Trying to be slightly scientific I made the following estimates. Store numbers are from Wikipedia, units per store is anecdotal. Help with forgotten outlets or estimates of units will be appreciated.
Store | Outlets | Est # | Total |
Wal Mart | 971 | 24 | 23,304 |
Super Wal Mart | 2,447 | 30 | 73,410 |
Sams Club | 591 | 40 | 59,140 |
BestBuy | 1400 | 50 | 70,000 |
Target | 1591 | 24 | 38,184 |
GameStop/EB Games | 5,264 | 30 | 157,920 |
Blockbuster | 5,192 | 10 | 51,920 |
Circuit City | 670 | 50 | 33,500 |
Sears | 926 | 20 | 1,840 |
Game Crazy | 634 | 30 | 19,020 |
Toys R Us | 585 | 40 | 23,400 |
KMart | 1416 | 24 | 33,984 |
Costco | 536 | 40 | 21,440 |
|
| US Retail Total | 607,063 |
I know very little about the retail situation in Canada and Mexico so I'm sure someone can help.
Pre-Orders | VGChartz | 500,000 |
| US | See above | 607,000 |
| Canada | (Estimated by Population vs US) | 62,000 |
| Mexico | (Estimated by population adjusted by per capita income) | 50,000 |
| Est. Total | 1,219,000 |
Judging from what I'm hearing on this forum, the retail will be gone within the first day or so. Guessing that the outlets I didn't include might cover any sales not made today I'm going to estimate:
First Day 1.25M
And going on the rumor of quick follow up shipments I'm going to estimate:
First Week 2.00M
First Month 3.00M
