, March 20 in the USA.

Xenoblade Chronicles Pre-orders

Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii) is up five spots to number seven, as it adds 3,000 pre-orders, the same as last week, for a total of 112,000. The game is seven weeks away from launch, April 2, 2012 in the USA.

Also in the top 10: Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (X360) is up one spot to number two, as it adds 4,000 pre-orders, the same as last week, for a total of 215,000. The game has been pushed back to May 22 in the USA.

Kinect Star Wars (X360) is up one spot to number three, as it adds 3,000 pre-orders, up from 2,000 last week, for a total of 214,000. The game is seven weeks away from launch, April 3, 2012 in the USA.

Mass Effect 3 (PS3) is up three spots to number four, as it adds 15,000 pre-orders, up from 11,000 last week, for a total of 172,000. The game is three weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

Street Fighter X Tekken (PS3) is up seven spots to number eight, as it adds 5,000 pre-orders, up from 4,000 last week, for a total of 91,000. The game is three weeks away from launch, March 6, 2012 in the USA.

SSX (PS3) is up nine spots to number nine, as it adds 10,000 pre-orders, up from 8,000 last week, for a total of 88,000. The game is two weeks away from launch, February 28 in the USA.

Max Payne 3 (X360) is up six spots to number 10, as it adds 2,000 pre-orders, the same as last week, for a total of 85,000. The game is 13 weeks away from launch, May 15 in the USA.

Notable mentions outside the top 10: SSX (X360) adds 11,000 pre-orders for a total of 81,000. Mass Effect 3 (PC) adds 4,000 pre-orders for a total of 80,000. Tales of Graces f (PS3) adds 7,000 pre-orders for a total of 61,000.

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	Mass Effect 3	X360	3	107,372	761,504
2	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	X360	14	3,667	215,026
3	Kinect Star Wars	X360	7	2,520	213,620
4	Mass Effect 3	PS3	3	15,196	171,730
5	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	X360	5	8,742	140,458
6	Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City	PS3	5	12,046	138,096
7	Xenoblade Chronicles	Wii	7	3,036	112,462
8	Street Fighter X Tekken	PS3	3	5,128	90,936
9	SSX	PS3	2	10,167	87,575
10	Max Payne 3	X360	13	2,125	84,779
11	SSX	X360	2	11,174	81,314
12	Mass Effect 3	PC	3	3,558	80,292
13	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	PS3	14	1,022	79,653
14	Mario Party 9	Wii	4	2,393	79,453
15	Max Payne 3	PS3	13	1,733	74,421
16	Paper Mario	3DS	N/A	844	71,681
17	Rugby World Cup 2011	X360	N/A	762	68,034
18	Borderlands 2	X360	N/A	3,548	65,082
19	Animal Crossing	3DS	N/A	729	62,189
20	Tales of Graces f	PS3	4	6,648	61,158
21	Street Fighter X Tekken	X360	3	3,709	55,993
22	Silent Hill: Downpour	PS3	4	2,386	52,167
23	Silent Hill: Downpour	X360	4	2,041	50,061
24	Fashion Designer: Style Icon	DS	N/A	363	49,707
25	Prototype 2	PS3	10	2,144	46,062
26	Kid Icarus: Uprising	3DS	5	2,540	43,279
27	Asura's Wrath	PS3	1	3,505	37,735
28	Borderlands 2	PS3	46	1,404	37,435
29	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2	DS	2	3,148	36,102
30	The Professor's Brain Trainer: Logic	DS	N/A	110	30,758

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40 Comments

Millenium (on 20 February 2012)

This list appears to be a bit broken, or the lists from previous weeks were...

SSX appears to be in it's final week on last week's chart, yet here it isn't (Which is good, because apperantly it's not released yet)

Diablo 3 is gone (Maybe VGC stopped tracking it?)

Luigi's Mansion disappeared?

Halo 4?

enrageorange Millenium (on 20 February 2012)

bioshock infinite is gone as well

Millenium Millenium (on 20 February 2012)

Right you are.

Strangely enough all of these games do appear on the chart that was posted in the here: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=140273&page=1#

MARCUSDJACKSON Millenium (on 20 February 2012)

i really don't pay that much attention to previous wks, but these are good questions.

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Michael-5 Millenium (on 20 February 2012)

I was wondering how Tales of Graces jumped so many spots.

Maybe a software malfunction? Numbers match, but it seems some games are omitted.

SecondWar Millenium (on 21 February 2012)

Also Rugby World Cup 2011 is on the list. Pretty certain that was released last year.

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Millenium Millenium (on 23 February 2012)

And so it has, thanks ioi :-)

ljlrj (on 20 February 2012)

there games missing like luigi mansion 2 and halo 4

blue7x7 (on 20 February 2012)

Where is Halo 4?

NintendoPie (on 20 February 2012)

Where did Luigi's Mansion 2 go?

Salnax NintendoPie (on 21 February 2012)

The universe saw that Luigi was prosperous, and decided to reinstate order.

AmericanAli (on 20 February 2012)

i cant belive those mass effect numbers ,it might even hit the 1 million mark in the first week only for the xbox :O

reaver_x (on 20 February 2012)

Xenoblade's in the top ten that makes me very happy

Stefan.De.Machtige reaver_x (on 20 February 2012)

Let's hope the numbers are actual sales.

Mr Puggsly (on 20 February 2012)

It doesn't look like PS3 owners are excited about anything at the moment.

xinstantnoodlez (on 21 February 2012)

The PS3 Mass Effect numbers are pathetic...then again...high pre order numbers on the PS3 are basically impossible nowadays

Munkeh111 (on 20 February 2012)

SSX is criminally low! Also, I really that Vita has been left out of this, or else nothing is going to get into 6 figures at all...

UnknownFact (on 20 February 2012)

Borderlands 2 is so far away from release date and it's in the top 30 for both consoles. Looking forward to its development. But where is Diablo IIII?