A very awesome week in Xbox 360 software and hardware history.
| This Wk | Last Wk | Name | Week Sales | Total Sales | % Drop | Wks in Release | Expecte LTD |
| #1 | #1 | Halo 3 | 562,408 | 3,196,516 | -78.9% (-32.6%) | 2 | 9,500,000 (ha!) |
| #2 | ---- | NBA 2k8 | 116,719 | 116,719 | --- | 1 | 600,000 |
| #3 | ---- | NBA Live 08 | 102,596 | 102,596 | --- | 1 | 500,000 |
| #4 | ---- | Project Gotham 4 | 90,113 | 90,113 | --- | 1 | 550,000 |
| #5 | #3 | .skate | 39,594 | 193,880 | +4.4% | 4 | 400,000+ |
| #6 | #2 | Madden 2008 | 36,492 | 1,195,772 | -13.4% | 8 | 2,000,00 |
| #7 | ---- | Spiderman: FoF | 31,795 | 31,795 | ---- | 1 | 200,000 |
| #8 | #6 | TES: Oblivion | 27,481 | 1,341,481 | +10.0% | 81 | 1,800,000 |
| #9 | #4 | Bioshock | 24,438 | 833,863 | -28.5% | 7 | 1,500,000 |
| #10 | #7 | Gears of War | 23,510 | 3,005,665 | +1.7% | 47 | 3,500,000+ |
A few notes, and overall week opinion: IMO, this is a far more telling week of how the X360 will do than last week: software was 1.5m units, and nearly 1m units weren't Halo. This is very, very good for the stability of the Xbox 360, since so many games were bought last week.
#1. Halo had a, IMO, small drop. The % drop in parenthesis is what the drop was after the # of pre-orders were taken out. Think about it, it had only a 30% drop from last week's non-Preordered units. This is very good for the Halo franchise.
#2-3 - The basketball IP sales have begun, and it seems that yet again, normal sports IPs do real, real well.
#4. The only really dissapointing game debut on the list. PGR 4 had a similar opening to PGR3...Which is rather odd. I am unsure if everyone's happy playing Forza instead, or what. If true, PGR4 should easily hit 550k with Christmas sooncommng, but who knows?
#5. .skate has a great small increase. If true, EA should be happy. Skate could reach 500k, but we'll have to see.
#6. Madden 2008 has another mild decrease. It's still definately on-track to hit 2m before it dies.
#7. Spiderman has an aweful debut. With Marvel: UA and Spiderman 3 setting pretty good precidents for sales, why'd this one DOA?
#8 + #10. Uber-sellers Gears and Oblivion hold real well. Expect great sales for a long, long time. OB could hit 2m in the US/Can alone.
#9. Bioshock has it's first real bad drop. With so much FPS sales going to Halo, it's semi-understood. Nevertheless, I still believe BS will have strong sales for the rest of the year.
Also, I'd like to note that half of the top-10 games increased in sales. Also, outside of the top-10, the major players such as RSV continue to do well - Forza Motorsports has YET another increase in sales. It's now 2k/wk above it's lowest point of the year....Exactly like I thought. :)
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
