Pretty big week for the 360 in the US, and interesting week in Japan (for no new releases).
| TW | LW | Name | Wk. Sales | Total Sales | % Chg. | Wks in Release |
| #1 | --- | The Darkness | 110,818 | 110,818 | -------- | 1 |
| #2 | --- | Overlord | 79,014 | 79,014 | -------- | 1 |
| #3 | --- | Transformers: TG | 51,345 | 51,345 | -------- | 1 |
| #4 | #1 | DiRt | 34,563 | 104,278 | -50.6% | 2 |
| #5 | #4 | Guitar Hero 2 | 34,371 | 880,103 | +5.2% | 13 |
| #6 | #3 | Forza Motorsports 2 | 32,276 | 412,471 | -14.2% | 5 |
| #7 | --- | The Bigs | 28,747 | 28,747 | -------- | 1 |
| #8 | #2 | Tenchu Z | 16,243 | 130,693 | -57.6% | 3 |
| #9 | #14 | Ghost Recon: AW2 | 13,840 | 558,945 | +14.0% | 17 |
| #10 | --- | Hour of Victory | 13,514 | 13,514 | -------- | 1 |
New releases smothered the charts this week. I am rather unimpressed by the Darknesses first week. Some of us were saying 250k+, and I figured around 170k would be right. However, we could see TD wind up having some decent legs. 250k is guarenteed, and could reach 400k or more, if legs were good.
#2 Overlord, atleast to me, is rather impressive. Overlord seems that it's a title thats less 360-centric (atleast to what assume the core 360 base is), and Overlord could easily wind up with 250k, or more by the end, passing even LOTR:BFME2. #3 Transformers also did good, atleast to me. We should see it next week how well these 3 new ones hold up.
#4 Dirt held as expected with a 50% drop. 250k in NA is what it should land at.
#5 and #6 Guitar Hero 2 and Forza Motorsports are impressive for the week. FM2 lands a great sub-15% drop, and GH2 increases. GH2 has rarely sold below 30k, and this shows that GH2 could wind up with 1.5m or more before everything's done. Forza 2 should hit 600-750k easily. We still need around 3-4 more weeks of solid (sub 15% drops) to know for sure. However, FM2 could easily pass 1m if it held well, and found a strong holiday with a price drop.
#7 Teh Bigs is kinda weak as well compared to MLB2k7's opening (of 100k+). It'll drop out of the top-10 easily. #8 Tenchu Z suffers a massive drop. Just when I thought it'd survive, and do 250k over it's lifetime, it drops so severely. 200k is now in question even.
#9 GRAW2 gets a jump. It's been oddly hanging on to 10k+ per week. It might end up with 750k before it's gas runs out.
#10 Hour of Victory bombs hard. 25k lifetime. Count on it (also, one of the worst-reviewed 360 games ever).
Other notes: Movie games Ratittoule and Harry Potter bomb hard. Rainbow Six Vegas hits 1m and is still going strong. FNR3 will reach 1m next week. Armored Core 4 hits (after adjustments I believe), 100k. Outside of this, nothing amazing.
For refference, the 360 had a very good week overall. It was the 6th biggest week for 360 software sales of the year. Without any 200k selling title, it was actually very very good, as the other weeks that beat it involved GH2, GRAW2, MLB2k7, Crackdown and Lost Planet's debuts.
Now to the land of the rising sun:
| TW | LW | Name | Wk Sales | Total Sales | % Drop | Wks. in Release |
| #1 | #2 | Trusty Bell: Chopin's Dream | 3,748 | 58,042 | -45.2% | 3 |
| #2 | #1 | Saints Row | 2,409 | 11,359 | -73.1% | 2 |
| #3 | #3 | Dead Rising | 1,486 | 76,541 | -35.8% | 40 |
| #4 | #5 | Forza Motorsports 2 | 923 | 23,609 | -21.2% | 6 |
| #5 | #6 | Blue Dragon | 570 | 191,867 | -26.7% | 30 |
| #6 | #7 | Bullet Witch | 504 | 17,415 | -31.7% | 49 |
| #7 | #10 | Viva Pinata | 442 | 15,999 | -12.9% | 52 |
| #8 | #8 | Tenchu Z | 410 | 16,748 | -32.1% | 38 |
| #9 | #11 | Crackdown | 387 | 29,978 | -17.9% | 19 |
| #10 | #4 | Def Jam Icon | 379 | 1,760 | -72.6% | 2 |
Both Western titles, which debuted last week had pretty horrid drops. However, this isn't unexpected for W-games. My prediction of SR's 17.5k LTD should be just about right.
#1 Trusty Bell had a strong drop. My question last week was if it'd have a sub-50% drop this week, and it has. TB should start getting some legs, and have significant increases next week, in terms of % drops. If it can manage above 2200 units next week, that'll be a good sign.
#3 Dead Rising has a strong(er) drop, as it had a near 60% drop last week. 80k is still guarenteed.
#4, #5, and #7, FM2, Blue Dragon and Viva Pinata have good drops from last week. FM2 could hit 30k, BD will hit 200k by Sept, and VP might wind up with 18 or 19k by it's end. Next week, #9, Crackdown hits 30k.
Mousou Orochi has been announced and it's release date, set in Japan. Mousou Orochi hit near 400k first week in Japan on PS2, and it should help 360 sales out when it releases. It's launch? Sept 13th. The good thing is, each month in Japan will be bolstered by games that'll keep 360 sales afloat, and easily above 2k or even 2.5k indefinately. August has GRAW 2, MLB2k7 (which should both get ~20k), and Oblivion (which could provide a H/W boost to 5k for the week, and s/w should hit atleast 75k), Sept has Mousou Orochi and H3, October is uncertain, and November has AC6.
Next Week Questions:
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