August 25th X360 Sales Discussion Charts

[mrstickball]

 

Great, phenominal strength in the charts this week.

This Wk	Last Wk	Name	Week Sales	Total Sales	% Drop	Wks in Release	Expected LTD
#1	----	Bioshock	408,119	408,119	----	1	1,500,000(?)
#2	#1	Madden NFL 2008	186,661	1,031,279	-78.0%	2	2,000,000
#3	----	Two Worlds	139,711	139,711	----	1	500,000
#4	#2	Guitar Hero 2	38,211	1,186,247	-0.1%	21	1,750,000
#5	#3	Rainbow Six Vegas	19,366	1,100,782	+6.0%	40	1,350,000
#6	#4	Gears of War	16,845	2,891,867	+1.8%	42	3,500,000
#7	#5	NCAA Football 2008	10,629	472,026	-30.8%	6	750,000
#8	#12	Dead Rising	8,016	800,856	+5.2%	55	900,000
#9	#6	Forza Motorsports 2	7,868	495,987	-8.3%	13	650,000
#10	#9	Ghost Recon: AW2	7,781	630,025	-6.1%	25	750,000

 

A few notes:

#1 Bioshock did overly impressive this week. A few weeks ago, I posted a thread asking what expectations for Bioshock's first week was. The average number for an "impressive" start was around 200-250k. What does that then, make it that it did almost double that? The sales for Bioshock are far exceeding anything anyone could of thought. However, next week, I would expect a strong dropoff (60-65%), but good legs afterwards.

#2 Madden dropped considerably. I anticipated 200-300k this week from the last week's thread. This is just outside of it (but inside of it, correcting for the fact that NCAA08 data was off, therefore M08 was changed by around 10% down). Expect a good, long, run for Madden. Nevertheless, it'll have more large drops for awhile.

#3 Two Worlds really outpreformed what I thought. With rather poor (70% avg) reviews, a near-130k start is great. However, expect it to drop real, real quick. Nevertheless, if Southpeak can fix the multiplayer, it could see RSV-esque legs as the game builds a core online following like RSV has.

Outside of the top 3, nothing incredibly amazing. Dead Rising jumped a few places, and GH2, RSV and GOW continue their incredible runs. Who says X360 games have no legs?