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Pachter believes Modern Warfare 3 will hit sixteen million globally by the fourth quarter of the year while Battlefield 3 will sell eight million globally.

He was quoted in saying:

“I’d guess that around half of the console copies of Battlefield 3 will be bought by people who also buy Modern Warfare 3, so around two to three million will buy both, I don’t see much cannibalization of the titles.”

Pachter said that Modern Warfare 3 could sell an extra eight million in 2012 and Battlefield 3 could sell a possible extra two million providing many gamers pick up both games.

Other notable new-entries include Football Manager 2012 (no. 3), The Sims 3: Pets (no. 6), Rockstar’s Game of the Year edition of Red Dead Redemption (no. 36) and Dance Central 2  (no. 40)

Here’s the top ten:

1. Batman: Arkham City
2. FIFA 12
3. Football Manager 2012
4. Forza Motorsport 4
5. Just Dance 3
6. The Sims 3: Pets
7. Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
8. Rage
9. Zumba Fitness
10. Gears of War 3

The full list discounted items are as follows:

Arcade Games:

• Doom II: Hell On Earth – 400 Microsoft Points
• Quake Arena Arcade – 400 Microsoft Points

DLC Add-ons

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  • • Horse Armour Pack – 100 Microsoft Points
    • Knights of the Nine – 400 Microsoft Points
    • Shivering Isles – 1200 Microsoft Points

• Fallout 3
  • • Broken Steel – 400 Microsoft Points
    • Mothership Zeta – 400 Microsoft Points
    • Operation: Anchorage – 400 Microsoft Points
    • Point Lookout – 400 Microsoft Points
    • The Pitt – 400 Microsoft Points

• Fallout: New Vegas
  • • Dead Money – 400 Microsoft Points
    • Honest Hearts – 400 Microsoft Points

Avatar Items

• Vault 101 suit (Female or Male) – 120 Microsoft Points
• Vault Boy Head – 80 Microsoft Points
• Vault Boy Suit – 120 Microsoft Points

That’s it for this sale, be sure to check back for details on future marketplace events or alternatively you can check out Major Nelson’s blog post detailing the entire “Coming soon to the Marketplace” catalog.

Nintendo can only hope the drop in the systems price next week will have the same effect.

In the last week over 17,370 units have been sold, almost an 800% increase of the week before, and over 15,000 of those sales were the new model. The console still didn’t manage to out sell the PS3 and Wii which sold 19,578 and 19,155 units respectively, but with that much increase Microsoft can’t really complain.

Perhaps the Xbox 360 can take off in Japan after all, even if it has taken 5 years and a redesign!

After selling a reported $550 million worth in the first five days after release we were proved right. Two months on, the game has reportedly now sold over $1 billion worth of copies. As I am sure you can imagine, this is a rare feat for any game, to accomplish it in just two months is unbelievable.

“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has exceeded our expectations and shattered theatrical box office and video game records,” stated Activision Blizzard CEO, Robert Kotick “There are only a handful of entertainment properties that have ever reached the $1 billion mark, which illustrates the power of the Call of Duty franchise and mass appeal of this game.”

Congratulations to Infinity Ward and Activision for accomplishing something so rare and prestigious. Personally, I am looking forward to seeing both aim above and beyond.

In the region of just North America and UK, Activision estimate sales of around $310 million. Making Modern Warfare 2 the “biggest launch in history, across all forms of entertainment.”

In comparison, North America’s biggest day-one film gross, The Dark Knight, took in $158.4 million during its July 20, 2008, premiere.

Before Modern Warfare 2 took the record, the previous title-holder was Grand Theft Auto 4, which also took in $310 million – but that was counting all global regions – so presuming at least one copy of Modern Warfare 2 sold in Japan, it’s clear Activision has raised the bar.

Before you get too excited, this is only a pilot program, and most likely exclusive to Japanese customers. This does , however, address one of the biggest problems facing DLC in general. If I were to tell you my game put you in a labyrinth and you had to fight ghosts, you would be hard pressed to tell me if the game was Ghostbusters, or Pac-Man.

Allowing demos will allow customers to try a game and determine if they like it or not before they buy it. With DLC being sold without a physical format to possibly trade in or even give away, it takes a real leap of faith before you spend real money on it. If all goes well, Nintendo may very well see WiiWare sales go up.

Source: Joystiq.