Ah, finally back. J-charts have been very late, as of late, and I never got around to doing them too late. But now it's up for discussion:
| This Wk | Last Wk | Name | Wk Sales | Total Sales | % Drop | Wks in Release | Expected LTD |
| #1 | --- | Call of Duty 4 | 507,659 | 507,659 | --- | 1 | 2,000,000+ |
| #2 | #1 | Guitar Hero 3 | 233,212 | 1,031,883 | -70.8% | 2 | 2,500,000 |
| #3 | #2 | Halo 3 | 75,813 | 4,210,864 | -14.4% | 7 | 9,000,000 |
| #4 | #4 | Naturo: RoaN | 34,548 | 105,781 | -51.6% | 2 | 250,000+ |
| #5 | #3 | Timeshift | 32,451 | 110,646 | -58.6% | 2 | 200,000 |
| #6 | #6 | Ace Combat 6 | 25,857 | 182,002 | -42.8% | 3 | 350,000 |
| #7 | #8 | Half Life 2 | 24,563 | 446,402 | -22.0% | 2 | 1,000,000 |
| #8 | --- | Scene It? LCA | 23,549 | 23,549 | --- | 1 | 200,000 |
| #9 | #10 | NBA 2k8 | 22,493 | 240,340 | +4.6% | 6 | 550,000 |
| #10 | #7 | The Simpsons | 19,789 | 67,474 | -58.7% | 2 | 200,000 |
A few notes:
#1. Call of Duty 4 has a massively impressive debut. Not only in the US, but Europe as well. CoD4, for just 1 week, already has 40% of the total sales CoD3 did. Given Call of Duty's track record on the X360 with 2 and 3, expect some good legs. Remember: this is the game that was supposed to be effected by GTA:IV's delay the most, so expect it to easily destroy COD2/3's total grosses. I'd say 3m would be possible worldwide.
#2. Guitar Hero 3 - Despite a massive drop, it's already sold a whopping 1m units. In 2-3 more weeks, GH3 will pass GH2's total LTD on the X360. Very good. We're seeing that the X360 might just be the succuessor to the PS2 in terms of massive software moving. Activision should be happy.
#3. Halo 3 does well. Under 100k already though...Not the most fantastic, but still good. Has a decent chance of hitting 5m by EOY.
#4. Naturo has a decent drop. 50% is good for a decent-opening game. Over Christmas weeks, it should have great legs.
#5. Timeshift - A joke of a game. Might wind up with Shadowrun numbers. Atleast a stupid re-hash FPS title can garner 200k units in the US. Should make them happy if they could plan for profits at 250k units.
#6. Ace Combat 6. It has another decent-sized drop. However, right now, the increased hardware sales are trending to move more 'normal' non-FPS games. AC6 could hit 300-350k by EOY, or more. Should hit 500k in the US before it dies. Could do more if Christmas sales are huge (ie, 30-40k a week).
#7. Half-Life 2: Ah, a decent drop finally! Could hit 1m by the end of it's run (Christmas should allow any game that's doing 20k+ a week now, to manage maybe 200k for the 5 weeks of December).
#8. Scene It? Has a good debut, IMO. Remember, casual games, even on the 360, have great legs. Could do phenominal with the casuals buying a X360 for Guitar Hero, and the Arcade.
#9. NBA 2k8. It has an increase! The holidays are now here, and core/casual games are starting to increase. A quick survey shows that Madden 08, Guitar Hero 2, .Skate, Oblivion, Tiger Woods 08, Viva Pinata, Dead Rising all had good increases (+5%) over last week. A much-needed second life for those games.
| This Wk | Last Wk | Name | This Wk | Total Sales | % Drop | Wks In Release | Expected LTD |
| #1 | --- | Shin Sangoku Mousou 5 | 28,984 | 28,984 | --- | 1 | 75,000+ |
| #2 | #1 | Ace Combat 6 | 9,106 | 82,516 | -87.6% | 2 | 100,000+ |
| #3 | --- | Just Cause | 3,689 | 3,689 | --- | 1 | 6,500 |
| #4 | #3 | Earth Defense Force 3 | 2,306 | 9,457 | -67.8% | 2 | 16,500 |
| #5 | #4 | Halo 3 | 2,138 | 85,914 | -29.1% | 7 | 100,000 |
| #6 | #5 | Beautiful Katamari | 1,785 | 26,902 | -39.1% | 4 | 35,000+ |
| #7 | #6 | Project Gotham 4 | 779 | 13,051 | -27.5% | 5 | 35,000 |
| #8 | #7 | Blue Dragon | 677 | 205,013 | -27.1% | 49 | 210,000 |
| #9 | --- | NBA Live 08 | 654 | 654 | --- | 1 | 1,500 |
| #10 | #8 | Trusty Bell | 478 | 73,839 | -25.8% | 22 | 75,000 |
A few small notes:
#1. SM5 does....well. Not the best out there, but still very good, because 29k isn't bad for one day of sales. The only sad part is the fact that it's 6.5:1 ratio to the PS3 version. Still in Japan alone, the sales are enough to justify the port. Hopefully Koei realizes that this can work for other games, and puts more games out like this. I would expect sales to be around 25-30k next week....Maybe more.
#2. AC6 has a horrendous drop. Nevertheless, 9k isn't too bad for sales. It could have a decent next week (maybe 5k), and a strong Christmas run. 100k is a minimum expectation, but could hit upto 150k before it dies. It just depends if those that buy Lost Odyssey moves enough hardware to get consumers to buy AC6.
Everything else: Meh. Not really a whole lot to discuss. Just Cause has a decent, but crappy starting. Don't expect much out of it.
The big question is how well Halo 3 can hold: it could do well at Christmas time. Oblivion is doing poorly: 200 units/wk. It should be selling more, as it had great legs for weeks, but then suddenly died. In other news, Blue Dragon and Trusty Bell are having decent boosts from the new hardware.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
