Okay... so the summer is quickly fading away and the Fall season is upon us... which means that that people are finally getting back into their homes and doing what they should have been doing all along: playing video games!
As the holiday season draws near as well, lets look at the number of games with the potential to hit a million during this year.
NOTE: This is obviously my opinion. There's no real way to know until the games are released and selling into the holiday season.
Xbox 360:
- Already Released and Obvious:
- Madden NFL 11 (already at 700k on week 2.)
- Already Released and Questionable:
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 (It's at 930k and selling 3.6k a week. Holiday sales could boost it to a million this year.)
- Alan Wake (at 670k and selling 10k a week. Definitely has the chance to hit the million mark this year.)
- UFC Undisputed 2010 (at 640k and selling around 10,000 a week. The first was hugely popular, let's see if the holidays will be kinder to the sequel.)
- Crackdown 2 (at 580k and selling 10k a week. Still, it's not looking good, as the game is only on its 7th week of sales. Some big legs are needed to help this game along).
- Not Yet Released and Obvious:
- Halo: Reach (will hit a million on launch night... and then some.)
- Fable III (Releasing in October, the game has plenty of time to hit the million mark this year.)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops (Another high profile game from the CoD franchise.)
- FIFA Soccer 11 (10 passed 1 million with the greatest of ease, and I think 11 will do the same.)
- Fallout: New Vegas (Fallout 3 sold more than 3 million on the 360, and this one will hit a million this year no sweat)
- Medal of Honor (Another high profile FPS franchise shouldn't have trouble hitting a million on the 360, especiall with its popular "Modern Warfare" setting.)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (I don't think the game will have as great sales as either of the previous AC titles, but it will still sell very well.)
- Kinect Adventures (Being bundled with Kinect will help greatly with this games sales.)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (I dont' think it'll do as well as the first Unleashed game, but it'll still sell over a million during this year.)
- Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Shift did it, Forza 3 did it, and HP will do it too.)
- Not Yet Released and Questionable:
- Dead Rising 2 (The first has sold 1.7 million copies. Now that 2 is multiplatform, will this affect its ability to sell a million in 2010?
- Rock Band 3 (The Beatles took around a year to hit a million, so I doubt that even a numbered Rock Band will hit a million this year alone.)
- Dance Central (All depends on how well Kinect does)
- Kinect Sports (All depends on how well Kinect does)
I'll do the rest at a later time.