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Forums - Sales Discussion - American Preorder Charts- 9th January 2010. ME2 leads the way

Kantor on 12 January 2010

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=6504&mp=1

From a site called VGChartz. You might have heard of it.

Pos  

Name  

Console  

Weeks

Change

Total
1 Mass Effect 2  X360  2 65,108 317,181
2 God of War III  PS3  N/A  12,566 311,285
3 MAG: Massive Action Game  PS3  2 8,315 219,781
4 Battlefield: Bad Company 2  PS3  7 4,779 193,886
5 Battlefield: Bad Company 2  X360  7 8,265 127,150
6 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction  X360  6 7,900 109,226
7 BioShock 2  X360  4 12,431 107,897
8 Dante's Inferno  PS3  4 9,496 103,774
9 Final Fantasy XIII  PS3  8 12,065 89,851
10 Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver Version  DS  9 6,680 73,612
11 Dante's Inferno  X360  4 5,908 51,596
12 BioShock 2  PS3  4 4,632 44,418
13 Gran Turismo 5  PS3  N/A  3,695 43,984
14 Final Fantasy XIII  X360  8 5,277 43,702
15 Super Mario Galaxy 2  Wii  N/A  2,186 36,062
16 Heavy Rain  PS3  6 5,598 35,533
17 Alpha Protocol  X360  N/A  658 35,354
18 Aliens vs. Predator  X360  5 5,577 30,231
19 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes  Wii  N/A  2,814 29,326
20 White Knight Chronicles: International Edition  PS3  3 3,014 27,030
21 Lost Planet 2  X360  N/A  1,073 24,273
22 Halo: Reach  X360  N/A  2,060 21,118
23 Alpha Protocol  PS3  N/A  335 20,623
24 Red Dead Redemption  X360  15 1,760 19,779
25 Aliens vs. Predator  PS3  5 3,226 18,850
26 SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3  PSP  5 1,967 18,017
27 ModNation Racers  PS3  N/A  1,813 17,471
28 Red Dead Redemption  PS3  15 1,124 16,604
29 Lunar: Silver Star Harmony  PSP  3 2,537 15,336
30 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories  PSP  1 992 14,627

ANALYSIS:

Console Breakdown

  • 13 PS3 Games, 11 X360 Games, 3 PSP Games, 2 Wii Games, 1 DS Game.
  • TOP TEN: 5 PS3 Games, 4 X360 Games, 1 DS Game

Trends

  • God of War III, MAG, Bad Company 2 and ME2 will have very strong debuts indeed.
  • Dante's Inferno and Heavy Rain should also do quite well.
  • In the future, Halo Reach, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Gran Turismo 5 look like they will have very strong openings.
  • Final Fantasy XIII is still a little worrying, especially the X360 version, but it seems to be doing alright now, with nearly 18,000 pre-orders last week.

 

Pos  

Name  

Console  

Weeks

Change

Total
1 Mass Effect 2  X360  2 65,108 317,181
2 God of War III  PS3  N/A  12,566 311,285
3 MAG: Massive Action Game  PS3  2 8,315 219,781
4 Battlefield: Bad Company 2  PS3  7 4,779 193,886
5 Battlefield: Bad Company 2  X360  7 8,265 127,150
6 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction  X360  6 7,900 109,226
7 BioShock 2  X360  4 12,431 107,897
8 Dante's Inferno  PS3  4 9,496 103,774
9 Final Fantasy XIII  PS3  8 12,065 89,851
10 Pokémon Heart Gold / Soul Silver Version  DS  9 6,680 73,612
11 Dante's Inferno  X360  4 5,908 51,596
12 BioShock 2  PS3  4 4,632 44,418
13 Gran Turismo 5  PS3  N/A  3,695 43,984
14 Final Fantasy XIII  X360  8 5,277 43,702
15 Super Mario Galaxy 2  Wii  N/A  2,186 36,062
16 Heavy Rain  PS3  6 5,598 35,533
17 Alpha Protocol  X360  N/A  658 35,354
18 Aliens vs. Predator  X360  5 5,577 30,231
19 Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes  Wii  N/A  2,814 29,326
20 White Knight Chronicles: International Edition  PS3  3 3,014 27,030
21 Lost Planet 2  X360  N/A  1,073 24,273
22 Halo: Reach  X360  N/A  2,060 21,118
23 Alpha Protocol  PS3  N/A  335 20,623
24 Red Dead Redemption  X360  15 1,760 19,779
25 Aliens vs. Predator  PS3  5 3,226 18,850
26 SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3  PSP  5 1,967 18,017
27 ModNation Racers  PS3  N/A  1,813 17,471
28 Red Dead Redemption  PS3  15 1,124 16,604
29 Lunar: Silver Star Harmony  PSP  3 2,537 15,336
30 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories  PSP  1 992 14,627



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Slimebeast on 12 January 2010

Im not sure if I believe in those numbers.

No Alan Wake at all, and Halo: Reach only a fraction of Mass Effect's and MAG's preorders?

My impression of Halo fans is that like 100,000 of them sign up for a pre-order immedietaly after a new Halo is announced.



sabby_e17 on 12 January 2010

GOW3, MAG and ME2 will be very strong in NA. Battlefield: BC will sell a ton more than the first.

And GT5 will be huge in America.




Flame on 12 January 2010
Slimebeast said:

Im not sure if I believe in those numbers.

No Alan Wake at all, and Halo: Reach only a fraction of Mass Effect's and MAG's preorders?

My impression of Halo fans is that like 100,000 of them sign up for a pre-order immedietaly after a new Halo is announced.


I'm actually disappointed in that.  I hope Alan Wake gains more pre-orders later on.



themanwithnoname on 12 January 2010

There's no way the difference between the Battlefields is that big.

EDIT: Then again, what EA is doing with it and Dante's Inferno shows me they care about the PS3 sales more anyway.



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RageBot on 12 January 2010
Slimebeast said:

Im not sure if I believe in those numbers.

No Alan Wake at all, and Halo: Reach only a fraction of Mass Effect's and MAG's preorders?

My impression of Halo fans is that like 100,000 of them sign up for a pre-order immedietaly after a new Halo is announced.

Halo: Reach doesn't have a release date (or time of the year), ME2 and MAG are released next week |:



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radiantshadow92 on 12 January 2010
Slimebeast said:

Im not sure if I believe in those numbers.

No Alan Wake at all, and Halo: Reach only a fraction of Mass Effect's and MAG's preorders?

My impression of Halo fans is that like 100,000 of them sign up for a pre-order immedietaly after a new Halo is announced.

i am not surprised at alan wake not making the list...no one i know has even heard of the game...and we know very little about REACH so those preorders are amazing for REACH



Slimebeast on 12 January 2010

^^
^
But what about Alpha Protcol? It doesnt have a release date either, but still its got more pre-orders than Reach. And I've even forgot what kind of game it is.



leatherhat on 12 January 2010

Alan wake is a very small title, hampered even more by being released on xbox where there isn't much of desire to play anything that isn't an fps or action game.



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dobby985 on 12 January 2010
Slimebeast said:
^^
^
But what about Alpha Protcol? It doesnt have a release date either, but still its got more pre-orders than Reach. And I've even forgot what kind of game it is.

Alpha Protocol will probably release in Q1/Q2.