The 20 games with the highest levels of purchase intent among the Xbox 360 audience are as follows.
1. Halo 3: ODST (Bungie Studios)
2. Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward)
3. Madden NFL 10 (EA Tiburon)
4. Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix)
5. Assassin's Creed 2 (Ubisoft Montreal)
6. BioShock 2 (2K Marin, 2K Australia)
7. Mass Effect 2 (BioWare)
8. NCAA Football 10 (EA Tiburon)
9. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Uncaged Edition) (Raven Software)
10. Fight Night Round 4 (EA Canada)
11. Need for Speed: Shift (Slightly Mad Studios)
12. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction (Ubisoft Montreal)
13. Fallout 3: Broken Steel (Bethesda Game Studios)
14. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios)
15. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion (Vicarious Visions)
16. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (EA Tiburon)
17. Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai)
18. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA DICE)
19. The Beatles: Rock Band (game only) (Harmonix Music Systems)
20. Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Terminal Reality)
The following chart of the first ten games on the list also illustrates levels of preorder intent among those who have already indicated general purchase intent:
Notably, ODST is the only Xbox 360-exclusive title on the list; by contrast, the upcoming PlayStation 3 top 20 includes several first-party games exclusive to its platform. (However, a few of the titles on the Xbox 360 list are in development for PC but not PlayStation 3.)
Final Fantasy XIII's inclusion at number four is impressive since, unlike other top 10 games, it is not expected to ship in 2009. The 12th-place Splinter Cell: Conviction, which has a vague fiscal year release period projection, is the only other listed title not publicly planned for 2009.
Further data on the most anticipated PlayStation 3 and Wii games will be published on Gamasutra in the coming days.
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