USA Preorders Chart, 14 July 2012 - Black Ops 2 Climbs the Charts

Overview

There are no games in the top 20 to be in its final week before launch. As a reminder the Pro data is back up, which means that I am taking requests again for games outside the top 20.

The top four games have 200,000 or more pre-orders, the same as last week, and the top 11 has 100,000 or more pre-orders, down from 12 last week. Two games added 20,000 or more, the same as last week and four added 10,000 or more, down from six last week.

[hiredhelp]

I'll be picking up MOH instead :)

[JBSleek]

Instead? Why not pick up both great games?

[Majin-vegeta]

Maybe he doesn't feel like wasting money on a game that always has the same crappy problems every year when it's released.

[SPAM-FRITTER-123]

maybe because he doesn't want to see jet packs in the COD franchise. maybe he doesn't want call of halo.

IMO blops 2 will be just as bad as MW3

[TheFirstClassic]

Not worth the 60 bones.

[lastofgen]

maybe because cod has turned into a yearly crap fest and the devs tend to ignore the ps3 owners and have constant mods, hacks, and lag fests in their games. moh, imo, is definitely the better buy here.

[0neShot]

Moh W is at no 40, nobody cares and nobody gives a sht to you and the rest who's buying MOH

[Rrobba]

Here we go again...

*sigh*

[venom06]

here we go again, but everyone is speaking the truth... unfortunately, there's going to be millions of sheeple to pick up the next CoD game, and the 2-3 months later, be complaining loud as hell about this perk, or that map design, or this lag compensation, or that spawn system. Its the same garbage crap released every year, but sheeple still buy it only to nerd rage about it later. Unbelievable...

[ZoyosJD]

USA: NCAA 2013
EU: LONDON 2012

I still find it odd that virtual replications of physical activity have become such a definative part of one of the least active "sports" ever.

I do wonder if motion controlled gaming has had any impact on the sales of these games or overall health of this audience.

Anyway, glad to see EU supporting the Olympics so heavily, it can be quite a lifechanging experience for some younger kids.

[Ulf]

The sheeple buying BO2 offend me. Treyarch CODs suck, sheeple... when will you learn?

[BelieveinGhosts]

Treyarch made the best COD in my opinion.
World at War had everything: Great Graphics, Great Sound,Great kill stricks which are not OP like MW 2 and 3,Great gameplay, More Hard core than MW 1,2,3 because each weapon felt different and i loved using the Mosin Nagant bolt action rifle with bayonet because it takes more skill. And offcourse COD WAW also introduced Zombies

The only bad point about WAW is the hackers, glitchers and cheats

[lastofgen]

treyarch can only find success because they are working with the engine and infrastructure so greatly put forth and built by infinity ward. treyarch weren't the ones who had to break sweat and blood to make the engine so, in effect, they could concentrate on other aspects of the game and put more time toward those. iw had to concentrate on the engine and the game aspects.

[Whore_Mouth]

What about this story qualifies it as a rumor?

[lastofgen]

because it's an estimate. that's what vgchartz is known for. and they usually get their estimates wrong by a few thousand or more.

[Whore_Mouth]

That just sounds like bad math, not a rumor.

Estimations are just math for people that don't know how to carry a 1. Rumors are stories that people "hear", but are not able or unwilling to produce a credible source.

[Sabian187]

Halo 4 = Day 1 buy.
Assassin's Creed 3 = Day 1 buy.
Black Ops 2 = Someday may rent or buy cheap. (Which still will depend mostly on how people say its plays.)

Its sad when I think about it. COD used to be exciting and day 1 buys guaranteed for me. Now my response to a new COD is "Oh...Ok...(Shoulder shrug)...Meh". I am now just bored.

On the other hand I am very excited about Halo 4 and Assassin's Creed 3 because these titles actually have had a significant amount of innovation and great meaningful story arcs.